Can RAM overkill destroy my PC

Shabbe · May 6, 2015

I have ordered a computer from a store, the guy behind the cash register put in 16GB, and I didn't say anything. So I wondered can 16GB destroy my PC specs if only for gaming?

PapaWood · May 6, 2015

No, having too much memory doesn't really have a negative effect other than just sitting there not always being utilized.

MarkW · May 6, 2015

Lots of us have 16Gb. Nothing has died here in a full year of gaming.

boosted1g · May 6, 2015

No having more memory then you need wont hurt your PC, the only thing it hurts is your wallet by paying for something you wont need.

Having a 3 car garage does not hurt your cars/house if you only need to put 2 cars in the garage

neieus · May 6, 2015

True you may not utilize the extra memory but at some point you may. You may have 1 car for your 3 car garage but what if you want to park your car diagonally or you buy a second car? It's better to have more than not enough in most cases and I'll give you some prime examples. There are some games where the system requirements are 6-8GB of ram and once you consider the amount of ram windows uses just at default it becomes clear. Windows at default will pretty much consume 1/2 of your memory until you reach about 8GB this means at least 4GB will be available for everything else. I have 16GB of memory and was recently tracking my memory usage while playing Evolve was at 6.1GB of ram so clearly 8GB would be enough however when I play Planetside 2 my memory consumption reaches to 10-11GB at times. So sure you can get away with 8GB for most situation but if you want to increase performance in gaming you need to use the page file as little as possible. Some would even go as far as suggesting you can disable the page file with 16GB of memory but that's a personal choice as I've tried it both ways and noticed I get more performance without it.

My advice would be if your on a budget stick with 8 but if you have the money go with 16.

Shabbe · May 6, 2015

PapaWood :

MarkW :

boosted1g :

neieus :

I have no budget, maybe when technology ''evolve'' then I won't be needing to change. I make it rain om dem hoes (sry if I offended anyone)

This is the computer I already ordered, I can't change because I ordered it.

http://www.inet.se/kundvagn/visa/7953215/2015-05-03

Saberus · May 6, 2015

If too much RAM was damaging to a computer, then servers with capacities for Terabytes of RAM would already be smouldering ruins.

PapaWood · May 6, 2015

Looks good sir, all i would do is get a SSD drive for booting off of at some point, makes things a little sweeter

Samsung 850 Evos are awesome!

neieus · May 6, 2015

Yeah if possible get an ssd as a boot drive everything else looks good.

SkyBill40 · May 6, 2015

Absolutely not. You're in a nice sweet spot with 16GB of RAM.

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