Upgrading from 8GB of RAM to 16 GB of RAM makes difference on gaming?

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Hello everyone! Should I buy more RAM to my computer? Already have 2 DIMM's of 4GB Kingstone Hyper X Fury, and if it's worth upgrading for Gaming should I buy more 2 DIMM's of 4GB? My mobo have 4 DIMM slots, 2 already are occupied.

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Personally, as low as DRAM prices are right now, I would much prefer spending $30-40 and having 8GB of RAM which I might rarely need than not having that spare 8GB RAM when I actually do need it: as soon as the system starts using swapfile(s), performance takes a drastic dump.

Personally, I have always ended up spending over $400 maxing out RAM over the lifespan of my previous systems. When I built my i5 and saw that I could max it out at 32GB for less than $200, I promptly did exactly that - the least amount of cash I have ever spent on RAM for any of my systems. (I originally got 16GB for my i5 because swapping on my 8GB Core2 was driving me nuts - had to split the swapfile between three HDDs just to keep swapping lag tolerable - but...
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I don't think I have a single game that approaches using half of my RAM and I am running 16GB, so I'd say for now, 8GB is enough.

That said, RAM is cheap right now. Whether we are going to see a new crop of games with more memory demands is anyone's guess at this point. If you have other upgrades in mind, you might be better off putting the money towards those upgrades.
 
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Yeah I'd say that if you are looking into a GPU upgrade, I'd put that money towards it rather than a RAM upgrade.

The other thing is that buying DIMM's piece meal is a gamble, even if you think you are buying the exact same part number as what you have. Sometimes when a memory manufacturer starts a run of a certain part number, later on they may not be able to get the exact same memory, so they swap them with something "comparable", but they don't change the part number. Usually the RAM IC's are very similar, but there are always slight changes in the secondary and tertiary timings. These "smal" differences can cause issues when mixed with RAM with slightly different timings. It could cause the motherboard to not POST, or cause weird random (hard to troubleshoot) crashes, freezes, etc.

So my advise to you is, if you go with 16GB, get a 16GB dual channel kit and sell or re-use the RAM you have somewhere else.
 
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Personally, as low as DRAM prices are right now, I would much prefer spending $30-40 and having 8GB of RAM which I might rarely need than not having that spare 8GB RAM when I actually do need it: as soon as the system starts using swapfile(s), performance takes a drastic dump.

Personally, I have always ended up spending over $400 maxing out RAM over the lifespan of my previous systems. When I built my i5 and saw that I could max it out at 32GB for less than $200, I promptly did exactly that - the least amount of cash I have ever spent on RAM for any of my systems. (I originally got 16GB for my i5 because swapping on my 8GB Core2 was driving me nuts - had to split the swapfile between three HDDs just to keep swapping lag tolerable - but soon found out that even 16GB was not enough to completely eliminate swapping for my typical uses.)
 
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