More than 8GB Ram?

Deb_55 · May 14, 2016

I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 (2009) AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Processor when I bought it 8GB of ram was the max I could get, there are 4 slots currently equiped with 2GB(1X2GB)1333MHZ PC3-10600 240-PIN DDR3 NONECC UNBUFFERED SDRAM DIMM

I have been monitoring my usage and I am in the high 60% range when running just a few programs. I mainly use graphic editing and drawing software but I use a few programs at the same time. I don't play games on my PC much my GPU is a cheapie NVIDIA GeForce GT 610.

Do I need more RAM? What are the benefits if any? I looked on the Crucial site and thought this might work for me Crucial 4GB DDR3-1600 UDIMM (CT3725433) DDR3 PC3-12800 • CL=11 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.5V • 512Meg x 64

If I do upgrade should I replace all 4 sticks and go to my max of 16GB? What are you thoughts?

Thanks Deb_55

HardwareExtreme · May 14, 2016

For image editing, more ram is better. However, it will not make a huge difference in performance, unless you are using programs that mainly rely on ram.

asian_tempation · May 14, 2016

More ram is always good for future proofing, but for your situation 8GB should be fine because you're not even at 90% usage

lindsay24 · May 14, 2016

RAM doesn't help performance unless you're using it. Think of it like a hard drive. Whether you have a 1TB or 2TB hard drive doesn't make a difference if you're only using up 500GB.

For how much you're using currently, 8GB should be more than enough. If you wuld like to run more programs at the same time, then moving up to 12 or 16 might be worthwhile. That said, watch your CPU usage. The Phenom series is getting old (I just upgraded from a Phenom X4 955 BE myself) so you might find yourself being limited by your CPU long before you start using more than 8GB of RAM.

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