Upgrade RAM from 4GB to 8GB -- Worth it?

[Industry]

A friend is offering me 4GB of Kingston ram for $50. It is the same 800mhz clock speed as my other 4GB of ram. I have a E8400 on an average gigabyte board. I don't do gaming.

On average, I use 1.5GB at any given time and this number goes up with internet usage, applications etc.

Will I notice a difference? Is it worth the money?

PS: Running x64

 

[englandr753]

I would say no unless you have a 64 bit operating system and will be composing music or authoring dvds.

For basic use, it's not worth it.

 

[Industry]

I don't do either of those, but I am on x64 already

PS Your sig says you have 8Ghz of ram

Can someone else second englandr753?

 

[englandr753]

I game, you don't. If you want 8 gigs, buy it. It won't make much difference in your case from what you describe. Also, I got a good deal and it made sense at the time although I don't really utilize it. BTW, i took out 4 gigs and put it in my media center rig. I can't tell any difference with or without the xtra 4 gigs...

 

[Industry]

I wasn't insulting you, I was pointing out a typo ...

 

[englandr753]

I didn't take it as an insult and wheres the typo? I actually had 8 gigs of ram and it wasn't worth it in my case so I transferred it into another system to better utilize it.

I haven't updated my sig yet...

 

[Industry]

8Ghz 1066Mhz Corsair Memory -> 8GB 1066Mhz Corsair Memory

 

[englandr753]

Lol, ok. U got me. I remember it was around 3am, like now that I made that sig...

 

[englandr753]

Sig corrected, size and frequency.

 

[Zenthar]

I second englandr753, 8GB isn't really worth it. I saw absolutely no performance difference in most of what I do. The only reason I upgraded to that much RAM is that I plan on retiring this machine as a VM server.