8gb or 4gb ram?

[jhuert843]

I plan to use my system mostly for gaming, and the occasional Photoshop, Flash, and video editing. Probably the most I'll ever be doing is playing a game while surfing the web at the same time. I found a good deal on 8gb(2x4gb) of 1600mhz ram for around $50. Buying 4gb would be around $15 cheaper, but I'm on a really tight budget and it's money I'd rather use towards buying a better case or motherboard. My question is, would be a notable difference in performance between 4gb of ram and 8gb of ram?

 

[Maziar]

For $15,definitely go with 8GB.
The performance difference isn't much,but the price difference makes 8GB the better option

 

[nikorr]

"I plan to use my system mostly for gaming, and the occasional Photoshop, Flash, and video editing."

U want to have more than 4Gigs. It keeps performance in place, when PC is under heavy workload. And Win7 loves more RAM.

 

[jsc]

Price of RAM now, get 8 GB.

 

[Archean]

For most of today's games 4GB will be enough, as long as you have a decent graphic card you will be alright. But if you plan to multitask the logical choice will be 8GB RAM + x64 OS.

 

[clarkjd]

8GB..no brainer.

 

[pell380]

more ram is better

 

[jhuert843]

Best answer selected by jhuert843.