8gb or 16 gb of ram?

[xbob627]

I am fixing to build a pc for myself and I want to buy Patriot Intel Extreme Master Limited Edition ram...........Will I ever need 16 gb of ram or 8 is not a loss of performance and is perfect? The ram I am looking at is this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220707



or this


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220711

 

[Chiuy]

8GB of ram is more than needed on a standard computer.
The only time you will need more than 8GB ram is if you're photoshopping or video editing to do multitasking.

 

[mubin]

8gb is enough. No need 16gb as it has no effect game performance.

 

[xbob627]

yeah but video editing gaming .......8gb or 16gb

 

[amuffin]

You're not very specific on the exact programs you'll be using.

 

[xbob627]

Sony Vegas maybe Adobe Premiere and definitely Photoshop

 

[amuffin]

8GB will be fine.

Get a good GPU for GPU Acceleration and rendering!

 

[xbob627]

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