I don't know if you're as far as building or if you've posted about it yet but I'm interested in hearing what you think of the Dark Rock (or any cooler or fan, come to that). Real-world experiences and the related opinions of forum members are always welcome.Originally Posted by Trash Man
8GB of RAM is more than enough mate if you are not into encoding etc or run vmware server.
I haven't properly got into video editing yet (the software keeps crashing!), but I've found that encoding doesn't use much memory. That's the one resource that it's extremely light on, actually. I can set a job running and see a tiny difference in the memory used.
Perhaps it depends on the encoder and software used?
As I said above, only running VMs can take up the memory on my 8GB system. 4GB was definitely okay and the extra has been nice to have for VirtualBox. With the low cost and knowledge that the capacity's there, it's probably the sweet spot right now.
Encoding video will benefit MUCH more from really fast storage such as SSDs than it will from more RAM, assuming you "enough" RAM.
Yes, I almost included a mention of that, along with processor speed and cache.
In terms of software, what I use is quite limited (and open source). I was actually interested in hearing from anyone that might use 'Pro' packages, who would be able to explain how, for example, Premiere behaved when encoding a project or offer a sense of the memory requirements of alternate dedicated encoders.
Exactly! If you're into Video Editing, 3d work etc, go for 16gb.
8gb corsair vengeance jet black.. Thats what I'm on!
I'm using 8gb of low profile vengeance RAM (blue).... It's plenty for me and i've never even come close to using all of it.
Same here, but white. I wont see the need to upgrade to 16gb for a while!!
Going thru the same thoughts
In process of speccing up a new PC and as RAM is so cheap might just go for the 16gb
Have done some 3d modelling in the past and may well do so again - if wasnt going to be doing that 8gb is more than plenty
For the extra £30 it will cost. I think I'll be going with 16GB. Just so I know I wont have to upgrade anytime soon. I have 4GB that has lasted me about 6 years now! If i get another 6 years from £60 of RAM, that's a bargain
Had the same issue, went from 8gb to 16gb, and felt it was making my pc slower, plus with 8gb I don't think I have ever seen it go beyond 35% usage.
Only depends on the usage you give. I can go easily above 35% without even trying, but in the end it only depends on what you do.
Even 4GB of RAM is enough in most cases for gaming.
If you've got the money go with a 8GB memory kit from a reliable brand. (eg. Corsair)
8GB is plenty unless you'll be running some really ram demanding programs (not games) ie HD video editing etc...
I sort of disagree. When I switched to 8 from 4 it did make things like flipping to the desktop instant versus taking a bit of time otherwise. 8 is the sweet spot right now (it has been for a while actually) and whilst you're right in that very few games eat large amounts of RAM it is nice to have plenty spare for the system cache/other apps that you might want to keep running alongside the game. 16GB would make no difference to me whatsoever for my home system versus 8GB. One day that might change but then Win8 seems slimmer rather than fatter so.. could be a while yet.
That said, i'd look at the pricing and go with more than you need unless the cost is prohibitive. I didn't think I'd 'need' 8 on my last build but it was cheap enough so I though what the heck. Turns out it was a good choice.
Last edited by dangel; 28-08-2012 at 05:03 PM.
Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719
I agree with Dangel, FWIW - and pretty much will echo my first post in this thread.
As of right now, with VLC, two video games, Mediamonkey, Excel, Chrome, Outlook, a PDF, and Steam all running, I'm using 4GB of RAM, and 4GB is being used for cache by Windows, so the whole total of 8GB is being put to good use.
I could get away with 4GB, but at times like this I'm running very close to the margin, and at least with Windows 7 none of the RAM is wasted.
The counter argument is that you can be more careful with what you run and just have 4GB, i.e. close down all applications before you start playing a game, but I love the convenience of opening up a load of work, playing a game for 30 minutes, closing it, and going back to the work again all seamlessly.
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