4GB vs. 8GB RAM

[hoopy]

Hi guys just a quick question, is it worth getting 8GB on my new desktop? Have heard that 4GB ram is enough.

Computer is just for listen to music, watching videos, web browsing, playing games like football manager.

Also am am not a heavy gamer i take it i would not need one of the gaming cases?

Any info would be appreciated thankyou.

 

[Petchi b]

Yes I'm sure 4GB will be enough for your needs. I think it is always good idea to get a reasonable case but you will not need need an extreme gaming case. A case in the £60-£80 range would be a good choice. Post up the spec you are thinking about..

 

[hoopy]

Ok mate i took the 8GB of ram out and put in 4GB. any changed needed to this thanks.

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE


Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION


Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0


Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)


Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable


Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM


2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£38)


Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT


Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)


Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)


Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)


Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs


USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD


Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)


Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)


Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL


Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)


Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)


Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)


Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

£746.00

 

[hoopy]

would i be better getting the COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE?

 

[Wozza63]

id probably upgrade the case, and you realise that your optical drive will not be able to write on any discs, only read, so if you want to put files on discs in the future you wont be able to do it

laso you may want to remove the free trials as most people think they are pointless although some think there great

 

[Rakk]

id probably upgrade the case

The Coolermaster Elite 310 case would be perfectly fine for the specified use, I'd only really upgrade to the Sileo if it needs to be quieter

and you realise that your optical drive will not be able to write on any discs, only read, so if you want to put files on discs in the future you wont be able to do it

He has picked two optical drives, the blu-ray cant write, but the DVD one can Though it may end up cheaper getting a blu-ray that can write as well and ditch the DVD drive, unless 2 drives are specifically needed (though I haven't checked this).

 

[hoopy]

Dont think i will bother with the Blue-Ray drvie mate then. Is the COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 a decent enough case? 3 month trial is think i will just leave that in.

Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE


Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION


Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0


Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)


Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable


Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM


Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT


Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)


Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)


Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)


Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs


USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD


Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)


Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)


Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL


Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)


Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)


Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)


Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

£728.00

Do you think this build is fine?

 

[hoopy]

The Coolermaster Elite 310 case would be perfectly fine for the specified use, I'd only really upgrade to the Sileo if it needs to be quieter

He has picked two optical drives, the blu-ray cant write, but the DVD one can Though it may end up cheaper getting a blu-ray that can write as well and ditch the DVD drive, unless 2 drives are specifically needed (though I haven't checked this).

Is the The Coolermaster Elite 310 quite loud mate? do you think its worth it if i go for the more expensive one?

 

[Rakk]

Is the The Coolermaster Elite 310 quite loud mate? do you think its worth it if i go for the more expensive one?

Well, I've got one, and I don't find it too loud, but it's all personal preference (the only thing I have to compare it to was my old PC that had two loud graphics cards in it that could drown out any noise) and it depends what you think is noisy

 

[Wozza63]

i didnt see you had 2 drives, and i agree that you are better off getting the blu ray rewrite over 2 of them

 

[hoopy]

i didnt see you had 2 drives, and i agree that you are better off getting the blu ray rewrite over 2 of them

So getting a Blu-ray single drive would be better? 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)

 

[hoopy]

Well, I've got one, and I don't find it too loud, but it's all personal preference (the only thing I have to compare it to was my old PC that had two loud graphics cards in it that could drown out any noise) and it depends what you think is noisy

Think i will just go for that one mate. It cant be louder than what i have just now.

 

[Rakk]

So getting a Blu-ray single drive would be better? 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)

Well, a blu-ray drive will be useful if you ever plan on watching blu-rays
And as I mentioned earlier, I think the single blu-ray writer at £45 is cheaper than the total of the blu-ray ROM (30ish) and the DVD choice you selected, the read/write speed of DVD's will be a bit slower, does that matter to you?
Though if you decide you won't be using blu-rays on your PC, the DVD drive will be fine.

 

[Petchi b]

Ok mate i took the 8GB of ram out and put in 4GB. any changed needed to this thanks.

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE


Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION


Motherboard
ASUS® M5A87: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0


Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)


Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable


Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM


2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£38)


Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT


Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)


Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)


Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)


Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs


USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD


Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)


Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)


Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL


Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)


Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)


Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)


Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

£746.00

That spec is spot on for your needs mate. It will play most modern games at reasonable medium settings and will have no probs with FM. I've got the latest one on pre-order, will be spending many hours on that when it comes out!

 

[hoopy]

That spec is spot on for your needs mate. It will play most modern games at reasonable medium settings and will have no probs with FM. I've got the latest one on pre-order, will be spending many hours on that when it comes out!

Cheers mate going to order, would the 8g of ram not make games like football manager run faster. Also would i be able to run more leagues if i got the 8g of ram.

 

[Petchi b]

Cheers mate going to order, would the 8g of ram not make games like football manager run faster. Also would i be able to run more leagues if i got the 8g of ram.

To be honest FM is more CPU intensive than anything else so with a quad core CPU it should run very quick and smooth. As for the RAM, I'm sure 4GB will be plenty as the recommended requirements only show it needing 1GB. 4GB is plenty for any game at the moment so I wouldn't worry.

 

[hoopy]

To be honest FM is more CPU intensive than anything else so with a quad core CPU it should run very quick and smooth. As for the RAM, I'm sure 4GB will be plenty as the recommended requirements only show it needing 1GB. 4GB is plenty for any game at the moment so I wouldn't worry.

Thanks mate ordered with the 4GB