why not 8 gigs of ram ?

mldean · 03-01-2009, 10:50 PM

a friend of mine which is a PC tech { certified } says that if you put in more than the maximum allowable ram that your computer will not recognize it and more than likely will actually make it slower , and that maximum efficiency {speed } is usually around 3 to 3.5 gig , is this true ? has anyone seen what happens when you stick 8 gigs in a PC made for 4 ? dose it catch fire and burst into flames like a tube guitar amp being cranked ? i am just curios if someone has already did it that means i don't have to ...but if not i have a couple of clunkers i am experimenting on ..????:

**nonamedsomebody** · 03-01-2009, 10:50 PM

well it is only going to use what it says it will handle I don't think it be wise to go over the maximum allowed ram I have only seen once incident so far where somebody added to much ram and it fried the on board video. I wouldn't waste my money either on more ram than whats needed. To use over 3.5gb's you are going to need a 64bit operating system.

Mcninjaguy · 03-02-2009, 01:02 AM

don't go over the maximum a mothercan handle thats just stupid

computers don't need over 4 gigs for gaming or whatever

The CPU will be the bottleneck for ram usage most of the time

unless you're using Core i7 ram thats overclocked to over 4 ghz will you be able to ue over 4 gb of ram while doing video encoding or something

AlienMenace · 03-02-2009, 01:07 AM

over 4gb of ram is for programs like CADD, and video and photo editing. I do a lot of scanning and photo editing. That is why I have 6gb of ram in my machine and the x64 bit OS.

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mldean Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 34 OS: vista home/openSUSE 11.1 64 bit	why not 8 gigs of ram ? a friend of mine which is a PC tech { certified } says that if you put in more than the maximum allowable ram that your computer will not recognize it and more than likely will actually make it slower , and that maximum efficiency {speed } is usually around 3 to 3.5 gig , is this true ? has anyone seen what happens when you stick 8 gigs in a PC made for 4 ? dose it catch fire and burst into flames like a tube guitar amp being cranked ? i am just curios if someone has already did it that means i don't have to ...but if not i have a couple of clunkers i am experimenting on ..????: __________________ Nibiru / Planet X coming soon.....to a planet near you!

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nonamedsomebody Obama I's my father Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA Posts: 403 OS: Windows 7 Professional My System	Re: why not 8 gigs of ram ? well it is only going to use what it says it will handle I don't think it be wise to go over the maximum allowed ram I have only seen once incident so far where somebody added to much ram and it fried the on board video. I wouldn't waste my money either on more ram than whats needed. To use over 3.5gb's you are going to need a 64bit operating system. __________________ Intel E8400 Evga 8800GT OC Edition 2GB G-skill DDR2

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: why not 8 gigs of ram ? don't go over the maximum a mothercan handle thats just stupid computers don't need over 4 gigs for gaming or whatever The CPU will be the bottleneck for ram usage most of the time unless you're using Core i7 ram thats overclocked to over 4 ghz will you be able to ue over 4 gb of ram while doing video encoding or something

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AlienMenace Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 92 OS: Windows XP Pro x64 sp2 My System	Re: why not 8 gigs of ram ? over 4gb of ram is for programs like CADD, and video and photo editing. I do a lot of scanning and photo editing. That is why I have 6gb of ram in my machine and the x64 bit OS.