12gb memory kit £79 - whats stopping me breaking into x3 4gb systems?

pault123

As per title, seems a cheap way for me to get 4gb for my x3 systems?

Its not an issue with the memory being sold for triple channel is it?

http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php?t=53077

JJ_Egan

As long as your motherboards will cope with the memory you can use individual sticks or even a pair .
I just did the very same on a 6GB pack .

jje

custardy

RussJK wrote: »

Should be fine to split. Only people with very specialist needs need above 4gb, so sounds like a good idea for some savings.

I wouldnt say specialist
I run this PC as a media centre,games machine and day to day stuff
i also do a bit of encoding/ripping
whilst 4gb does the job(as i have now) it can get close to being maxed out so i will be upping it to 8

prowla

It depends on whether your mobo will support 1x 4GB, or if you have to upgrade in pairs.

(Also, it looks like the 3x offer is expired.)

RussJK

custardy wrote: »

I wouldnt say specialist
I run this PC as a media centre,games machine and day to day stuff
i also do a bit of encoding/ripping
whilst 4gb does the job(as i have now) it can get close to being maxed out so i will be upping it to 8

You almost use 4gb sometimes, so you need more?

Seriously though, do what you need for yourself - but most users aren't going to regularly be doing memory-intensive tasks like high end video editing, running servers, or compressing large archives using huge dictionary sizes. None of these are common roles for computers. All these tasks typically require a lot of processing power, a lot of memory, and ideally a fast hard drive/s (yes I know, you can older machines as simple servers, such as for hosting games).

The majority of people won't be geared for high-end games either, although specialist gaming machines are more common than computers intended to do the above scenarios. Despite popular belief, high end gaming isn't particularly memory intensive.

Whatever you think of Tom's Hardware, they ran a piece which showed that in terms of performance 2gb was enough for most desktop applications, and 3gb plenty for gaming. Doesn't stop you seeing gaming machines for sale with ridiculous amounts of RAM that'll never be utilised by most people (while often the builders skimp on important components like GPU). Perfectly valid to run two 3gb sticks in dual channel for an extra performance boost though.