xPETEZx Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Having decommissioned my old server I now have 4x 2GB OCZ Reaper PC6400 RAM going spare. Currently my main rig has 2x 2GB Corsair Dominator PC8500 installed. My thought was to replace the Corsair ram with the OCZ boosting me to 8GB. I have noticed in games like Crysis 3 that my RAM use jumps to 99%, so I figure a boost to 8GB would help. However.... my Xonar D2 sound card is currently in the top PCI slot and this blocks RAM slot #1. So in order to install the 8GB I would need to loose the Xonar sound card I have a Creative X-Fi of some sort (old...) in my Media PC I could substitute. Not sure I want to retire the D2 though... its been very good! So, what would you do/recommend? A.) Faster 4GB RAM with Xonar D2 B.) Slower 8GB RAM with X-Fi card Factors to keep in mind.... I only game @ 1600x1200 now. (since the death of my BenQ FP241W :'() Thanks for reading. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Ram speed is not noticeable except on benchmarks, I would go with the 8GB. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 +1 speed doesn't matter much so 8gb is going to benefit you much more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Capacity> Speed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 More > faster for sure! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 +1 with everyone, 8gb over 4gb anytime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPETEZx Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Thanks guys! Now just the matter of Xonar D2 vs. X-Fi ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I wouldn't have any heartburn swapping out the Xonar for the X-FI. I use X-Fi exclusively and in fact keep spares because I know at some point they will be impossible to find. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPETEZx Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Made the switch Last night. Running on 8GB now with a X-fi card in-place of the Xonar D2. Now have spare parts from the old server.... may build a new Gaming machine forthe living room: C2Q Q6600 4GB DDR2 256GB SSD GTS250 PCP&C 610W Xonar D2 Replace the machine in my sig labled as "Media".... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 256GB SSD's just a spare part? lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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