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My desktop is nearly at the point where I'm happy with it. However I've noticed that half the ram (8GB) is in use even at idle. as one would expect this seems to have an effect on games and other programs.

I cannot justify a new CPU as yet, but would doubling the ram in the machine be give a worthwhile improvement in performance, or would it be better to wait a year or so and upgrade the CPU?

Full Specs:

  • AMD FX8350 4.0Ghz
  • 8Gb 1600mhz DDR3 (2 4gb sticks running in dual channel)
  • MSI 970A-G46
  • 120GB SSD (For OS)
  • 2TB HDD
  • GTX 1060 6Gb
  • GTX660 (I had spare power available and like having a PhysX slave)
MadeOfExplodium
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RAM is cheap, your time is not. Your motherboard has four slots, so buy two more RAM sticks of the same speed and CAS timing as your existing RAM to put in the two empty slots. I think If Windows Task Manager is showing most of your memory is used at idle, then by all means increase it. You can also review your applications to see if they are all needed.

MountainMan
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