Do you think many people still buy 4GB instead of 8GB of RAM to upgrade their computer?

I think many people will pay more money to buy an 8GB stick of RAM for their PC since you are saving about $30 by using a 4GB DDR3 stick of RAM instead of a 8GB DDR3 stick of RAM which cost about $60 on Amazon.

But, there are some people who like saving money, so there maybe some people who may buy 4GB of RAM. But, I feel there are not many people these days which are as into saving $30-40.

If you search online on sites like Amazon and eBay, or wait for a sale on 8GB of RAM, you maybe able to buy a stick of 8GB of DDR3 RAM for $30, so you sometimes are not saving any money by buying 4GB of RAM when you wait for a sale on 8GB of RAM, or find a good deal on 8GB of RAM.

zoldos said:

I'm going to get a set of four 8GB DDR3 1566 RAM sticks for a total of 32GB for my PC. It's around $250 something on Newegg.

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$250 sounds like a good deal for a set of 4 x 8GB pack of 32GB RAM.

With 32GB of RAM, you probably won't need to add more RAM in many years.

I remember when a few GBs of RAM costed hundreds of dollars.

I think older adults, who were alive in the 1990s to 2010, will more likely buy a lot of RAM, and faster computer processors because it can look like a good deal when you are only paying a few hundred dollars for 32GBs of RAM instead of a few hundred dollars for a few hundred MBs of RAM in the 90s or a few thousand GB of RAM in 2000-2010+.

zoldos said:

A few thousand GB? hehehe I'd like the 32GB ram, a GTX 1080 graphics card with at least 8GB, and a 2TB or higher SSD.

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Lol, I meant a few GB like 2GB. A few thousand GB would be cool even if I don't know what to do with a few thousand GBs.

Danielx64 said:

One thing to think about as well, if you buy 2 x 4GB sticks you will get better perfornance than using 1 x 8GB stick of ram.

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The better performance maybe less noticeable if you have a fast CPU and good video card, and a faster SSD storage drive, or mainly use your PC for basic tasks like web browsing and office work. Two sticks of 4GB RAM can cost more than buying a single 8GB Stick since you are buying an extra RAM stick.

Buying one stick of RAM, and a better CPU, faster video card or SSD can make your PC faster. Users can always install an extra 8GB and have a total of 16GB of RAM if they feel they need slightly faster computer performance by running RAM in dual-channel mode.

I think it is important to check if your CPU, and motherboard on your laptop, or desktop tower PC supports dual-channel RAM mode. There are some very cheap computers which don't have a motherboard or CPU which supports dual-channel RAM mode.

I think using one stick of 8GB RAM maybe more reliable since there is only one stick of 8GB RAM which can break in the future, so troubleshooting RAM is simpler. By having one RAM stick, it makes your computer less likely to break because of a RAM failure problem since there is only one stick of RAM which will break instead of two or more sticks which may break.

Demon_Skeith said:

these days people tend to buy SSDs for any increase of performance rather than RAM.

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I agree most people tend to want to upgrade the SSD. But, most large size SSD like 1TB SSD are more expensive than 8GB RAM, so I think people with 2 or 4 GB of RAM may add more RAM before buying an SSD.