Quote Originally Posted by nugzo View Post
Can i get by with 6gb? Probably. Shouldnt i be able to run atleast half of the amount ram this board says it supports? Most definitley! I was usung 8gb flawllesly on my oldschool s775, i should uprade and accept less ram?As you can see, at idle, sitting here typing this reply, im using 2500mb of ram. If i had 6gb installed then i'd only have 3500mb of ram remaining. Thats not much.
The more ram you have, the more superfetch uses. With 6gb of ram, you would be using less just web browsing. You arent actually using 2500Mb of ram.

6gb is plenty for any app aside from a few things that 95% of people do not use. Save the money from the ram for something better elsewhere in the PC.