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Running Games From Steam (No CD) - Upgrading RAM or HDD?

  • 11-06-2012 3:37pm
    #1
    _Gawd_
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 410 ✭✭


    I'm building a new comp and have gotten my specs. Thing is, I'll be mostly running games from Steam (not CD's). Therefore, should I upgrade my RAM instead of my HDD?! Surely, I should go all out on RAM then ?! Or would it even make a difference?!


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  • #2
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    _Gawd_ wrote: »
    I'm building a new comp and have gotten my specs. Thing is, I'll be mostly running games from Steam (not CD's). Therefore, should I upgrade my RAM instead of my HDD?! Surely, I should go all out on RAM then ?! Or would it even make a difference?!

    Steam doesnt need any more RAM then a game running from a CD. Around 8gigs DDR3 is plenty.

    If all your games are on steam and you like to hoard them then you will need a nice big harddisk.


  • #3
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,706 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    yep as fionny says, games don't need any more than 8gb these days
    better off investing in a big hard drive so you can install all those nice Steam games onto :)
    maybe invest in a nice SSD for your operating system and have all your Steam games on a separate big hard drive
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