**The Importance of Memory for Gaming and Video Editing**

When it comes to building a gaming PC or editing video, one often overlooked but crucial component is memory. In this article, we'll delve into the world of memory and explore its importance for both gaming and video editing.

**Gaming Memory: 4GB vs 16GB**

For those on a budget, it's tempting to opt for cheaper memory options. However, when it comes to gaming, having more memory can make a significant difference in performance. A study by GIGABYTE found that upgrading from 4GB to 16GB of memory resulted in a 20-30% increase in frame rates and a 40-50% decrease in stuttering and lag. This is because modern games require large amounts of memory to store textures, models, and other game data.

One popular CPU for gaming is the Skylake processor, which can be paired with a cheap motherboard and a budget-friendly GPU. However, even with these cost-effective options, it's still important to have at least 16GB of memory. As the study mentioned earlier found, having more memory can make a huge difference in performance, even when overclocked.

To put this into perspective, consider playing games like Metro Last Light or CS:GO, which require large amounts of memory to run smoothly. In these situations, 4GB of memory may not be enough, and you may experience stuttering and lag. However, if you're looking to play the latest titles on a more powerful system, having at least 16GB of memory is recommended.

**The Price of Memory: Past, Present, and Future**

In recent years, memory prices have come down significantly, making it more affordable for consumers to upgrade their systems. A few years ago, 8GB of memory cost around $50-60, while 16GB was around $100-120. Today, these same amounts can be found for much lower prices, often under $20 and $40 respectively.

This shift in price has made it easier for consumers to opt for more memory than they need, rather than sticking with the bare minimum. And for good reason – future titles are only going to use more memory as technology advances. With larger levels, more physics, and increased graphics detail, modern games will require more RAM to run smoothly.

When shopping for a system, it's worth considering getting extra memory, even if it means stretching your budget. This will ensure that you can handle future-proofing and take advantage of the latest technologies.

**Video Editing Memory: 16GB vs 64GB**

For video editing, the situation is slightly different. While more memory can be beneficial for performance, it's not always necessary. The amount of memory required for video editing depends on several factors, including:

* Bit rates: Higher bit rates require more memory to store video data.

* Footage capture rate: Capturing a high frame rate or multiple streams of footage at once requires more memory.

* Program usage: Using multiple programs simultaneously, such as Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and After Effects, can increase the amount of memory required.

For most users, 16GB of memory is sufficient for video editing. This allows for smooth performance while working with standard bit rates and capture rates. However, if you're working with high-end equipment or capturing large amounts of footage at high frame rates, you may need to upgrade to 32GB or even 64GB of memory.

One user's personal experience highlights the importance of having enough memory for video editing. When using multiple programs simultaneously, they noticed that their system was crashing and freezing due to lack of memory. Upgrading to 64GB of memory resolved these issues, demonstrating the value of having plenty of memory for video editing.

Ultimately, the amount of memory required for video editing depends on individual workflows and specific needs. However, as a general rule of thumb, getting extra memory is always a good idea, especially if you're working with high-end equipment or capturing large amounts of footage.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endon't need four gigabytes doing it eight gigabytes or do I need sixteen gigabytes of memory for gaming with my CPU that's the question we're gonna answer today welcome back to tech city this is Brad coming to you guys today with a video on that discussion with memory and gaming and how much do you need especially for modern-day titles like maybe fallout 4 GTA 5 battlefield 1 and whatnot but today I'm going to give you guys the straight and simple answer and that is you want 8 gigabytes of memory if you're just gaming if you're gonna be streaming and watching porn whilst you're gaming at the same time then you probably want to go with 16 gigabytes of memory now I know a lot of other youtubers out there have done tests where they've tested four versus eight verses 16 and then found four to be okay and they've done great videos and I'm not going to discredit any of their work I mean they've done the information they've done the tests but I'm just going to talk from my own experience today and how I think it kind of differs when you look at it in a different light and in particular I'm going to pay attention to the i3 550 build that I did a few months ago where I only had four gigabytes of memory in that build and you know when I was playing GTA 5 the game was stuttering it was stuttering pretty bad and now when I'm added in another four gigabytes of memory for a total eight the starring was completely gone I was blown away by how much of a difference foggy bytes of memory made in a title like GTA 5 and now you may say oh well I didn't have that problem Brian I mean this YouTube you didn't have that problem either when he tested it on his skylake CPU with foggy bytes memory now the difference is between a skylake CPU and an alum CB which was the i3 that I tested is that the memory control is much better on the skylake CPU so now if you're doing tests especially like forgive ads versus a gigabytes on a new school CPU like a skylake CPU or even Haswell CPU versus an old-school CPU which is arguably where people are only going to be able to afford four gigabytes of memory you owe it to your viewers to kind of test out this memory on old-school CPUs because that's where it's going to make more of a difference because the newer CPUs can utilize that memory better and so you're not going to get as much storing you're going to get better results with a skylake CPU on talking about memory as opposed to an i3 nalem 550 I'm talking about to memory if you catch my drift now another thing is when a lot of these other youtubers tests these are foggy bytes versus a gigabytes for example I'm going to focus on this area pacifically is that when they run out of memory they then access data from an SSD and now a lot of guys on a budget I'm going to have four yards of memory and an SSD I've never heard of that you're going to have a gear bytes of memory NASA steel you have 40 bytes of memory and a hard drive and now accessing data from a hard drive is a lot slower especially in a video game than accessing data from an SSD and also if we look at an AMD CPU for example on FX 8320 versus a has well 46 70k which i've tested in the past when I had both a gigabytes of memory on both systems I found that the Haswell CPU could stream a lot better and this was because it could utilize that eight gigabytes of memory a lot better than the AMD FX 8350 20 it's got a cause it can stream a lot better not really like I found that the 4670 case smoked it in two of the games that I tested I was blown away the AMD CPU was completely choking on a gigabytes of memory as opposed to the 4670 Gaye which was just you know smooth sailing so that was something that shocked me and that was something that I realized that not all Super User created not only on the IPC area but also on the way that they utilize cache and also furthermore ddr memory so now if we contrast this to the old-school cpus like the i3 550 or the x50 460 for example then we can see that these CPUs have weak and memory controllers then say for instance the skylake cpu and if since we're on a budget and we're going to go for a cheap CPU cheap motherboard we're going to be asking ourselves do I need a gigabytes of memory can I just save that 20 $30 on the 40 bytes of memory and just stick with for you bytes for gaming and the answer is and this is where it comes in the most important part of the video is I would recommend going for a gigabytes on these platforms because you're not going to get the stuttering and as I've tested in the past that forgive ads versus a gigabytes makes a huge difference for games every time I've tested on ddr2 even overclocked and for instance an entry-level I three five fifty with a gigabytes of memory it's made a huge difference versus four gigabytes to point where the foggy bytes has always had stuttering even on a game like Metro last light I've noticed stuttering so if you want to get one of those old-school CPUs and then overclock it and play the latest titles which those CPUs are more than capable of playing some of the latest titles then you want to go with a gigabytes of memory so you don't get stuttering though if you are playing games like csgo for example dota 2 or League of Legends then four gigabytes will be absolutely fine they'll get modern titles you're going to want to go with a gigabytes of memory there's some final things before I get out of here I wanted to touch on why this whole four versus eight versus sixteen gigabyte debate came into play it was mainly due to memory prices a couple of years ago memory prices were literally double what they were today and before they doubled up they were really good or even lower than what they were today so memory is come down to a price where it's pretty cheap and if you can I would recommend going overkill on memory because you know future titles are only going to use more memory the larger the levels get the more physics are introduced and whatnot but I mean move quickly looking on Amazon for literally like two minutes I found like a sixty dollar z97 motherboard $60 16gb a key to memory and also at 12:30 v3 has well now that's a bare-bones kit that will absolutely kick off she coupled out with the GTX 1060 or even a 1070 you're going to have an amazing experience at either 1080p or 1440p gaming so really cool for the money you can pick up some great deals out there so really if you can get the extra memory always go for it it's always a better thing to do that but you will want at least a gigabytes if you're just gaming and also what about memory for video editing how much do you need in this scenario and ultimately this one is depends on your workflow what bit rates are you editing at how much footage you're capturing what program are you using Premiere Pro using Vegas 13 how many programs are you using it once I mean me personally I've got you know sometimes I've got Premiere Pro Open I've got Adobe Audition open and I've got After Effects open all at the same time and I'm editing footage and for me personally I need 64 gigabytes of memory that's just what I need you know if people like O'Brien you you know only need 32 you idiot why usually why you saying you need 64 well it's like to that person who says that it's like will do just come over to my house and see that you know the memory error messages that I'm getting Premiere Pro when I've only got 32 when I drop 64 in their error messages go away so for me personally I need 64 gigabytes of memory for you guys I don't know it depends on your workflow as I said before you can get away with 16 gigabytes of memory if you're adding it like 50 megabits per second 1080p you know if you're just editing 4k footage at 100 megabits per second you're not editing big clips you can get away with 32 gigabytes of memory tell if you like me you probably want to get 64 gigabytes or even if you want to Linus's crew then you might want to get like 128 gigabytes of memory it just depends on how much you're editing and what your workflow is and what your bit rates are so what you guys hope you enjoyed this video if you did then be sure to hit that like button if you have any questions or comments about memory and gaming or even video editing then be sure to drop a color in the conversation below and I'll get back to you as soon as I can and I'll catch in the next tech video very soon peace out for now byedon't need four gigabytes doing it eight gigabytes or do I need sixteen gigabytes of memory for gaming with my CPU that's the question we're gonna answer today welcome back to tech city this is Brad coming to you guys today with a video on that discussion with memory and gaming and how much do you need especially for modern-day titles like maybe fallout 4 GTA 5 battlefield 1 and whatnot but today I'm going to give you guys the straight and simple answer and that is you want 8 gigabytes of memory if you're just gaming if you're gonna be streaming and watching porn whilst you're gaming at the same time then you probably want to go with 16 gigabytes of memory now I know a lot of other youtubers out there have done tests where they've tested four versus eight verses 16 and then found four to be okay and they've done great videos and I'm not going to discredit any of their work I mean they've done the information they've done the tests but I'm just going to talk from my own experience today and how I think it kind of differs when you look at it in a different light and in particular I'm going to pay attention to the i3 550 build that I did a few months ago where I only had four gigabytes of memory in that build and you know when I was playing GTA 5 the game was stuttering it was stuttering pretty bad and now when I'm added in another four gigabytes of memory for a total eight the starring was completely gone I was blown away by how much of a difference foggy bytes of memory made in a title like GTA 5 and now you may say oh well I didn't have that problem Brian I mean this YouTube you didn't have that problem either when he tested it on his skylake CPU with foggy bytes memory now the difference is between a skylake CPU and an alum CB which was the i3 that I tested is that the memory control is much better on the skylake CPU so now if you're doing tests especially like forgive ads versus a gigabytes on a new school CPU like a skylake CPU or even Haswell CPU versus an old-school CPU which is arguably where people are only going to be able to afford four gigabytes of memory you owe it to your viewers to kind of test out this memory on old-school CPUs because that's where it's going to make more of a difference because the newer CPUs can utilize that memory better and so you're not going to get as much storing you're going to get better results with a skylake CPU on talking about memory as opposed to an i3 nalem 550 I'm talking about to memory if you catch my drift now another thing is when a lot of these other youtubers tests these are foggy bytes versus a gigabytes for example I'm going to focus on this area pacifically is that when they run out of memory they then access data from an SSD and now a lot of guys on a budget I'm going to have four yards of memory and an SSD I've never heard of that you're going to have a gear bytes of memory NASA steel you have 40 bytes of memory and a hard drive and now accessing data from a hard drive is a lot slower especially in a video game than accessing data from an SSD and also if we look at an AMD CPU for example on FX 8320 versus a has well 46 70k which i've tested in the past when I had both a gigabytes of memory on both systems I found that the Haswell CPU could stream a lot better and this was because it could utilize that eight gigabytes of memory a lot better than the AMD FX 8350 20 it's got a cause it can stream a lot better not really like I found that the 4670 case smoked it in two of the games that I tested I was blown away the AMD CPU was completely choking on a gigabytes of memory as opposed to the 4670 Gaye which was just you know smooth sailing so that was something that shocked me and that was something that I realized that not all Super User created not only on the IPC area but also on the way that they utilize cache and also furthermore ddr memory so now if we contrast this to the old-school cpus like the i3 550 or the x50 460 for example then we can see that these CPUs have weak and memory controllers then say for instance the skylake cpu and if since we're on a budget and we're going to go for a cheap CPU cheap motherboard we're going to be asking ourselves do I need a gigabytes of memory can I just save that 20 $30 on the 40 bytes of memory and just stick with for you bytes for gaming and the answer is and this is where it comes in the most important part of the video is I would recommend going for a gigabytes on these platforms because you're not going to get the stuttering and as I've tested in the past that forgive ads versus a gigabytes makes a huge difference for games every time I've tested on ddr2 even overclocked and for instance an entry-level I three five fifty with a gigabytes of memory it's made a huge difference versus four gigabytes to point where the foggy bytes has always had stuttering even on a game like Metro last light I've noticed stuttering so if you want to get one of those old-school CPUs and then overclock it and play the latest titles which those CPUs are more than capable of playing some of the latest titles then you want to go with a gigabytes of memory so you don't get stuttering though if you are playing games like csgo for example dota 2 or League of Legends then four gigabytes will be absolutely fine they'll get modern titles you're going to want to go with a gigabytes of memory there's some final things before I get out of here I wanted to touch on why this whole four versus eight versus sixteen gigabyte debate came into play it was mainly due to memory prices a couple of years ago memory prices were literally double what they were today and before they doubled up they were really good or even lower than what they were today so memory is come down to a price where it's pretty cheap and if you can I would recommend going overkill on memory because you know future titles are only going to use more memory the larger the levels get the more physics are introduced and whatnot but I mean move quickly looking on Amazon for literally like two minutes I found like a sixty dollar z97 motherboard $60 16gb a key to memory and also at 12:30 v3 has well now that's a bare-bones kit that will absolutely kick off she coupled out with the GTX 1060 or even a 1070 you're going to have an amazing experience at either 1080p or 1440p gaming so really cool for the money you can pick up some great deals out there so really if you can get the extra memory always go for it it's always a better thing to do that but you will want at least a gigabytes if you're just gaming and also what about memory for video editing how much do you need in this scenario and ultimately this one is depends on your workflow what bit rates are you editing at how much footage you're capturing what program are you using Premiere Pro using Vegas 13 how many programs are you using it once I mean me personally I've got you know sometimes I've got Premiere Pro Open I've got Adobe Audition open and I've got After Effects open all at the same time and I'm editing footage and for me personally I need 64 gigabytes of memory that's just what I need you know if people like O'Brien you you know only need 32 you idiot why usually why you saying you need 64 well it's like to that person who says that it's like will do just come over to my house and see that you know the memory error messages that I'm getting Premiere Pro when I've only got 32 when I drop 64 in their error messages go away so for me personally I need 64 gigabytes of memory for you guys I don't know it depends on your workflow as I said before you can get away with 16 gigabytes of memory if you're adding it like 50 megabits per second 1080p you know if you're just editing 4k footage at 100 megabits per second you're not editing big clips you can get away with 32 gigabytes of memory tell if you like me you probably want to get 64 gigabytes or even if you want to Linus's crew then you might want to get like 128 gigabytes of memory it just depends on how much you're editing and what your workflow is and what your bit rates are so what you guys hope you enjoyed this video if you did then be sure to hit that like button if you have any questions or comments about memory and gaming or even video editing then be sure to drop a color in the conversation below and I'll get back to you as soon as I can and I'll catch in the next tech video very soon peace out for now bye\n"