8GB DDR3 1866 enough for decent gaming on AMD A10-5800K (no discreet GPU)?

[tornadobox]

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone has practical experience with running an AMD A10-5800K with no other discreet graphics card with 8GB system memory.

From all of the benchmarks/information there has been a lot of discussion that FASTER RAM is better for the AMD APU's, but I can't find any mention if MORE RAM is better.

I'll be hooking this machine up to a 720p TV for Steam gaming (expecting about xbox 360/PlayStation 3 quality graphics, so nothing amazing), and just want to make sure that 8GB should be fine for this.

Thanks!

 

[aaksheytalwar]

For most/all games 8gb ram is enough. Though your CPU isn't.

 

[Soulkeeper]

It all depends what applications you are running.
Today 8GB is plenty for most desktops, maybe in 2yrs you'll want 16GB or 32GB.
For what you mention you should be fine.

 

[tornadobox]

For most/all games 8gb ram is enough. Though your CPU isn't.

Based on the benchmarks I've seen, the APU will be just fine for now.

 

[tornadobox]

It all depends what applications you are running.
Today 8GB is plenty for most desktops, maybe in 2yrs you'll want 16GB or 32GB.
For what you mention you should be fine.

This will be just for light/medium duty gaming, such as Dead Space 1 & 2, BioShock, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress, Witcher, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, etc.

 

[Soulkeeper]

You'll get more performance increase getting an SSD or even getting 2133 mem over 1866 than going 8GB to 16GB.

 

[tornadobox]

You'll get more performance increase getting an SSD or even getting 2133 mem over 1866 than going 8GB to 16GB.

Perfect, thanks!