Ram utilization also depends on which OS your running.Originally Posted by 98L36
Holy f*ck Matt!!! You really have a 6900 series GPU?!! Very nice!!!
The video card is a screamer, but I'd bet that your CPU is bottle-necking the whole system. If it was me though I'd take your processor out and swap it with another 775 socket processor. I can personally vouch that the Q8200 socket 775 processor isn't too bad of a CPU, just don't plan on overclocking it as they aren't too good in that department. Other than OC'ing, I've ran plenty of stress tests on my system and I'm amazed at how well the Q8200 does.
That and even though your RAM is screaming (amazed at those CAS latencies), I'd throw in another gig just to make it an even 4. Don't waste money on anything more than what you'd need though cause RAM is one thing where having too much will NEVER give you any kind of benefit. Your computer only uses what it needs to, so don't go adding 12GB of RAM just cause you think it will make your computer faster. I added 2 gig extra to my system, but even when gaming I hardly ever use more than 3 or 4 of my 6 gigs. The only time I ever need all 6 is when I'm running stress tests or doing serious encoding.
And SSD's are awesome, but I don't have enough money to buy one big enough for what I'd want to use it for.I just make do with my Caviar Black instead.
