How many gigs of ram do i need for htpc with Window 7

[bleucharm28]

How many gigs of ram do i need for htpc with Window 7?

Is 2 gigs enough? or do i need 4gigs?

 

[Raswan]

Probably four, but I'm not an htpc expert. wait for a second opinion, see what they say.

 

[Dark Shroud]

You can get by fine on two gigs. But with the low cost of single 4gig chips why not get the 4gigs?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231307

 

[taltamir]

you can use 2GB. you should use 4GB

 

[bunnyfubbles]

you can use 2GB. you should use 4GB

2nded

its just too easy to saturate 2GB with modern computing

Install Win 7 x64 and 4GB and you should have no worries until its time to replace the entire rig altogether.

 

[dma0991]

You should go for at least 4GB of RAM considering that it is not that expensive anymore. 2GB is a little bit on the safe side as Windows 7 64 bit can consume nearly 1GB of your RAM at idle depending on how many background programs are running.

 

[fffblackmage]

you can use 2GB. you should use 4GB

+1

 

[bleucharm28]

ok kewl beans. thx for the feedback

 

[shabby]

I got 1 gig of ram in my htpc, but its using xp.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I have two gigs of RAM in my HTPC, running Win7 64-bit. I like to listen to an online streaming radio station, and about every week or so, the page turns into an icon with an exclaimation mark, the flash plugin ate all the free memory up or something. Then I have to restart flash. So if you leave any programs running, like streaming media, and use Flash, then I would put in 4GB to be safe.

 

[Emulex]

8gb because it came with it. why not future proof. ram prices are going up my friend

 

[BTA]

2gigs would be fine but the price of memory right now dictates 4gigs...if you are buying now that is.

I've got 3 htpc's in the house. 2 Atom boxes with 2gigs and an Athlon II x2 with 4gigs. All play whatever video content just fine.

 

[Gillbot]

I had 1GB in mine, upgraded to 4GB and didn't notice a difference.

 

[Vette73]

I had 2 gigs in mine using the onboard AMD 4200 video. I now have 4gig. While using it as a computer it seems to help a bit in some areas but for movies and watching TV no real differance.

So I say 2gig in dual channel mode is plenty. Should be even better if using a dedictaed video card like a 5450 or better.

But agree that 4gig is cheap enough. I also got a cheap GT240 wity DDR5 to help my system out even more.