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I Am Upgrading Everything In My Pc Im Getting an R9 390x and i already have a new MB for My I7 4790k Should I Upgrade To 16 From 8? Thanks in advance
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You will only need and use 16GB if you do heavy editing/multitasking.

And don't get the 390x, not worth it over the 390.
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What do you use your PC for?

I got 16GB currently and never seen the usage go above 30% unless rendering in Adobe Media Encoder, then it goes to like 95%

Also ditto to what Skattle, get the 390 non (X)
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Depends what you use your comp for, just think for what you do if you actually need it.

I don't recommend it but it's not my choice.
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If you need it, get it. Same as if you can afford it, get it.

Id never thought that Id whack 16GB of Ram in my rig but surprising enough, I go over 8GB a fair bit. Like, when I have a crap tone of tabs open, heavy multi-tasking or just playing GTA v where it uses 10gb on its own.
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If you can afford it, buy it!
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Well Thank You All For The Replies I Play GTA Quite A Bit And Other High End Games so No Really Big Things Like Editing or Uploading, Just A Gamer Really
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if you edit and do youtube and things like that yeah.
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Also Why Should I Pick The 390 Over The 390x?
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munchunch00 wrote Also Why Should I Pick The 390 Over The 390x?

The performance difference between the 390 and the 390x isn't worth the cost at all. I have a 390 and I can max out GTA V at 1080p completely with no problem. At 1440p and 4k you would still be able to play games at good settings with good fps with the 390.
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