not enough RAM

[grandpauj1]

Long story short, Got FO4 on the 12th and due to limited bandwith (10 GB a period) I just got it working, Kinda, it was lagging REAL bad. So after using all my data for two months, plus buying some "bonus data tokens" I read the package the game came in (I know, should have done that first, but I didn't) only to find out the computer that I play Skyrim, FONV, Bioshock infinite Ect. on is WAAAAY short on RAM to play FO4. So now if I just buy a whole new rig, will I have to go thru Two plus more billing cycles to install it again! or will it just play thru steam. Pretty sure it's the earlier, not the latter. Or do I just get a new mother board (mine is maxed out on ram right already) and processor, and use my old hard drive. My video card is a GTX 650 so think that will be good enough, maybe later will buy another one. I built the one I am playing on right now so that part I can handle. Got about $800-$1000 to work with, But would like to keep it around $500-$600 if I can with Christmas right around the corner.

Thanks in advance for any advice/help.

[BlackRoseOfThorns]

Are you sure your cpu can't support one stick x 8GB RAM?

 

Your specs should be close to this build in order to play on medium/high.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/pc-builds/2164-budget-gaming-pc-build-for-fallout-4

 

Bethesda games are heavy on cpu, so if you have to upgrade your motherboard be sure to pick one that will support good cpu that you can afford.

[jet4571]

I have an I7 920 and according to Bethesda I shouldn't be able to play the game but I do at ultra settings. A GTX 650 should be quite capable of playing it with a mix of high, medium, and low settings. I would before buying an all new rig just get more RAM, it's one of the cheapest upgrades you can do.

 

CPU isn't the issue with RAM support, it's the motherboard.

[grandpauj1]

Thanks for the replys

According to the paper work I got with the mother board, It say's 2GB max. I did run 3GB for a while and didn't seem to hurt anything. I got this motherboard to build my puter to play GTA4 I think, several graphics card upgrade's and I think one CPU later....The CPU is a AMD Athlon 64X2 ~2.6 GHz so probably time to upgrade any way :p

@ BlackRose thanks for the link checked it out. If I go that route

@Jet4571, with the above being said about my Motherboard and CPU, do you think it's even worth it to even try the memory?

I would love to keep the tower I have and just give it a "Tune up" as it were, My main thing is if I do go with a whole new "Rig" I would have to re download the 24GB to the new hard drive to play the game, Right? And as a bonus question, if I was to run say 12 or 16 GB of ram how much would that in prove play?

Again, Thanks for the replys. You guy's rock

[Karstedt]

You don't have to re-download it.

 

Put the game files in the new steam library before your install the game. When you install to that location it will discover the files and basically do a 'verify'.

[grandpauj1]

Karstedt, would that be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout4\" ? So I can drop the whole file on an external hard drive, or just a part of it, like just Data and load it on my new drive (after setting up steam on new HD) and it will know not to re-download it! Not trying to sound like a dumb a.. or nothing, just want to make sure I do it right. Probably should do that anyhow even if I don't get a new one. Still not real sure if I am just going to replace the MB and CPU, run more RAM, but thats most likely the route I am going to take.

Thanks again

[Fonger]

you've already installed the game - does it play with the ram you already have??

 

the published minimums for this game are total phantasy - they have nothing to do with the game's minimums

[jet4571]

If your motherboard specs says 2gb is supported then it wont register anymore than that even if you install 32gb. Build guide below is what I would go for to stay within your budget, drop the vid card and secondary storage, use your current HDD as secondary storage and keep your GTX 650. Spend the extra $135 from the secondary storage and spend it on atleast 16 gb ram and the balance save for getting a new video card next year. You could also skip the CPU cooler if you plan running the CPU at stock speeds so there's more savings you could use to maybe get a 1 TB HDD.

 

http://www.pcgamer.com/best-gaming-pc/

 

$676 without second HDD, Vid card, CPU cooler and RAM, so that leaves you with $324 out of the $1000 budget to spend on RAM and maybe a 1TB HDD.

 

16 GB DDR4 RAM $75

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231888&leaderboard=1

 

I TB HDD $48

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

 

Grand total: $799 without shipping or any applicable taxes. Upgrade the Vid card in 2016 to atleast a GTX 970 and maybe the prices will drop by then.

 

*Edit,

You said you built your current rig so I assumed your Operating System was a retail and not OEM so that wasn't included in the build. That's going to tack on $100 to $200 more but always get a 64 bit OS!

Edited November 28, 2015 by jet4571

[grandpauj1]

@PhantomParot, yes it play's but it is SOOOO lagging, take two or three steps and wait. I made it as far as the thru the gate and to the vault elevator. From the door of the house to the Vault it took for ever it was lagging so bad. But yes it does play.

@ Jet4571, Thanks for the link's. The external HD I already have, I was just gonig to use it as storage to move to new hard drive (if I get a new puter) and as back up if somthing crashes. I running on a TB HD already and yes I have Windows 8.1. My power supply is 650 watt. Now skip the CPU Cooler? I think one day I would like to learn to mess with the "over clock" thing, so will add that on, and lastly, (at the resk of sounding real stupid) do I need secondary storage? I have never had it be for and things worked fine. So what I came up with is CPU $260, MB $162, Ram $165 (24GB) CPU cooler $35, Disk drive $21.= $643 plus what ever for shipping. Will dig in to this a bit more this evening.

Thanks (o:

[jet4571]

If you have a 1TB drive already then use that as a secondary. You want to install your games and all your documents to the second drive just incase you need to reinstall Windows. Always a good idea to keep important stuff off the C drive. Plus that's a 250GB SSD for primary so not much space on it.

 

I wouldn't get the RAM PCGamer suggested but the one I suggested, If you plan $165 for 24 Gb then get 2 of what I suggested and you will have 32 GB for $150 and the Mobo will support 64 GB which by the time you will ever need that much you will probably be wanting to upgrade anyway. 32 will last for quite a few years still before you will need to worry about that.

 

You could probably cut the new disk drive from the list and use the one that's currently installed, save another $21.

 

CPU $260, MB $162, Ram $150 (32GB) CPU cooler $35, = $607. Ding that's $7 over your max desired. Get rid of the CPU cooler and wait until you decide to OC then that's between min and max desired but I just looked at the CPU, it doesn't come with a CPU cooler so you will need one but that's also out of stock...

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117563

 

or

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117562

 

Only difference in the specs is .1 ghz so I would probably save a few and get the i5-6500. that .1 ghz isn't anything special and you can overclock .1 ghz lol. So with either of those you are under $600 with the CPU cooler so you can have the stock one as a paperweight.