How much RAM should I be running? Diablo 3 Quad Box Setup

[AnNiMosSiTY99]

Hello,

I am running four Diablo 3 clients and I feel the performance could be better.

My Setup
Asus Maximus V Gene Micro ATX
Stock Intel 2600k CPU w/coolermaster V8
8GB G Skill 1600DDR
OCZ Vertex 3 160GB SSD
Radeon 6970
800Watt Antec PSU

I am usually pretty minimal when it comes to stuff I do and everyone always said anything over 8GB is wasted but I doubt that's true when it comes to multboxing 4+ game clients. I was thinking about purchasing another 8GB of the same ram I am running for for 4 X 4GB sticks at 16GB Total.
Looking at my system that seems to be the weakest link, thinking about OCing my CPU a tad and see how it turns out. What are you guys running for RAM and how much of it?

here is the RAM I'm running.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314


Thanks,

[MiRai]

Open the Task Manager and see how much RAM is being used when you're multiboxing. OC'ing RAM doesn't do much for real world performance.

[Ellay]

8 gigs should be able to handle 4 instances of Diablo 3. Probably a late response but just wanted that known.

[Grail]

I have similar concerns. But if Ellay says 8 GB should be enough I am good with that till I give it a try. But if you get the 16 GB, let us know.

[Chivalrous]

I run 32g of the exact same ram and when I run 5 copies of wow it uses about 30-40% according to my performance monitor. Does D3 use more or less than WoW?

[Grail]

Hi Chivalrous,

Love the name. I seem to remember the consensus was that WoW was using around 1.5 GB ram per client. Not sure if that helps.

-Grail

[Chivalrous]

Great! I bet the rest of that comes from my system/other running processes. I usually have about 60 processes running when I box. 5 clients, ventrilo, isboxer, pandora, etc. or my performance monitor is full of crap. :)


thanks for the compliment good sir! I like yours aswell.

[Ualaa]

I generally recommend (for Warcraft):
1GB for the OS, plus 1GB per client.
Maybe it's 1.5GB per client now...

When I box, I typically have XSplit broadcaster, Utorrent Client, iTunes, Warcraft x5, VLC Media Player and Firefox (with 15 tabs open)...
I use somewhere in the neighborhood of 10GB of ram.