CONCLUSION

   So is having more RAM really better? Surprisingly enough in almost every benchmark suite we saw that timings play a much better part when it comes to performance and so the Kingston HyperX KHX1066C5S32K/4G (4GB/1066MHz/CL5) managed to outperform (slightly) the other 3 kits. However this was not the case with Tom Clancy’s HAWX II since it obviously relies more on speed and available RAM rather than timings. The bad thing however with HAWX II is that although we used it because it's not really a heavy game and so it's easier to point out differences (due to larger/higher numbers) still that's also a bad thing since it doesn't really use more than 4GB, certainly not like heavier games so there should be more performance gains between 4 and 8GB with other game titles and of course applications like Photoshop. Bottom line yes i believe that if you use your notebook/laptop for many things other than just surfing the web including gaming then having 8GB should prove quite useful and with prices taking a plunge for the past year upgrading to 8GB just couldn't be any easier.

   The Kingston HyperX KHX1333C7S3K2/4G (4GB/1333MHz/CL7) kit currently retails for around USD40 inside the USA and 40Euros inside the EU while the KHX1600C9S3K2/8GX (8GB/1600MHz/CL9) kit can be found at USD53.99 inside the USA (Newegg) and 55Euros inside the EU (Amazon). The Nanya M2S4G64CB8HB5N-CG may not be the lead performer in this comparison but it does have the most aggressive pricing so you can currently get it at around 40Euros inside the EU (unfortunately was unable to find it inside the USA). So as you can all see fitting your notebook with 8GB of RAM is not something hard nowadays so there's really no excuse for not doing so. However like i said if you just want to surf the web and nothing else then you should leave things as they are since there's really no point in spending money for something like that. Overall however we proved that more is better, perhaps not by much but it is what it is and since in games the KHX1600C9S3K2/8GX (8GB/1600MHz/CL9) clearly outperformed every other kit we are awarding it with our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (Heatspreaders)
- Performance
- 8GB
- 1600MHz@CL9 (1333@CL7)
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- None