- banj0
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Fast RAM will benefit you more than the quantity of RAM you have for game loading times.
20GB is complete overkill, with most gaming PC's not needing more than 6-8GB (if you're video/image editing, using a CAD program etc it's a different story), as most programs these days aren't going to utilize it.
Skyrim, a huge open world game, will only use 2GB of memory, and unless it's relatively fast RAM in the 1600 MHz range (timings these days are all pretty fast) it won't even matter that much. Programs like Photoshop will use more, but only if you have a 64 bit system.
But RAM is cheap, so it's not that bad idea to get more if programs in the future manage RAM better.
[Edited on 12.17.2012 10:46 PM PST]