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[Topher]

if its 32gb of ddr5 not really

 

[Codeblew]

Congrats on pissing your money down the drain I guess

Lol, some of us need the extra memory. I am going 96gb 2 dimms on my next build in a couple of months. I would go 128gb if I could get that on 2 ddr5 dimms.

 

[UnrealEck]

I've been on 16GB DDR4 for years now.
Running an RTX 4090 too. Not sure if it's affecting me much. It probably is somewhat, I'd upgrade my CPU, RAM and MB but I'm trying to save money.

 

[bbeach123]

24 8+16 because why not .

 

[notseqi]

24 8+16 because why not .

weirdo

(i just remembered that even my laptop has more ram than my home PC, 20gig in total, 4 hardwired +16 stick, who does that)

 

[Radical_3d]

Why isn’t this in off topic? Nothing gaming related uses that much on PC. Right, GAF? RIGHT?

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

low effort thread. I am just happy to be off 16gb. That's all.

It's still sad we need so much ram to run modern apps these days, though. 64gb was an unthinkable amount to me a while ago

it's DDR4 by the way.

I upgraded to 32GB in 2016 to be able to run Xenoblade Chronicles with the 8k textures mod. 0 regrets.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

What is the logical amount of ram these days? And what purpose does ram serve again?

32GB for modern AAA games, 64GB for big games like Sims or modded games. Ram is system memory it's the fast low latency memory your CPU uses, the human equivalent is working memory where the CPU is the brain and ram is parts of the frontal lobe.

Consoles have merged system memory and the specific GPU memory know as VRAM into one pool called shared or unified memory. But this comes with many compromises such as forcing your CPU to use slow high latency GDDR memory (good for GPU very bad for CPU).

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

I've been on 32 GB since 2020 and frankly I'm not sure if I would even benefit to any degree of upgrading to 64.
Is there even anything out there that benefits meaningfully of having that much?

Professional apps, Sim games like Flight Sim, heavily modded games, running multiple heavy apps at the same time.

 

[ResilientBanana]

I just upgraded my old build to 32GB

 

[Magic Carpet]

I’ve only got 32GB but the sticks have programmable LED.
Light shows will make up for my lack of RAM.

 

[notseqi]

I’ve only got 32GB but the sticks have programmable LED.
Light shows will make up for my lack of RAM.

trusty RGB always delivers that extra oomph to get you over the line

 

[Mattyp]

It’s that cheap again now, 64gb at moment but might go to 128gb soon have the space.

 

[V1LÆM]

i've been on 64GB for a couple years now. yeah it's overkill but i like seeing numbers get bigger

can't wait to throw in a 5090 with 32GB VRAM. I'll have total 96GB RAM (6x PS5 Pro lmao)

 

[Topher]

256GB here.

 

[Dr.D00p]

I joined the 32GB RAM master race in 2019.

...complete waste of fucking money, TBH

 

[Brigandier]

I upgraded to 32GB in 2016 to be able to run Xenoblade Chronicles with the 8k textures mod. 0 regrets.

Xenoblade on Dolphin is so crisp on a good PC!!! Wonder what XC2 and 3 look like.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Only 24 here so still in the peasant range of the master race spectrum. Happy for your upgrade though OP. Maybe. Not really.

 

[Monad]

Laughs in 96 GB DDR5.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Xenoblade on Dolphin is so crisp on a good PC!!! Wonder what XC2 and 3 look like.

They already look good on Yuzu and Ruyjinx. But you have to mod them to get rid of the insane blurriness.

 

[sendit]

low effort thread. I am just happy to be off 16gb. That's all.

It's still sad we need so much ram to run modern apps these days, though. 64gb was an unthinkable amount to me a while ago

it's DDR4 by the way.

Assuming your use case is not just gaming. If not, no game is requiring that much system ram, ever.

 

[Allandor]

64gb for gaming and than ddr4 is just to much. Better go with 32 Gb of fast memory.
I target 64 GN, when I switch over to ddr6 (still on ddr4). It is just not required for gaming right now.
Even developing I don't need that much memory. And I don't see the workflows I would need this. Maybe if I would cut videos or would develop AI, but that is just not my use case.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

I've been on 16GB DDR4 for years now.
Running an RTX 4090 too. Not sure if it's affecting me much. It probably is somewhat, I'd upgrade my CPU, RAM and MB but I'm trying to save money.

Get 32gb because you'll see your 1% lows come right up, 32 actually does help a fair bit with frame times and stutters.