JoJo_O

I hope people reading this understand what you're saying.
 
You need more ram when you don't close applications.  If you insist on having 186 tabs in chrome you'll need more ram.  
 
This is a YOU issue not a ram issue.  Answer the ops question in a logical and reasonable manner.  Not some outlier because YOU can't do something.
 
Do you close or exit a game when you're done playing and go to the next?  Why ?  You don't close browser windows?
 
1/10th of a second annoys you?  Really?
 

i'm pretty much on the same boat as OP: Ryzen 5 3600X, 3060Ti, 16gb ram, XMP enabled running stable at 3600. i play at 1080p at 144htz and was wondering if upgrading to a 5600 (not X) for Black Friday would be worth it or a waste of money... mmm.... 😶
in can get a 5600 for 140 bucks.. i'm tempted...

Depends what it is.
 
If it contains liquid cooling. The answer is No. If it's overclocked, the answer is No.
 
If it's air-cooled and the fans are all operating at 100%, that's fine. If they're making bearing-wear noises or grinding noises, the answer is no.
 
Basically, you want to avoid two scenarios:
1. The temperature in the room gets too hot, and it's unable to cool itself, because you aren't running the Air Conditioning/exhaust fans
2. The computer gets stuck in a failed state where the fans turn off, but the CPU/GPU is still at maxed out.
 
The former is something that can, and does happen in warm climates. If you're going to leave your computer alone, leave the door to the room with the computer open. If there is a bathroom with a programmable timer for the exhaust fan (required in all humid climates to prevent bathrooms from getting moldy) make sure it's operational. That will take care of the potential overheating scenario.
 
The latter is a bit harder to anticipate. If you're running Windows and have the power settings set to balance, the fans will spin up and down as needed, but if it BSOD's, it might get stuck in a low state or a boot loop. So I'd actually suggest leaving the fans at a setting where they are always running, never at 0%
 
I have never had a computer "die" on me despite leaving them on 24/7 (I've literately gone on month-long trips), however I've had incidents happen to the apartment while absent (both involving water leaks), and that's the kind of risk you have to assess before leaving a computer on. Don't put the computer some place where it will be sitting in a pool of water if the room floods (eg the computer should be on your desk,) don't have "top vents" exposed to things that could potentially fall in it during an earthquake, and so forth. 
 
You can't anticipate everything. But you largely want to avoid a situation where the computer causes a fire due to it's location or proximity to combustible materials.
 
 
 

Here, EVGA has one model like that
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-1068-KR
 

better question would be when they'll be readily available..

Eh, tough choice! but if you decide to get a 3000 Series from Nvidia or a 6000 series from AMD, please please PLEASE do not get an overpriced one from ebay / amazon etc, do not feed the scalpers market.

i agree with 8-bit Ninja.. don't focus on a specific model, focus on a budget, and when you wanna / can buy, see what's the best bang for your buck 🙂

Raytracing only needs to know the color, direction, position, and size of the light, as well as the reflectivity of the textures in the scene. This results in a minimal increase in texture info, and a complete removal of lighting and shadow requirements. If it needed any significant amount of VRAM to use it, I would be shocked. It's designed to be a processed thing, not a projected texture. (which is what lighting and shadows are right now)
Higher render resolution does increase VRAM usage significantly. Usually add 10% usage going from 1080p to 1440p, and another 20% going to 4k. Remove the lighting and shadow VRAM requirement with raytracing, and it's back down to 1080p VRAM usage.

..silently swaps the X570 TUF from pc part picker for Aorus while reading..

..silently swaps the X570 TUF from pc part picker for Aorus while reading..

I'm assuming in the past 2 years you haven't moved your pc into another (hotter) location? If so, a good cleaning and a fresh apply of thermal paste would be good.  Also, monitor temperatures while under heavy load, gaming, etc..

I wish you had mentioned this at the beginning. Had to go back and read it with a French accent, now it all makes sense.