Will 32 GB be future proof enough

[thedemoncowboy]

I got an aventum x by digital storm coming. I play video games and music and all that jazz. Will 32 GB be future proof enough? Or should I spend the extra $400 for 64 gb

[Princess Luna]

If gaming and listening to music is all the multi task you'll do you can live even with "just" 16gb.

[thedemoncowboy]

3 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

If gaming and listening to music is all the multi task you'll do you can live even with "just" 16gb.

Cause I have 32 GB VENGENCE but I can upgrade to 64 but if it’s pointless then I can use the $500 towards other shit 

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, thedemoncowboy said:

Cause I have 32 GB VENGENC

have you ever maxed out this 32gb doing what you usually do?

[trevb0t]

3 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

have you ever maxed out this 32gb doing what you usually do?

Have you ever topped like 12..?

 

Most games use 5-6GB realistically, with some heavier titles getting up over 8 or so. 

 

Really 16 is a gaming PC. 32 is for heavy production purposes. 

[thedemoncowboy]

4 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

have you ever maxed out this 32gb doing what you usually do?

Not that I know of 

[Princess Luna]

Just now, thedemoncowboy said:

Not that I know of 

Then use common logic, do you need more of something you're not using? unused memory is wasted memory.

 

You can spend your money elsewhere

[thedemoncowboy]

1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

Then use common logic, do you need more of something you're not using? unused memory is wasted memory.

 

You can spend your money elsewhere

The only reason I say not that I k ow of is because I don’t even hve the computer yet 

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, thedemoncowboy said:

The only reason I say not that I k ow of is because I don’t even hve the computer yet 

You can easily add ram to the system and its cheaper than the upgrade price their charging it seems too.

[BleachedFur]

57 minutes ago, thedemoncowboy said:

I got an aventum x by digital storm coming. I play video games and music and all that jazz. Will 32 GB be future proof enough? Or should I spend the extra $400 for 64 gb

i mean hell evven 8gb is still pretty okay, but for gamers 16gb is recommended.

 

i sold a rig a while ago with 16gb and the guy was worrried it wouldnt be enough but he's repeatedly come back for upgrades and routine maintenance and he says 16gb is more than he'll ever need. he does streaming with an elgato and has stuff like twitch, steam, discord, etc open while gaming too.

 

apologies about spelling mistakes I have a $1200 laptop with a $2 keyboard

[thedemoncowboy]

I have 32 fb in the current order but I have one more day to decide if I need to go to 64

[dizmo]

If you have to ask, you don't need 64GB. You probably don't even need 32GB.

[gbergeron]

You need 1 TB to run facebook

[Gegger]

Yes, it's future-proof, and if you really need to upgrade, get a kit off of Amazon for wayyyyy less than $400

[thedemoncowboy]

11 hours ago, gbergeron said:

You need 1 TB to run facebook

Isn’t that the truth lol

[thedemoncowboy]

So my main uses are school, and gaming, some YouTube video and light editing. 

 

I have a 2080 RTX TI, i9 9900k, — 

 

Schooling usually has me with Microsoft word, and maybe 10-20 windows open for IE, google chrome.

 

I don’t know if 32Gb Will be “enough” for future proofing ... I know I’ve asked before but I keep getting told 64 GB is the better way to go. Then people say 32 GB is overkill and 64 is x2 the amount of overkill....

 

im fucking perplexed as to what I do.

 

 

[MeatFeastMan]

You don't need 64gb for 'light' editing. 32gb will do just fine. I've just ordered 32gb for my zen2 build and I bought that because one or two games are getting fairly close to 16gb ram (Nothing too close though, it'll be 2 or 3 years yet before we see games surpassing 16gb) and I wanted it to last a while. 32gb should handle anything you throw at it for quite some time (Unless you're doing heavy editing). I'd get that.

[Mira Yurizaki]

If you're running out of RAM constantly, then that's when you should get more.

 

Otherwise there's no real point. Unused RAM is wasted RAM.

[thedemoncowboy]

2 minutes ago, MeatFeastMan said:

You don't need 64gb for 'light' editing. 32gb will do just fine. I've just ordered 32gb for my zen2 build and I bought that because one or two games are getting fairly close to 16gb ram (Nothing too close though, it'll be 2 or 3 years yet before we see games surpassing 16gb) and I wanted it to last a while. 32gb should handle anything you throw at it for quite some time (Unless you're doing heavy editing). I'd get that.

Editing like photoshop? Or 

[MeatFeastMan]

Just now, thedemoncowboy said:

Editing like photoshop? Or 

You'll be fine with 32gb as long as you're not going overboard to the extreme.

[thedemoncowboy]

1 minute ago, MeatFeastMan said:

You'll be fine with 32gb as long as you're not going overboard to the extreme.

What would overboard to the extreme look like

[Oalei]

2 minutes ago, thedemoncowboy said:

What would overboard to the extreme look like

use task manager to use how much ram usage you have.

[Mira Yurizaki]

3 minutes ago, thedemoncowboy said:

What would overboard to the extreme look like

You can see usage on Task Manager, but I'd argue unless the system is constantly swapping data in and out of RAM and the page file, it's not at the "extreme" level.

[thedemoncowboy]

8 minutes ago, Oalei said:

use task manager to use how much ram usage you have.

Well based off my current pc specs I’ve gotten to 19 so far but that’s with a shit ton of stuff open

 

I just don’t want to regret not getting it lol. I’m lazy. I don’t want to upgrade and upgrade 

[thedemoncowboy]

7 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

You can see usage on Task Manager, but I'd argue unless the system is constantly swapping data in and out of RAM and the page file, it's not at the "extreme" level.

You’ve commented on a lot of my stuff so what do you use!