Uses For 32GB Of RAM?

[TTesla]

Currently have 16gb, and looking for a good excuse to buy 16 more since prices are really good right now...

 

The longer the list, the more likely I find one of the uses useful. 

[Beowulff83]

because 

10 minutes ago, TeenTesla said:

prices are really good right now

and you want it

[TTesla]

1 minute ago, Beowulff83 said:

because 

and you want it

Well, why do I want it though?

I need to have a rationalization, otherwise I might feel bad a few minutes after I order it...

[APasz]

If you play Cities: Skylines, there are 30odd reasons right there.

Anyway, you need to look at your current usage. Like are you getting up into the 13gb+ range on a regular basis.

[TTesla]

Just now, APasz said:

If you play Cities: Skylines, there are 30odd reasons right there.

Anyway, you need to look at your current usage. Like are you getting up into the 13gb+ range on a regular basis.

No no, if I look at my current usage I won't even be able to justify 16gb.

It's about what I MIGHT use it for in the future, not what I currently do that definitely needs it now.

Someone just give me a nice list and I'll pick one, feel good about my purchase, and we can all live happily ever after

[Beowulff83]

1 minute ago, TeenTesla said:

I might feel bad a few minutes after I order it...

lol trying to avoid the buyers remorse.

Do you have the disposable income available for it?

do you have any thing else pending in which you should spend that money on?

Is there anything else you should upgrade in your system first?

 

if you pass the above then tell yourself future proof, streaming and video editing then buy some and be happy.

[TTesla]

4 minutes ago, Beowulff83 said:

lol trying to avoid the buyers remorse.

Do you have the disposable income available for it?

do you have any thing else pending in which you should spend that money on?

Is there anything else you should upgrade in your system first?

 

if you pass the above then tell yourself future proof, streaming and video editing then buy some and be happy.

I don't mind the future proof argument, but streaming is something I'll probably never do (and I have no idea why so many people build rigs w/ it in mind).

Now for video editing, with a 9600k, will I really benefit from 32gb ram?

What about for things like Blender, or CAD?

[Beowulff83]

2 minutes ago, TeenTesla said:

Now for video editing, with a 9600k, will I really benefit from 32gb ram?

What about for things like Blender, or CAD?

not sure hopefully someone else will chime in

[danomicar]

31 minutes ago, TeenTesla said:

Currently have 16gb, and looking for a good excuse to buy 16 more since prices are really good right now...

 

The longer the list, the more likely I find one of the uses useful. 

Google Chrome has entered the chat.

[Oalei]

42 minutes ago, TeenTesla said:

I don't mind the future proof argument, but streaming is something I'll probably never do (and I have no idea why so many people build rigs w/ it in mind).

Now for video editing, with a 9600k, will I really benefit from 32gb ram?

What about for things like Blender, or CAD?

Blender is more GPU demanding than ram and CAD seems like CPU demanding than RAM, its more like if you use one of those and multitask like say opening chrome or playing games it will eventually eat up like 20gb probably with one of those 2 open or the 2 of them open it can still be usable.

[Kisai]

1 hour ago, TeenTesla said:

Currently have 16gb, and looking for a good excuse to buy 16 more since prices are really good right now...

 

The longer the list, the more likely I find one of the uses useful. 

Always max out the RAM if it's an option when you purchase. If you don't believe you will need it, get it in two banks and leave the other two banks open later.

 

In a laptop however you might not have this option and not ordering the model with the maximum ram from the beginning might mean all banks are filled and thus you have to throw out the old RAM.

 

As for a mild suggestion of what to do with "old RAM", I really wish someone would just make a dang RAM-to-NVMe or RAM-to-SATA drive with a small LiPo battery. These things exist every so often, but don't have much practical use outside of trying to fudge benchmarks.

[TTesla]

5 minutes ago, Oalei said:

Blender is more GPU demanding than ram and CAD seems like CPU demanding than RAM, its more like if you use one of those and multitask like say opening chrome or playing games it will eventually eat up like 20gb probably with one of those 2 open or the 2 of them open it can still be usable.

What about games like GTA V, minecraft, etc that are heavily modded?

Can something like that start passing 14+ gb?

[TTesla]

3 minutes ago, Kisai said:

Always max out the RAM if it's an option when you purchase. If you don't believe you will need it, get it in two banks and leave the other two banks open later.

 

In a laptop however you might not have this option and not ordering the model with the maximum ram from the beginning might mean all banks are filled and thus you have to throw out the old RAM.

 

As for a mild suggestion of what to do with "old RAM", I really wish someone would just make a dang RAM-to-NVMe or RAM-to-SATA drive with a small LiPo battery. These things exist every so often, but don't have much practical use outside of trying to fudge benchmarks.

I think you're confused. I am running a desktop pc, with 8gb x 2 ram currently in. Looking to get another 8x2, and reasons to do so.

No old ram, no laptop, and definitely no RAM to SATA crap lol

[Oalei]

2 minutes ago, TeenTesla said:

What about games like GTA V, minecraft, etc that are heavily modded?

Can something like that start passing 14+ gb?

nah the game itself will be limited to CPU and GPU before you might run into RAM problems. its more like how much application can you open before it started to maxed out on ram but on the other hand can the CPU handle that many apps at the same time, if it cant it will be saved up by the ram, if it can it will open up like how it was without any loading or something like that.

[krysta24]

2 hours ago, TeenTesla said:

Currently have 16gb, and looking for a good excuse to buy 16 more since prices are really good right now...

 

The longer the list, the more likely I find one of the uses useful. 

If you ask why you need it you don´t need it. If you do SW dev and work on large projects you might need it. Maybe if you´re video editor, perhaps. Crazy broser "might need that tab later" kind of guy. Other that what guys above listed.

[TTesla]

1 minute ago, krysta24 said:

If you ask why you need it you don´t need it. If you do SW dev and work on large projects you might need it. Maybe if you´re video editor, perhaps. Crazy broser "might need that tab later" kind of guy. Other that what guys above listed.

I don't think you understand the tone I was writing that in. I know I don't strictly need 16gb more RAM, I was just asking for use cases where I might want it (even if I currently don't do any of them).

[krysta24]

3 minutes ago, TeenTesla said:

I don't think you understand the tone I was writing that in. I know I don't strictly need 16gb more RAM, I was just asking for use cases where I might want it (even if I currently don't do any of them).

Sure just saying that it´s ovekill. And It´s worth mentioning that I´ve seen predictions that that RAM will be even cheaper. But if you wanna treat yourself and you got money to spare. Why not?

[nick name]

Buy the RAM and then start playing with PrimoCache software.  

[PianoPlayer88Key]

11 hours ago, danomicar said:

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[Kisai]

11 hours ago, TeenTesla said:

I think you're confused. I am running a desktop pc, with 8gb x 2 ram currently in. Looking to get another 8x2, and reasons to do so.

No old ram, no laptop, and definitely no RAM to SATA crap lol

 

I have 4x8 in my system, and well, most of the time, it's Chrome that willingly eats 1GB of RAM per tab. All those infinite-scroller pages like twitter and facebook do that. Also pages that refresh ads.

 

For practical considerations, some games like FFXV and Fallout4 will exhaust all available RAM. Then there are games with large data sets.

 

Application-wise, Photoshop/Premire/AfterEffects and similar programs like ClipStudio and ToonBoom Harmony use more RAM for more layers instead of resorting to scratch drives.

 

And if you really don't think you can use 32GB, turn the page-file off and see what happens. I have the page file set to 0, and the system almost never hits an out-of-memory condition, but if you watch the system resources you'll also notice that all the stuff I normally have loaded takes up 20GB.

[Pasi123]

32GB would be decent for web browsing. I have 24GB RAM and I use Opera which is Chrome based and it uses a lot of RAM, just like Chrome.

 

 

My total RAM usage (physical + swap):

[Turtle Rig]

DAW, VIdeo Editing, Heavy Photo Editing, CAD, 3D Design

[TTesla]

4 hours ago, Kisai said:

 

I have 4x8 in my system, and well, most of the time, it's Chrome that willingly eats 1GB of RAM per tab. All those infinite-scroller pages like twitter and facebook do that. Also pages that refresh ads.

 

For practical considerations, some games like FFXV and Fallout4 will exhaust all available RAM. Then there are games with large data sets.

 

Application-wise, Photoshop/Premire/AfterEffects and similar programs like ClipStudio and ToonBoom Harmony use more RAM for more layers instead of resorting to scratch drives.

 

And if you really don't think you can use 32GB, turn the page-file off and see what happens. I have the page file set to 0, and the system almost never hits an out-of-memory condition, but if you watch the system resources you'll also notice that all the stuff I normally have loaded takes up 20GB.

Would I get any benefit from not having a page file?

[kidroc666]

1 reason it's really cheap now if you wait to long your going to regret having to spent a shit load more when you do really need it!!!

[nick name]

1 hour ago, TeenTesla said:

Would I get any benefit from not having a page file?

No.