Is 32GB of RAM overkill?

[MrDBD]

Probably gonna do some simple multitasking and intensive gaming

[Skiiwee29]

for your use case, most likely. Really depends on what games, what background apps/tasks open/running etc.. I run 32gb because I can push up to about 15 1/2 gb of used normally, so I gave myself that extra buffer. 

[pythonmegapixel]

Yes, but if you can afford it, there's no reason not to, and it will give you a bit of extra headroom.

 

If you are, seeminly unlike some people on here, actually capable of closing browser tabs when you have finished with them, you should be fine

[MrDBD]

The only games that i will play are forza horizon 4, roblox, minecraft RTX and microsoft flight sim 2020.

 

Other than that, maybe some light work in blender and 3D models.

[MrDBD]

1 minute ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Yes, but if you can afford it, there's no reason not to, and it will give you a bit of extra headroom.

 

If you are, seeminly unlike some people on here, actually capable of closing browser tabs when you have finished with them, you should be fine

Guess I’ll be alright with 16gb then

[cottechguy]

Just now, MrDBD said:

The only games that i will play are forza horizon 4, roblox, minecraft RTX and microsoft flight sim 2020.

 

Other than that, maybe some light work in blender and 3D models.

then 24gb is ok (if u can get one, most are 16 and 32)

[MrDBD]

4 minutes ago, cottechguy said:

then 24gb is ok (if u can get one, most are 16 and 32)

Lol i never heard of anybody ever using 24gb. Didn’t even know you could actually get 24gb

[cottechguy]

2 minutes ago, MrDBD said:

Lol i never heard of anybody ever using 24gb. Didn’t even know you could actually get 24gb

get 3 sticks of 8gb, done

[Jumballi]

1 minute ago, MrDBD said:

Lol i never heard of anybody ever using 24gb. Didn’t even know you could actually get 24gb

You can mix and match the modules, but it's not recommended.

As someone in a similar situation as you, I would say go for 32GB as I've gone over 16GB many many many times.

I find that if you have the resources, you'll end up using them, and vise versa if you don't have them.

[Shoopman]

It is beyond overkill for gaming, but 32GB is really nice to have if you do media production because you can set up a RAM disk that will not only save your other drives from wear and tear, but will be super fast.

[RAM555789]

29 minutes ago, MrDBD said:

some light work in blender and 3D models.

It not super necessary for light work, but having some extra RAM never hurts when doing anything involving 3d modeling.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, cottechguy said:

get 3 sticks of 8gb, done

That would be a terrible idea.

[SupaKomputa]

3 hours ago, MrDBD said:

Lol i never heard of anybody ever using 24gb. Didn’t even know you could actually get 24gb

why not? 2x4gb + 2x8gb.

[Nena Trinity]

Worth it for dual-rank!

[Mister Woof]

No because nobody wants naked DIMM slots

[Pasi123]

9 hours ago, MrDBD said:

Lol i never heard of anybody ever using 24gb. Didn’t even know you could actually get 24gb

I have 24GB in my main PC.

24GB was common on X58/LGA1366 because it has triple channel memory.

For dual or quad channel 24GB isn't optimal.

[MrDBD]

8 hours ago, lee32uk said:

That would be a terrible idea.

That’s what i was thinking!