Do i need more ram?

[Average AMD Enjoyer]

The specs are below (main pc)

[Loki0111]

Depends what you are doing but I usually advise 16gb of ram as default for gaming rigs these days.

[SignatureSigner]

IF you are constantly hitting 16gb of ram usage from day to day work then yes. If I had your system I would have 32gb just out of the components you have.

[Average AMD Enjoyer]

Just now, SignatureSigner said:

IF you are constantly hitting 16gb of ram usage from day to day work then yes. If I had your system I would have 32gb just out of the components you have.

yeah, i agree. I will probably buy 2 more ram sticks, but i heard that dual channel is faster or something?

[dizmo]

Do you use more than 16GB? Then yes.

If you don't? Then no.

[Tristerin]

1 minute ago, AMD fanboi gang said:

yeah, i agree. I will probably buy 2 more ram sticks, but i heard that dual channel is faster or something?

Dual Channel is 2 sticks, in the right slots.  4 sticks on a non HEDT system (yours, mine for example) is still Dual Channel. 

[Average AMD Enjoyer]

Just now, dizmo said:

Do you use more than 16GB? Then yes.

If you don't? Then no.

i actually dont know, during games it hits 14-15 gb usage but i feel its limited to that so background apps can use it

[NineEyeRon]

I recommend two sticks of 4GB or two sticks of 8GB 2600Mhz for Intel, assuming your motherboard can support that speed. Any higher is only useful for benchmarking scores and won’t improve user experience outside of some edge cases.

[Average AMD Enjoyer]

Just now, Tristerin said:

Dual Channel is 2 sticks, in the right slots.  4 sticks on a non HEDT system (yours, mine for example) is still Dual Channel. 

Thank you!

[Tristerin]

Just now, AMD fanboi gang said:

Thank you!

If you are solely gaming, and not playing hugely MODDED games, you are very unlikely to be using or needing more than 16gb of RAM.  If you are - close some of those chrome tabs.  If you dont want to close some of those internet tabs - get more RAM - wont make the system faster FYI unless you have a RAM bottleneck.

[Psittac]

Only reason I have 32g is because my plan for this system was to replace my server's, which it did for a while but I'm no longer hosting anything so it was kind of a waste

[Average AMD Enjoyer]

1 minute ago, Tristerin said:

If you are solely gaming, and not playing hugely MODDED games, you are very unlikely to be using or needing more than 16gb of RAM.  If you are - close some of those chrome tabs.  If you dont want to close some of those internet tabs - get more RAM - wont make the system faster FYI unless you have a RAM bottleneck.

I think i do have a ram bottle neck, since my cpu is always at 60% usage and ram is at 95% usage while playing microsoft flight sim 2020

[dizmo]

Just now, Average AMD Enjoyer said:

i actually dont know, during games it hits 14-15 gb usage but i feel its limited to that so background apps can use it

If you think you'd use it, go for it. RAM isn't a huge expense in the grand scheme of a build. You could also just throw in 8GB.

Just now, NineEyeRon said:

I recommend two sticks of 4GB or two sticks of 8GB 2600Mhz for Intel, assuming your motherboard can support that speed. Any higher is only useful for benchmarking scores and won’t improve user experience outside of some edge cases.

Uh, what? Pretty sure that's not true at all.

[NineEyeRon]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

If you think you'd use it, go for it. RAM isn't a huge expense in the grand scheme of a build. You could also just throw in 8GB.

Uh, what? Pretty sure that's not true at all.

I think more recent Intel GPUs like 3200 too, it is also worth chasing a few extra FPS now 4k and high refresh 1440p is in reach for more and more gamers.

[dizmo]

Just now, NineEyeRon said:

I think more recent Intel GPUs like 3200 too, it is also worth chasing a few extra FPS now 4k and high refresh 1440p is in reach for more and more gamers.

You mean Intel CPUs?
3600mhz is generally known as the sweet spot for price to performance, be it Intel or Ryzen.

It's also been shown that more sticks can equate to more performance, even if it's minimal.

[Mr.Briggs]

Whats your Commit charge? i have 16gb ddr3 1333mhz and in say warzone, my peak RAM is 12GB, meanwhile peak Commit is 18GB, 6GB of my ssd space is being used for ram caching (Windows page file)

[LogicalDrm]

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