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Good for what?

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CPU Intel Core i7 4930k @ 4.3GHz | Motherboard ASUS P9X79 Deluxe | RAM Hynix 32GB (8x4GB) 2133MHz CL11 | GPU Gigabyte GTX 980Ti G1 Gaming | Case NZXT Phantom 410 | Storage Samsung 850EVO 500GB, Seagate Barracuda 2TB | PSU Cooler Master G650M (650W) | Monitors x1 Dell U2515H, x2 Dell 1907FP | Cooling Noctua NH-D14 w. x2 NF-F12 iPPC-2000 PWM | Keyboard Logitech G610 ORION BROWN | Mouse Logitech Performance MX | OS Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64

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Care to elaborate?

 

Good for what?

These are both brilliant questions.

Also make sure it's the right type of RAM.

 

I personally didn't find 16GB of RAM near enough for what I do, so I wouldn't consider it 'good'. However a 'normal' user who has a normal amount of browser tabs and runs normal games, and doesn't virtualize anything would probably be fine with it in a lot of cases.

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8gb of ddr4 for basically anything needed on a computer.

Well anything needed varies person to person. I might need my computer to do something yours doesn't.

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workstation, gaming, youtube, web browsing, movies, and combinations.

Workstation is vague :blink:

 

But 8GB sounds like it'll be enough for you based on your vague responses (someone with work to do that requires more would probably be able to be more specific so..).

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Given that your responses have been vague, start with 8GBs and just add more as needed. IMHO 8GBs in the new minimum if you're gaming.

CPU: Core i7 4970K | MOBO: Asus Z87 Pro | RAM: 32GBs of G.Skill Ares 1866 | GPU: MSI GAMING X GTX 1070 | STOR: 2 X Crucial BX100 250GB, 2 x WD Blk 1TB (mirror),WD Blk 500GB | CASE: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced | PSU: EVGA SUPERNOVA G2 750W | COOL: Cooler Master Hyper T4 | DISP: 21" 1080P POS | KB: MS Keyboard | MAU5: Redragon NEMEANLION | MIC: Snowball Blue | OS: Win 8.1 Pro x64, (Working on Arch for dual boot) |

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