6700k 64gb ram or 6850k 128gb ram?

[AhmedTRG]

so i want to get an overkill multi tasking-gaming pc but idk if i need to get i7 6700k with 64gb ram or i7 6850k 128gb ram. what i want to do is:

play custom split screen

4k gaming (gtx 1080 sli)

multi tasking (in creative cloud) while gaming

recording gameplay....

 

Edited December 1, 2016 by AhmedTRG

[iRileyx]

There's no way you'd need 128GB of ram for what you're planning lol

[bobcobble]

6850k 64gb ram 1080 sli

 

[AhmedTRG]

does more ram help with higher res?

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, AhmedTRG said:

does more ram help with higher res?

no, the pixels you see is powered from the GPU

[SCHISCHKA]

13 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

There's no way you'd need 128GB of ram for what you're planning lol

thats a lot of chrome tabs

[Droidbot]

4 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

thats a lot of chrome tabs

I legimately don't know how running a 720p YouTube video accelerated by HTML5 can take 200MB of memory and 3-10% CPU

 

But Firefox will take that amount of CPU with 2 tabs, so I'm not complaining

[Nastier]

32GB would most likely already do just fien for what oyu intend to do 

[Froody129]

Everyone knows you need at least 256gb RAM to run Chrome on max settings

[nerd866]

Unless you know you need more than 32 GB of RAM, 32 will deliver all the multitasking you'll ever need, any video editing you'll be doing and any 4k (or even 8k) gaming your system will ever be able to handle.

 

Don't even consider 64 GB unless you've done the research about the dedicated content creation software you'll be running AND can prove to yourself factually that you need 64 GB of RAM. Unless you know you need 64 GB of RAM, I can guarantee you don't. Same deal with 128 GB. Don't even look at 128 GB builds unless you can prove that a 64 GB build won't meet your needs.

 

I'm running 64 GB in my workstation but I'm running it with a very specific purpose. I work with the kinds of workloads that utilize 64 GB of RAM and unless you know you're getting into workloads like that, that amount of RAM just isn't applicable for you. 
(I won't lie, I kinda wish I had 128 GB of RAM but my system doesn't support it . Next build will have 128 GB! )

 

16 GB is a nice number for most users. If you want ultra-responsive multitasking of very heavy workloads, such as gaming, streaming, dedicated private game servers and leaving your browsers and video editing projects loaded in the background, consider 32 GB. Any more is honestly a waste.

 

For a REALLY nice experience where you don't have to shut down programs and can alt-tab between stuff completely freely, 32 GB is a beautiful experience. For your overkill machine, 32GB sounds like a good pick.

[hogfather]

Getting faster RAM might give you a frame or two extra in games.  Also, keep in mind the heat, memory can get warm and then there is the extra stress on the memory controller - which probably produces more heat.  32 GB is more than enough for most cases.  

 

I use 64 GB of RAM for running RAM-Drivers and multiple VMs at once for a specific reason.

[typographie]

3 hours ago, AhmedTRG said:

does more ram help with higher res?

Video RAM might, but only in games, and a high-end system today is likely to have plenty of VRAM just by choosing an appropriate video card. System memory has very little to do with graphics or monitor output.

 

It depends somewhat on what you're doing in Creative Cloud, but unless you're doing professional video work you can probably get away with 32 GB or less of system RAM. There are reasons to have 64–128 GB, but those are very specialized and very high-end workloads. It's pretty easy to add more RAM later if you decide you need it, especially on an X99 board.

[nerd866]

1 hour ago, hogfather said:

I use 64 GB of RAM for running RAM-Drivers and multiple VMs at once for a specific reason.

That's fair. VMs eat RAM and RAMdisk-style usage just gets insane with the amounts of RAM you want to have installed.

 

I do music production, primarily using samples. Such sample libraries get absolutely massive so my template and project sizes are limited by my RAM capacity. 64 is workable. 128 would be better.

[hogfather]

1 hour ago, nerd866 said:

That's fair. VMs eat RAM and RAMdisk-style usage just gets insane with the amounts of RAM you want to have installed.

 

I do music production, primarily using samples. Such sample libraries get absolutely massive so my template and project sizes are limited by my RAM capacity. 64 is workable. 128 would be better.

 

Yep, totally agree. Music production, under certain situations could get very memory intensive.  

 

 

[Qwweb]

6 hours ago, AhmedTRG said:

so i want to get an overkill multi tasking-gaming pc but idk if i need to get i7 6700k with 64gb ram or i7 6850k 128gb ram. what i want to do is:

play custom split screen

4k gaming (gtx 1080 sli)

multi tasking (in creative cloud) while gaming

recording gameplay....

 

What will you be doing in creative cloud and what games will you be playing? I am just trying to figure out how you will be gaming, working, and streaming simultaneously.

[AhmedTRG]

ok so i don't need much ram but what about the cpu? the i7 6700k or 6850k?

 

note: i want to render videos while recording games