Is it the time for 32GB Ram?

[Splinterdog]

I had two spare ram slots, so when I was in the UK a couple of years ago, I found a bargain on Ebuyer for 2 x 8Gb, so I grabbed them
Probably a fraction of what I'd pay down here.

 

[GerKNG]

play warzone and have nothing else open.
you exceed 16GB with ease.

i use 32GB since years and it's totally worth it.

 

[ixi]

32GB for peasants. 64GB for mainstream.

16GB is plenty for upcoming few years.

play warzone and have nothing else open.
you exceed 16GB with ease.

i use 32GB since years and it's totally worth it.

In summer was playing from time to time warzone. With apps running in background and never exceeded 9/10GB of usage. No idea how you do you exceed 16GB of ram.

 

[Solid State Soul ( SSS )]

Bad timing, only upgrade to 32 Gb once DDR5 start to be mainstream, remember when 8gb DDR3 was the sweet spot for gaming, then 16Gb with DDR4, now with DDR5 coming soon, upgrade to larger capacity then

 

[Vayra86]

play warzone and have nothing else open.
you exceed 16GB with ease.

i use 32GB since years and it's totally worth it.

Lmao. Warzone. Code cesspit numero uno it seems. Fitting for CoD...

Bad timing, only upgrade to 32 Gb once DDR5 start to be mainstream, remember when 8gb DDR3 was the sweet spot for gaming, then 16Gb with DDR4, now with DDR5 coming soon, upgrade to larger capacity then

This.

 

[Deleted member 178884]

16GB is more than enough for 99% of people, waste of money to buy 32GB if you don't need it IMO.

 

[freeagent]

Rank interleaving is a benefit to Zen 3 and does provide a measurable performance difference. Whether or not its worth the extra cash is entirely up to the user. I bought an extra set for my kids pc, but he wont be getting these ones lol, I will get him another pair.

 

[Atomic77]

My Costco Bought HP Laptop has 12gb and my Costco bought Dell AIO has 16gb main memory. I always thought more is better from what I have heard but I have also heard too much can be over kill depending on what you do with it.

 

[INSTG8R]

play warzone and have nothing else open.
you exceed 16GB with ease.

i use 32GB since years and it's totally worth it.

CoD will eat as much RAM as it can get. There’s a setting about Texture Caching for the last few versions. I just checked the MW/Warzone and now it's at least adjustable but mine was set to 16GB by default(all my RAM)

 

[Mescalamba]

And the year is 2021. Do you think 32gb ram is overkill for game&rendering? Or should we wait for the prices to get lower?

Not overkill if you run PhotoShop. Could use easily 48GB or more. My Xeon would probably handle it, but kits are expensive.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Rank interleaving is a benefit to Zen 3 and does provide a measurable performance difference. Whether or not its worth the extra cash is entirely up to the user. I bought an extra set for my kids pc, but he wont be getting these ones lol, I will get him another pair.

Sounds like it resembles X299 with Skylake X, even when it don't advertise quad-channel. :/

 

[nguyen]

Started using 32GB since the launch of 8700K in 2017 because I like having all RAM slot occupied LOL, turned out 4x8GB actually provide tangible benefits, though the 4x8GB samsung b-die kit cost me 500usd back in 2017 , still fantastic RAM kit even now.

 

[Metroid]

32GB gives you freedom to have a lot of tabs on your preferred browser and doing many other things as well in parallel. You can't go wrong with it.

 

[SL2]

for rendering? i'd say go with 32GB

This.

So many posts here totally ignoring the OP's specific question, replying with "average user", "in general", or even "in most situations", even tho you know EXACTLY which situation the OP was talking about.

The average user doesn't do rendering, even tho it's probably much more common today than just ten years ago.

 

[elghinnarisa]

This.

So many posts here totally ignoring the OP's specific question, replying with "average user", "in general", or even "in most situations", even tho you know EXACTLY which situation the OP was talking about.

The average user doesn't do rendering, even tho it's probably much more common today than just ten years ago.

Probably because if someone asks if they need more memory for "rendering", then they have no idea how much memory it consumes for that which they work with, so chances are they have not been doing it all that much. Otherwise they would have ran in to the issue of running out of memory already and would know they need more. And without knowing more specifically what this "rendering" means, it could be anything from 2GB to 128GB.


If one is just starting out with CAD or 3d modelling of any type, its going to be a long long time before you start having issues with scenes being so large you need more than 16GB of memory. Unless you just throw things at it and hope it sticks but thats more user error than anything else.

But, I that do 3d modelling, please do tell how much memory it consumes for me. Since you seem to know exactly my situation just as you do OPs.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

With Ram I'm of the buy as much of it as you can When it's cheap, it's price is quite fluid.
Plus after messing with two sets with quite the gap between purchases, I am not into it, also fill your slot's see minor gains in some apps, so for Me it's time for 32GB though I'm fine with 16GB in my laptop anyway or having that much in my main rig if I had to.

 

[A Computer Guy]

And the year is 2021. Do you think 32gb ram is overkill for game&rendering? Or should we wait for the prices to get lower?

You can't go wrong with 32GB if your going to stick with your PC for awhile but it may not be worth it depending on what you are doing.
Potentially RAM prices may be on the rise.

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[AusWolf]

As always: it depends...

• Do you want to play games from 2020-21? For that, you don't need 32 GB, 16 is fine for now. For the future, who knows.
• For rendering, I have no idea.
• If you're on a budget, sticking to 16 GB for now is a no brainer. If you have a bit of extra cash, more RAM won't hurt.
• If you upgrade your PC quite often, you're OK with 16 GB, and you can buy more later. If you like having your PC untouched for as long as possible, I'd always go with as much RAM as I can afford.

As for me, I have a Ryzen 9 5950X with 32 GB RAM even though I don't need it. PC is my hobby, and I'm very curious how current high-end parts will hold up in time. I suspect games will use more CPU cores and RAM in the future, though we will have faster CPU cores as well. I want to see what difference it will make. Also, I only upgrade every third or fourth generation (5-10% gap in performance is just not enough for me to justify the price), so I tend to buy as high-end parts as possible, even when I have no need for them.

I'd say, stick to 16 GB if your PC only serves a couple years (literally a couple), or you're on a budget. If you're thinking long-term, or just have some extra money to spend, buying 32 GB and not using it won't hurt.

 

[jjnissanpatfan]

Rank interleaving is a benefit to Zen 3 and does provide a measurable performance difference. Whether or not its worth the extra cash is entirely up to the user. I bought an extra set for my kids pc, but he wont be getting these ones lol, I will get him another pair.

I saw that mentioned a few times and asked about it when trying to piece together a zen3 system. I might have to buy another set and test. 16 gigs is more than enough for normal user. Windows uses a set amount from what is installed. I think it will cache like 1/4 of whatever you have. And with DDR4 I think the minimum size is 8 gig sticks...so if you game or benchmark and care for optimal performance 32 gigs is the standard.

 

[elghinnarisa]

I saw that mentioned a few times and asked about it when trying to piece together a zen3 system. I might have to buy another set and test. 16 gigs is more than enough for normal user. Windows uses a set amount from what is installed. I think it will cache like 1/4 of whatever you have. And with DDR4 I think the minimum size is 8 gig sticks...so if you game or benchmark and care for optimal performance 32 gigs is the standard.

Windows, like any modern OS, will cache as much as humanly (or inhumanly?) possible. And it can and will, without a doubt, cache every piece of free memory you have. Always.

Unused RAM is wasted RAM and no modern OS is going to waste all that unused tasty memory!

 

[jjnissanpatfan]

I was just saying in general from start up. It starts at 1/4 then then more you do the more it gets eaten.

 

[Splinterdog]

If you can afford it, bang in as much as you want. I may not have noticed much of a difference between 16 and 32, but it's there if I need it.
This is me when fixing a customer PC with 4GB RAM and a spinner, which happens a lot.

 

[SL2]

But, I that do 3d modelling, please do tell how much memory it consumes for me.

Thank you for the sincere sarcasm, much appreciated. You clearly have no idea what I'm talking about. (But, you will of course tell me now that you know perfectly well)

Since you seem to know exactly my situation just as you do OPs.

As if I said that lol, read again. I was quoting someone who stayed on topic, but yeah, you can interpret it as if I KNOW that the OP needs exactly 32 GB, I can't really stop your thoughts there..

It doesn't matter how little the OP knows about this, he's asking a sincere question, no matter how difficult it is to answer.
My point is that broadening the scope of the question to a generic "how much RAM do I need" doesn't help anyone.

 

[Gwenved]

In a complete rig around 2500€ ( excluding accessories like racing wheel, joystick etc) the 32GB memory represents actually 5%. 16 GB or 32GB doesn´t change the bill so why not?
Imho a system needs to be equilibrated so you can't spend your money in a couple of elements top of the range and basics for the rest.
Memory gives the capacity to breathe to your computer and modern processors know how to use it, you don't need the full capacity all the time that's true but better more than less.

 

[qubit]

I've had 16GB in my rig since I built it in 2011 and it's stood the test of time. Given that memory demands are going up, I don't think 32GB is overkill now if you can afford it. Heck, even work computers are beginning to standardise around 16GB now.