POLL - How much RAM do you have?

[FireFox]

Question is, how many of you with 32gb use it just in a gaming rig?

Well, me with 32GB depending what i play 10GB above and as i posted in the previous page CW uses 16GB+

 

[xrobwx71]

I probably would have got 128GB if I could have.

Exactly. It's the same reason as if I was in the market for a Corvette, I'd go for the Z06 instead of the base. 490HP or 615HP? The extra is there if you need it.

Question is, how many of you with 32gb use it just in a gaming rig?

I have the 64 on my gaming rig. I also run multiple VM's for experimenting.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Question is, how many of you with 32gb use it just in a gaming rig?

You have different computers for different usage?
I only have one desktop and that's my work and gaming machine.

 

[freeagent]

My secondary pc is just an old 3770K system that has 12gb in it. It’s not ideal but it’s better than 8gb when using a 1.5gb card lol.

 

[Aquinus]

You have different computers for different usage?
I only have one desktop and that's my work and gaming machine.

I personally don't like switching between machines to be completely honest. I also don't have a ton of room to have multiple setups either.

 

[theFOoL]

8GB here... Good enough for my needs

I also run multiple VM's for experimenting.

Meh I like running Real Hardware. VM is crap

 

[TheLostSwede]

I personally don't like switching between machines to be completely honest. I also don't have a ton of room to have multiple setups either.

At one point in time I had two machines at home, but never used the second one, so it was pointless.
I've obviously had an office machine in the past when I've worked for others, but then that's the exclusive work machine, possibly with the exception of some video editing where my own machine has been faster.

I also don't count my NAS as a computer in the same sense, even though it technically is a mini-ITX PC.

Meh I like running Real Hardware. VM is crap

That's your opinion.
Also, I don't think you've used a modern VM.
I run a few things in docker containers on my NAS, which works as a kind of VM.
I've also had to use VM's for some work projects, as it has allowed my clients to send me "server" images for production tests.
Much easier than having to set up everything manually.
It's all about how you use things and just because you don't have a need for it, doesn't mean it's crap.

 

[Bill_Bright]

That's your opinion.
Also, I don't think you've used a modern VM.

I agree. While I am not a big user, a VM is great and "secure" environment for testing and running unfamiliar programs - not just to protect from potentially malicious programs, but to protect from other [so called] legitimate programs making unwanted changes to our systems.

 

[QuietBob]

I have 2-16 GB depending on the system. IMO 4 GB should be the absolute minimum for an office/HTPC. 8 GB minimum if you intend to play modern games. 16 GB should be the norm for a new PC. 32GB+ if you have a specific use for it.

Let's not forget that a huge majority of computer users do not play games on them and are not IT professionals or content creators. You don't need 32 GB to catch up with your friends on social media or watch Netflix.

 

[Aquinus]

You don't need 32 GB to catch up with your friends on social media or watch Netflix.

Truer words have never been spoken. However, in this day and age I don't think I'd buy a machine with any less than 16GB. I got my wife an HP with a Ryzen chip, it only came with 8GB and even as an average user, she noticed the difference coming from another machine with 16GB, even though she uses computers like most ordinary people.

I mean, think about it. You can get a Raspberry Pi with 8GB of memory.

 

[Selaya]

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8GB today is still more than most users need - especially with a SSD. We have to keep in mind that most users are NOT gamers. Most users use their computers for social media, email, MS Word and other "office" type tasks.

I consider 16GB as the "sweet spot" for most users today. That is, less than 16GB and performance noticeably suffers, more than 16GB and performance gains are marginal at best.
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8GiB will require some micro-management with browser tabs, if you are of the lets-keep-200-of-them-around flavor (apparently these are on the rise), you'll be paging around 420, and that's kinda annoying. While it may still be kinda sufficient as of rn YMMV depending on the user. Honestly, if I were to build/recommend a new office build/system, I'd go with 16 for sure. It's also more future-looking. (Ordering an 8GiB one also all but guarantees you a single stick these days too, so yet another reason to go 16.)

Actually, I would probably recommend an upgrade of existing 8s systems to 16, so yeah.

 

[sam_86314]

32GB (2x16GB) in my main system.
16GB (2x8GB) in my old system
32GB (4x8GB) in my home server.
8GB in my main laptop.

Games like modded Minecraft eat RAM like nothing else. I can end up with over 20GB of memory usage while playing my mod pack of choice, ATM3, with over 300 mods.

My server needs 32GB because ZFS uses memory as a cache. Performance on my server has improved substantially since the upgrade from only 8GB.

 

[nguyen]

Will @W1zzard ever gonna use 32GB RAM for the test system

 

[lexluthermiester]

Question is, how many of you with 32gb use it just in a gaming rig?

Not here. I game, but also do much more as well.

 

[theFOoL]

Not here. I game, but also do much more as well.

So my take is you have a power hunger of a rig and game play take pause then browse or what have you with like 6 monitor stand

 

[Yukikaze]

Voted 32GB, but what I have is 40GB.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

8GB is getting me by just fine for now, but I don't play any games or anything. Most I do is RAW photo editing, and I don't feel the squeeze just yet. This is with my usual tabs open in FF. Half is in use, the other half is cached.

 

[lexluthermiester]

So my take is you have a power hunger of a rig and game play take pause then browse or what have you with like 6 monitor stand

No, 2 of my 6 are laptops. 3 are Dell workstations and one is a custom build in a CoolerMaster HAFXB Evo.

Voted 32GB, but what I have is 40GB.

How does that work?

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Voted 32GB, but what I have is 40GB.

I have 40GB also in my X79/Xeon Rig.......

How does that work?

(4x8+4x2)

 

[theFOoL]

I have 40GB also in my X79/Xeon Rig.......


(4x8+4x2)

For a Xeon MB I can see that unlike mine is just a Modded Xeon E5450 on a 775 MB ASUS p5q em do lol - OC@3.6

 

[W1zzard]

Will @W1zzard ever gonna use 32GB RAM for the test system

Probably when switching to DDR5

 

[Altair]

64 GB (since 2011 ).

 

[Aquinus]

Games like modded Minecraft eat RAM like nothing else. I can end up with over 20GB of memory usage while playing my mod pack of choice, ATM3, with over 300 mods.

Welcome to the world of developing on the JVM. I eat heap for breakfast.

 

[qubit]

16GB now, but will have 32GB in my next build.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

For a Xeon MB I can see that unlike mine is just a Modded Xeon E5450 on a 775 MB ASUS p5q em do lol - OC@3.6

Well actually it's not server Mobo....it's normal/branded Asus Sabertooth but yeah it's quad channel 8 memory slots....