POLL - How much RAM do you have?

[xkm1948]

128GB, it is usable for now at home until I am moving on to next HEDT build

 

[64K]

128GB, it is usable for now at home until I am moving on to next HEDT build

I think I recall you saying that you used your rig for research so I guess you need 128 GB RAM.

 

[Ruru]

I think I recall you saying that you used your rig for research so I guess you need 128 GB RAM.

128GB sounds hella large, more than my phone (iPhone 8+ 64GB) has storage!

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

128GB sounds hella large, more than my phone (iPhone 8+ 64GB) has storage!

My pixel 4a has 128g storage 6g ram

 

[Ruru]

My pixel 4a has 128g storage 6g ram

Tho 64GB is more than enough for me as I listen music from Spotify or Apple music so I don't need storage for mp3s like back in the day.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

Tho 64GB is more than enough for me as I listen music from Spotify or Apple music so I don't need storage for mp3s like back in the day.

ik ive only used like 40g of it for apps
and its all empty

 

[Ruru]

ik ive only used like 40g of it for apps
and its all empty

I have about half of the storage still free on my phone..

but let's not go to too much offtopic on this thread

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

64GB for all my chrome tabs. Chrome and even browser lighter browser like opera eats up ram so quickly after days of it being open.

 

[Ruru]

64GB for all my chrome tabs. Chrome and even browser lighter browser like opera eats up ram so quickly after days of it being open.

Why Chrome, why not Firefox? Used it since 2004 and it's not a RAM hog

 

[Liquid Cool]

I'd like to be able to click on 4GB or perhaps "Other"...

My favorite machine of mine is the HP Pro x2 612 G2, it only has 4GB's.



When I open 25-30 tabs in Edge, have Thunderbird e-mail open and Stream an Amazon Prime Video it starts to fill that 4GB's right up. Although, I've never had trouble doing anything I wanted to do with this tablet. Runs perfectly every time. Dead silent to boot.

My desktop pc has been collecting dust...

Best,

Liquid Cool

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

My favorite machine of mine is the HP Pro x2 612 G2, it only has 4GB's.

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When I open 25-30 tabs in Edge, have Thunderbird e-mail open and Stream an Amazon Prime Video it starts to fill that 4GB's right up. Although, I've never had trouble doing anything I wanted to do with this tablet. Runs perfectly every time. Dead silent to boot.

My desktop pc has been collecting dust...

Best,

Liquid Cool

Your actually using like 11g of ram swaps saving you

 

[GamerGuy]

I have 3 rigs, each with 2x 8GB of RAM, but for my main rig, I do have a spare set of 4x 8GB of RAM on standby, I don't use 'em now as 16GB is still sufficient. I'd voted 16GB as that's what my current setups used....

 

[Yukikaze]

How does that work?

8 + 32. It is a laptop with 8GB onboard and one open RAM slot which originally had 16GB RAM total. So I have 16GB in dual-channel, and another 24GB in single-channel. Not ideal, but I needed (way) more RAM for a few applications which are extremely RAM hungry and this was the only solution I could opt for without replacing the machine. Since I simply needed more RAM rather than especially high performing RAM, this worked out. I also found a good price on the 32GB SO-DIMM, so there's that.

 

[Ferrum Master]

I had to... I was on X99 I needed to populate 4 channels. Who would ever buy 4GB sticks if would go back to mainstream platform.

On my Ryzen now I am lucky as I have 4 ranks also now.

So basically 8GB single rank sticks were the sweet spot for DDR4, like 4GB were for DDR3 on my X79, with DDR5 it would be 16GB or even 32GB per stick later. You cant change that. It just depends on the CPU architecture and RAM channels for me to properly utilize your tech.

With my photography hobby, Adobe eats up everything you throw at it...

I've started with 64KB with filling in 74LSxxx's into the DIP16 sockets.

So looking that the average 32GB now is not surprising.

 

[Ruru]

I also had over 16GB usage in FF XV. Tho I didn't have problems with 16GB, more was still fine with it. I had 32GB also back then and after that I had 16GB.

 

[Yukikaze]

Side note about memory usage on the gaming side. If anyone is playing BATTLETECH with one of the large modpacks - That can easily eclipse 20GB of RAM usage and even more.

In general, modded games can eat an ungodly amount of memory.

 

[lemoncarbonate]

Unless you're running a DB server or similar memory hungry application, how are you using 32GB up?

I have 16GB in daily use machines, don't even get close to using it for normal apps and games. Even running VMs don't feel constrained.

I recently upgraded to 32GB. I was fine with 16GB since 2017, the highest I've ever touched was 15.2 GB.

When I'm on the peak of my monthly productivity period, I have these windows open, with 9-11GB of usage in total.

• 2 windows of Opera with dozens of tabs, Youtubes.
• Steam running in the background
• Photoshop CS5
• Clip Studio (illustration software), with >4000x3000 px of work consisted of hundreds of layers and colors, set to 80% max RAM utilization.
• Multiple windows of explorer and images open.
• Sometimes a light 3d apps.
• Other entertainment apps.

Then I play games while on a break without closing anything, it reaches 13-15GB.

But yeah mostly it never reaches 12GB at all.
I may not need 32GB, but I feel like I could use a breathing room. I haven't passed 16GB since upgraded (max 15.8GB).

 

[QuietBob]

When I open 25-30 tabs in Edge, have Thunderbird e-mail open and Stream an Amazon Prime Video it starts to fill that 4GB's right up.

It's all a matter of habit

 

[Ruru]

It's all a matter of habit

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OT: Which Asus 7970 u have?

 

[Super XP]

32GB my self. 2 sticks of 16GB does the trick. In my next upgrade, I might add another 32GB for a total of 64GB. We'll see,

I have 8GB in my laptop and it's pain...

16GB & 32GB for Laptops are ideal. Anything under is going to be problematic when running Windows 10.

 

[Sithaer]

It's all a matter of habit

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Yup, I also have a habit of not leaving anything open.
After I'm done browsing and checked what I wanted to I close down the whole browser and close the tabs too. 'my fav sites are simply bookmarked'

Also non of my game launchers auto start with windows since I have like 7 installed, only exception is GoG Galaxy then I usually start up discord but its a light one too cause I'm not connected to any 'group/server' just a few friends there.

On the other hand my bro is the exact opposite, he recently upgraded to 32 GB I belive 'fairly sure' cause he literally never closes anything and has 100s of pages/tabs open constantly.
He doesn't really play games anymore but he still managed to run out of memory simply cause of the way he uses things on his PC and habits.

 

[arni-gx]

Even with 64 GB and ample VRAM (at 24 GB), DirectX 12 version of Borderlands 3 is basically unplayable for me. It's always stuttering hard, especially after loading a level. It got worse when they removed shader precaching at startup, something similar now occurs with Horizon Zero Dawn's final update.

It's probably the NVIDIA driver. It doesn't seem to perform very well with DirectX 12 titles, I almost always get a better experience in DX11 mode throughout most games with my RTX 3090. AMD is one upping them hard at newer APIs, just as NV one upped them just as hard throughout the entire DirectX 11 era (which is finally coming to an end).

hmm, playing borderlands 2 with dx 11 still smooth in my PC........

 

[lexluthermiester]

8 + 32. It is a laptop with 8GB onboard and one open RAM slot which originally had 16GB RAM total. So I have 16GB in dual-channel, and another 24GB in single-channel. Not ideal, but I needed (way) more RAM for a few applications which are extremely RAM hungry and this was the only solution I could opt for without replacing the machine. Since I simply needed more RAM rather than especially high performing RAM, this worked out. I also found a good price on the 32GB SO-DIMM, so there's that.

That a bit odd, but fair enough.

not one game even needs 16g

The word "needs" is relative. Some games benefit greatly from having more than 16GB. I have seen GTA5 and CyberPunk2077 both go well above 16GB ram usage at times. And as others have stated, there are other games that go above 16GB. This is the nature of technology. Hardware progresses and software takes advantage.

 

[Bill_Bright]

the number of programs and games in common use that will utilize 32GB are still in the minority,

The word "needs" is relative.

Yeah, "will utilize" and "needs" are quite different.

But I think being overlooked in this discussion is the fact programs (which of course, includes the OS) really use a computer's virtual memory (RAM + PF). Not just RAM alone - even when gobs of RAM is installed. This is why the PF should never be disabled.

Then of course, there's the issue of the number of programs (including open tabs, instances of the same program, etc.) running at once.

Some games benefit greatly from having more than 16GB.

I think Lex illustrates a major distinction here - though this is certainly not limited to "games". "Benefit greatly" is very subjective in some cases, critically essential in others.

IDK - just thinking out loud...

In a "game" (defined as a form of play and entertainment, that is NOT life or death), "greatly benefits", "needs" and "can utilize" simply suggests more "fun". Hardly serious.

In the guidance system of a missile traveling at Mach-3 (2,300MPH), "greatly benefits" suggests success or failure in a life or death scenario. Couldn't be more serious.

Frankly, I am not aware of any programs that "needs" 32GB to run. That is, it will fail to run if less RAM is installed. Many will (always along with the OS) utilize 32GB or even more. Some may "benefit" with 32GB compared to less.

Just something to ponder.

 

[boomheadshot8]

I've 8gb x 2 at @3200 Mhz Kfa² for 4years now, these are white .Running fine with 10600k ; I think 32Gb is overkill for basics task but the speed also matter a lot