POLL - How much RAM do you have?

[MentalAcetylide]

My laptop has 16 Gb RAM, and my new desktop is going to have 128 Gb RAM. I'm actually starting to wonder if I should've just went with 256 Gb and be done with it.

 

[8BitZ80]

I used to think that 8GB was enough for an office machine, until I started seeing use cases where it's easy to blow past that by just having a bunch of internet tabs open. Especially users who don't know anything about computers and RAM usage are more likely to not care about having a million things open. 16GB used to be plenty but now it's the new minimum as far as I'm concerned.

 

[MentalAcetylide]

I used to think that 8GB was enough for an office machine, until I started seeing use cases where it's easy to blow past that by just having a bunch of internet tabs open. Especially users who don't know anything about computers and RAM usage are more likely to not care about having a million things open. 16GB used to be plenty but now it's the new minimum as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, and having a lot of internet tabs open is probably common for those doing research on the internet. Nowadays, they put so much unnecessary crap on webpages its just ridiculous. 32 Gb RAM will soon become the new "minimum", but I don't think most average users need 32 Gb just yet.

 

[Shrek]

My laptop has 16 Gb RAM, and my new desktop is going to have 128 Gb RAM. I'm actually starting to wonder if I should've just went with 256 Gb and be done with it.

That would be over $1,000 in RAM alone

 

[MentalAcetylide]

That would be over $1,000 in RAM alone

Given that I've already spent over $10k for the multi-purpose system, an extra $1,000 wouldn't have bloodied my nose any worse. At this point, I can still keep iray rendering down under 30 Gb VRAM total and stay under 120 Gb RAM usage. My only concern is encountering the oddball high poly geometry that uses a bunch of 8k+ textures that causes the system or program to crash due to insufficient system RAM.
For iray rendering with just a single 3090 at near full 24 Gb VRAM used, 128 Gb RAM is usually enough, but to render the same scene with two Kingpins or a single A6000 where VRAM amount used x 4 is > system RAM opens up a good possibility of software/system crashes.

 

[Ruru]

I'll add 4GB too as it was asked.

edit: Oh, I can't, dammit.

 

[lexluthermiester]

That would be over $1,000 in RAM alone

It would depend on the type of RAM, but that's a fair point.

 

[Ruru]

Cheapest 256GB kit is about 1200EUR here.

 

[MentalAcetylide]

It would depend on the type of RAM, but that's a fair point.

Trident Z Royal DDR4-3200MHz CL16-18-18-38 1.35V 256GB (8x32GB)
$1600 on Newegg, that is when they're in stock.

But for now, I just have 128Gb(8 x 16) of the same series. Its probably going to be a couple of years before I even think about upgrading or adding new hardware. Hopefully by then, this pandemic nonsense will have faded into history...

 

[Anarchy0110]

16 should be the standard amount now I'd say.

 

[lexluthermiester]

16 should be the standard amount now I'd say.

Agreed. The systems I build these days have 16GB as a standard. I offer 24GB or 32GB for higher end machines.

 

[CGi-Quality]

 

[Ferd]

16gb , I rarely see above 10~12gb usage but that’s too close , gotta upgrade soon

 

[AlwaysHope]

Only using my 32Gb kit cause' dual ranked, even though the games I like rarely use more than 10Gb.
DR better for gaming.
I have SR memory but only 16Gb kit, however they can do tighter timings at same Vdimm as the 32Gb DR kit.
Every frame per second counts!

 

[Chomiq]

Had to change my vote to 32 GB. I'll keep my old 2x8 kit as backup. I'd love to do the same for my work laptop (would be great for running VM's) but that's not up to me.

 

[Ruru]

Didn't put an answer to my 2nd rig as it has 18GB