Thread 106293921

If you're building a new computer, how much RAM should you put in it?

12. DO NOT fall for the 16 GiB of RAM meme.

>>106293945
This
8GB is more than enough

shfifty five

>>106293921 (OP)
Most will tell you to stick to dual channel but that's actually only for budget minded people. If you have the spare cash, get a third stick. Two sticks in dual channel for gaming and then the lesser tasks can live on the third stick. Storage for the games and the OS and small stuff like rainmeter and discord and stuff like that.

>>106293921 (OP)
Ram the whole RAM inside it, all you got

>>106293921 (OP)
I put 48GB, which a year ago was significantly cheaper than the 64GB kit. 32GB is fine, but 48GB means it won't need upgraded for years.

>>106293921 (OP)
>>106288713
Look under the RAM section.
TLDR about tree fiddy

>>106293921 (OP)
your usecase?
my grandma needs 4, I need 128.

>>106293921 (OP)
4GB, don't fall for the 8GB meme

>>106293921 (OP)
maybe I could be your stick of ram ttonight

>>106293921 (OP)
Office work 16
Big boy programs 32
i have 96

>>106293921 (OP)
UOOOOOOOOH ARISUUUUUUU

>>106293921 (OP)
32GB

>>106293995
What if it doesn't fit

>>106293921 (OP)
Just put in enough

>>106293921 (OP)
The maximum amount the platform will support

>>106294409
Then maybe you should try to get bigger form factor with more RAM space.

>>106294436
usecase except for AI?
I personally like having 32-64GB for VMs but idk what someone does with 96GB

>>106293921 (OP)
The answer is always the maximum the board/cpu support at the fastest speed.

>>106294522
NTA but for me it really is just about having enough
It's overkill and unnecessary but if there is ever something that requires a shitload of RAM, I'm ready for it.
KSP mods can be over 20GB already

>all these niggas with 2 digit ram
I MUST CONSOOOOOOM

>>106294643
>a nigga with single digit ram

>>106294555
>Use 4 slots
Only if you want slow RAM.
It entirely depends on if more is better than fast.

>>106295163
You will never notice the difference no matter how much you cope you can.

>>106293921 (OP)
64 will keep you good for at least the next 5 years, if not longer. Unless you're doing heavy processing, in which case you wouldn't be asking this question
Real answer is the minimum is 32, but I would definitely recommend 64 at least if possible, more than that never hurts

>>106293921 (OP)
Any more than 640k is a meme.

>>106293921 (OP)
The memes aren't wrong. Software is garbage these days so the more ram you can afford to waste, the better, if you're stupid enough to get a new pc in 2025 anyways.

>>106294522
>idk what someone does with 96GB
Wish they had 128gb

>>106295250
>>106294522
this
I had 32GB of ram and someone sold me 2 32GB sticks for a really good price I couldn't pass up

anal

>>106294522
Some processes in machine learning took 80GB of RAM so yes it's useful for me

>>106293921 (OP)
8GB, unless you plan to do more than casual computing, like gaming, AI, video authoring, etc. Then you'll need more and how much depends on your use cases, newfriend.

>>106293921 (OP)
256gb if you care about AI
Otherwise 32 is plenty

16GB with a swap file, rest of the money should go towards a fast SSD.
Don't put bloat on it, if you run something intensive just leave the computer alone and come back later.

>>106293945
I bought 16 GB of ram in 2012, and I never came close to running out, and the cpu isn’t powerful enough to run very many VMs.

I remember it came to almost $100 exactly in 2012, so how much would I expect to pay for 16 GB of RAM nowadays?

Oh, it was a Mac mini, so it’s laptop ram I think.

the answer is 64. under 50% utilization with lots of apps open so plenty of headroom and two 32gb sticks are not that expensive.

>>106293921 (OP)
Picrel

4x48GB probably since that's a thing with ddr5. I have 4x32 ddr4 currently

>>106293921 (OP)
i have 2gb and i develop ai that outperforms gpt

At least 32, RAM is cheap

>>106293921 (OP)
As much as your CPU can handle. More RAM lets you run more virtual machines and if you have unused RAM you can always use it for ramdisks.

> Normie
8
> Video editing
64

>>106293921 (OP)
What do the strawberries signify?

>>106298398
I bricked several sticks this way. Haven't tried again for few years because too expensive.

>>106293921 (OP)
64gb is the right answer

>>106298418
>What do the strawberries signify?
strawberry

>>106298450
Deep.

>>106293921 (OP)
You definitely need at least 32 GB on a laptop if it only has an iGPU.

>>106298491
Really depends on the screen resolution.

>>106293921 (OP)
Tachibana-san is such a good little girl...

>>106295200
8GB has been good since 2015, It is Windows 12 that might change that... or not. We don't know. 16GB for the gamers, more for everyone else. You sound like the type to try and increase RAM when your system needs maintenance or pruning of software bloat instead. RAM isn't a "fix" for anything, techlet.

>>106293945
>>106293955
>>106296466
>>106298406
>>106298735
Ram is dirt cheap faggots

>>106293921 (OP)
probably all of it

>>106293921 (OP)
I've been putting 32GB into machines I expect to do actual work as of late.
You can probably get by on 16GB, or even 8GB, if it's just going to be a Reddit terminal.

>>106293921 (OP)
dedotated WAM

>>106298757
>you vill buy ze product

>>106298757
>I MUST CONSOOOOOOOOOOOOM

>>106298418
Artist ragequit

>>106293921 (OP)
Look in the motherboard manual what it says is the maximum, put that in it.
Or put half of it in half of the slots available if you are poor.

>>106298881
>>106298872
>Buy stick of ram for dirt cheap
Based
>Buy same stick but with more memory for a marginally higher price but still dirt cheap
Consooom

i built my pc last year, and i put 64GB in it
in hindsight i really should have put 128, it's ridiculous how much memory browsers, or rather fucking websites eat

16 is the minimum, 32 is ideal.
I noticed the stutter in games and browsers going away the moment I added another 16.

>>106293921 (OP)
8-12 is best

>>106299803
...you're talking about RAM, right?

>>106293921 (OP)
I put 96 in my latest laptop
>>106293945
>>106293955
why are there so many masochist boomers on this board? ram costs fuck all

>>106299803
>>106293945
>>106293955
>>106294643
oh, sorry. I understand what the thread is about now.

>>106299661
>>106298757
You've got a really stupid and ridiculous definition of dirt cheap

>>106299911
96 GB of RAM costs what you could get about several TB of storage space for the same price.

>>106299835
Recommended Age for Mate?

>>106298398
>virtual machines
>ramdisks
usecase?

>>106299696
Retards in this thread don't get the benefits or understand how it works
Ram is cheap as fuck and things will use it if they can
>oh but I don't need it
yes because all your apps keep freeing it up then using again, making your computers performance dogshit
Imagine throwing that away for like $0.003 a day for your device lifetime
I was going to do 96GB in my new build but should probably just do 128
48 gig sticks feel sorta wrong anyway

>>106298398
There's a lot of work going on to get local AI models running on CPU instead of GPU mainly because upping cpu ram is easy and cheap

>>106300879
what the fuck are you talking about.
My pc is using 6 out of 16 gigabytes of RAM right now. By your retarded logic it should be full or nearly full.

>>106293921 (OP)
Personally, I'd go with 32K ROM + 32K RAM if it's a 16-bit computer.

i built mine like a few months ago.
i got 64GB + 2 free slots to eventually upgrade to 128GB.

>>106300942
yes but do you goon? i have to unload thousands of tabs during the average goon sesh because 64GB of ram is just too little to keep everything open

>>106299942
I don't need storage space. I need RAM.

>>106299935
stop being poor I guess?

>>106293921 (OP)
8GiB if you're using for lightweight stuff, or it is a fucking celeron and you're a moron.
16GiB for most uses.
32GiB if you're gaming/heavy multitasking
64GiB for specific applications
.>64GiB for specialized tasks (matlab, 3d modeling, etc)

>>106302141
>i have to unload thousands of tabs during the average goon sesh
I'm sorry for questioning you. I kneel.

>>106294522
Digital media production, certainly.

On large projects Photoshop can eat up 60gb of RAM just by itself.

>>106294522
>usecase except for AI?
that anon might be a vtuber, that shit eats a shit ton of resources

>>106297592
wamy

>>106296466
>>106302927
TT for data, recursive instance pooling object, with calculus in your CS API those function specifiers kinda imply.. duck typing is an open question

disassemble(assume)

>>106293921 (OP)
32gb if you can afford it. 16gb is the bare minimum nowadays.

>>106304103
'afford' and 'minimum' get flagged as the lie, humanity does not even really have a sustainability map.

>>106293921 (OP)
there is no reason to not max it, 192gb in most desktop cpus

I have 48GB: 16GB + 32GB. Fuck Dual Channel.

>>106303973
Yeah but I never have to give a fuck about memory usage anymore and embraced VMs

I've used a laptop with linux (debian then arch, 1st foray into the land of alt oses, ~4 years ago) with 4gb bros. Or more like 3.2 gb or so kek (dont remember the precise numbers, but it wasn't full 4gb).
What's possible
>system tinkering
>wine and old games
>browsing without shitton of tabs
>including watching yt videos and twitch streams
>foss meme editors working fine
>using ffmpeg for simple stuff
>chroots and very low ram (1.5gb max) vms
What's not
>multitasking (as in, you're not going to get more than 3 programs open in a gui)
>comfy vms
>containers (i.e. docker)
>running firecuck with a ram limit (it demands at least 4gb or it shits itself)
>being oblivious about linux oom situations (swap is slow, shit freezes, use zram/zswap)
>feeling alright using stock windows with the same spec
Otherwise >>106302382 is fine, except more ram doesn't hurt you, so if you can afford it without much problem, might as well do maxx spec strategy.

>>106304508
>is fine
I.e. you can live with 8 no prob. 16 is the comfy zone, 32 is "i don't need to care anymore" zone, 64 is "oh shit I have to use one of these shitty ram hog programs" and more is "ram hogging is actually necessary, i do in fact need as much ram as possible"

>>106298757
>RAM is dirt cheap
No it isn't. We are looking at a swing of $10 USD for 4GB of DDR3 to like $300 USD for 128 GB of DDR5. All the people saying spend as much on RAM as possible are brainwashed consooooomers.

>>106300879
I'm a developer. I listen to Youtube videos while programming, and have never come close to using all 8GB of my RAM, even with caching. Buying more RAM would literally be a waste of money as it would give me no benefit. Even the programs I write use much much less than 100MB of memory.

You only need more than 8GB of RAM if you are playing modern games (where 16-32GB will suffice) or running AI models. Buying RAM that will never, ever be used is literally throwing hundreds of dollars in the toilet.

>>106299922
suddenly I understand too

96GB. Or maybe 128GB now that 64GB DDR5 UDIMMs are available.

>>106293921 (OP)
wait for DDR6 2 more years unironically

>>106304620
Hey, my plans involve immortality. Are you comfortable having access to post-singularity resources?

>>106293921 (OP)
I have one Ram. It's a Dodge.

>>106293921 (OP)
32gb
but feel free to put 64 for extre bragging rights or if you got too much monies
>>106294278
yeah, built for hugs and headpats and makes you wish you were her father or big bro, ecker will contest this but the things he'd do to her are illegal and morally bankrupt

I bought 32GB of ram and I've never peaked beyond 16GB even while gaming or doing stupid shit with VMs.

i have 128 on my machine and my nas

You need at least 16 GB to run a browser at an acceptable performance level.

>>106304620
Nigger I bought 64GB for 30 bucks just last year on sale

>>106293921 (OP)
274,877,906,944 bits.

>>106293921 (OP)
>This whole thread
Why do weebniggers always turn out to be pedophiles?

>>106293921 (OP)
4GB as always! You just can't beat 4GB of RAM.

>>106307564
you know why...

no

>>106293945
>>106293955
>>106294040
>>106294643
>>106299803

if using ddr4 right now is the best time to max the ram out as prices will start to increase as they are not being made anymore. Then you would have to wait 5-7 years to return to its previous lows again just like ddr3 is now and then finally increase it again after 20 years since its introduction as they more and more get ewasted like ddr2 is.

>>106293921 (OP)
I put 16 gigs in my server and it's not enough. I need more for VMs and for ZFS to be more efficient.

>>106293921 (OP)
as much as possible

Disable swap, which is the devil anyway, and keep adding ram until you stop running out