32GB of RAM incoming

[Arachnotronic]

Finally pulled the trigger on a 32GB kit o' RAM. I don't need it, but sometimes you've just gotta max out the ol' rig.

 

[Gillbot]

Old Rig:


New Rig:
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2613613

 

[grimpr]

Finally pulled the trigger on a 32GB kit o' RAM. I don't need it, but sometimes you've just gotta max out the ol' rig.

Now you put the itch on my fingers. I'm on 2x8gb DDR3 1600 dimms now and, satisfied with the performance and the "air" that plenty of ram gives, but 32gb...i'm curious. Please post back more info.

 

[aeroxmax4]

hehe im curious too!

 

[FalseChristian]

I think 32 GB is overkill but 16 GB is the sweet spot. I have no choice anyhow as Windows 7-64-bit Home Premium only supports upto 16 GB.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Old Rig:


New Rig:
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=2613613

Right on!

 

[poohbear]

i can't imagine any program (aside from video editing & professional ones) needing more than 8gb, let alone 16gb, in 2013

 

[randomrogue]

i can't imagine any program (aside from video editing & professional ones) needing more than 8gb, let alone 16gb, in 2013

I haven't found a reason for more than 8GB outside of a professional use but this is an enthusiast website and sometimes maxing out a rig is just fun.

 

[greenhawk]

I went ith 32GB on my last upgrade a year ago, but in terms of usefulness, I could have gotten away with 16GB, even 8 GB that I had in the old system, but I wanted some reason to upgrade

 

[Mark R]

I got 32GB when I built my new rig.

Never got above 12 GB in use, even with 3 development VMs running, SQL server, tab-frenzied chrome, visual studio, office, adobe reader, photoshop, etc. all running.

 

[tcsenter]

I got 32GB when I built my new rig.

Never got above 12 GB in use, even with 3 development VMs running, SQL server, tab-frenzied chrome, visual studio, office, adobe reader, photoshop, etc. all running.

Aren't you a physician?

 

[Mark R]

Aren't you a physician?

Yes.

Doesn't mean I don't do some development and IT consultancy on the side + I do research, and I often need to develop the research tools myself.

 

[Unit'Igor]

There is no better thing then leave 7gb for Windows and make 25gb of Primo Ramdisk.Install game on it,or some video program,those speeds are crazy.I dont have YET 32gb but i plan to buy.I have Primo Ramdisk with 4gb space.You dont even see 4gb file coping from ram to ssd.

 

[cafayzieg]

i can't imagine any program (aside from video editing & professional ones) needing more than 8gb, let alone 16gb, in 2013

Absolute agree..

 

[Michael REMY]

if i had 32GB of RAM, i will do a ramdisk of 16GB dedicated to my temp 3d rendering editor or to my cachepreview of adobe premiere.

 

[jimhsu]

Last time I was working with multiple 4k x 4k textures, photoshop shot up to 18GB or so of memory use (that particular script was only able to run without crashing once I upgraded to 32GB). It was nDo2, doing specular map generation if you wanted to know.

PS Also a physician in training here. But also do 3D work/modding/machinima on the side.

 

[Turbonium]

i can't imagine any program (aside from video editing & professional ones) needing more than 8gb, let alone 16gb, in 2013

That's key though. If you're a power user and planning on keeping your system as-is for at least another 2+ years, 16 GB might be in order. It's not like it's that much more expensive.

 

[Michael REMY]

i can't imagine any program (aside from video editing & professional ones) needing more than 8gb, let alone 16gb, in 2013

The key is what you consider as professional or not....



VM---> easy to need more than 16 or 32 GB (just simulate a migration of a web server or a messaging server of plenty user)

3d ---> just render animation in 50 i/s in 1080p or even try in 4k !! or just a single picture using many object with many faces/polygons of 4k resolution

publishing & editoring --> prepare you rush&master of a daily journal with full definition picture, a catalog of 400 pages (classical memory overfull ! )


video editor in familial context ---> the classic and basic father who just bought a hd cam and prepare a 1080p w(ith ac3 audio) mix of his wedding to offer a bluray to his grand father !


As screen resolution grow up, memory need grow up too ! (as so the power of the cpu). AS number of audio channel increase too, then memory grow up too !


And even a single feature can cause a big need of memory : just increase the number of your "undo" feature in a software and you will discover the limit of the ram (and the software sometime !).

And the more you work with packed/compressed files (like codec) instead of linear codec, then you need a real bigger memory space.
To work with a 10MB in mp4 file, you need more than 4x this space in your memory....

32Gb is just a step, not a waste.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Welp, it's installed and seems to be working fine. Once I'm finished with work tonight, I'll run memtest.

 

[tweakboy]

I need what I got. Running DAW. You will never even use 8GB .........

 

[Childs]

I was going to go with 16GB (2x8GB) now, then upgrade later. But the Gskill Ripjaws RAM I bought has these heat spreaders that go like an inch or two above the top of the dimm, so I cant use the dimm slot them under my cpu heatsink. So I'd need to get all new memory to go to 32GB. Glad I didnt order all 32Gb at the same time. But aside from some stress testing, I havent come close to using all 16GB of RAM. When I used to use Premiere on my old system (12GB), it would use up all the RAM.

 

[Dadofamunky]

16GB is the new 4GB

 

[KentState]

i can't imagine any program (aside from video editing & professional ones) needing more than 8gb, let alone 16gb, in 2013

You need a better imagination. My laptop is already at 10GB and I just started my day.

 

[mv2devnull]

You need a better imagination. My laptop is already at 10GB and I just started my day.

Agreed.

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Leaving the ocean, coming down from trees, sailing westwards to China, and buying more RAM. Some did those things even though others could not imagine a sound reason to do so. Even though nothing good may come out of such deeds, I'm willing to let people to do them. Memory is a small vice.()

If I had a rig to max out, I probably would.

 

[andg]

I have 4GB in my old core 2 duo systems, and I never feel limited. SSDs helps. I could be limited, but at least I never hear a HDD trashing.