Discussion 8GB vs 16GB vs 32GB in 2018

[DrMrLordX]

You cannot go wrong with 32GB of RAM on your PC!

Sure you can. Numerous AMD systems over the years have suffered from poor RAM performance when populating more than 2 DIMM slots or when using high-density DIMMs (like today's 16GB DDR4 DIMMs). It's nearly impossible to run 32GB on AM4 without making compromises on RAM clocks.

 

[mikeymikec]

You cannot go wrong with 32GB of RAM on your PC!

Unless of course you need that money for say rent/food.

 

[whm1974]

Sure you can. Numerous AMD systems over the years have suffered from poor RAM performance when populating more than 2 DIMM slots or when using high-density DIMMs (like today's 16GB DDR4 DIMMs). It's nearly impossible to run 32GB on AM4 without making compromises on RAM clocks.

Not to mention that 32GB is way overkill for most users anyway. Why buy hardware you are not going to use?

 

[kondziowy]

Almost all games worth playing nowadays are early access games and those need a ton of RAM usually. 16GB for me is minimum (8GB only for optimised and completed games) and I think we are 1 year away from 32GB being the sweet spot. We are seeing performance uplift when going 16->32 (hardware unboxed video) so we might just say 32 is almost a sweet spot today.

 

[leexgx]

Normal PCs I make is 8gb, gaming would likely be 16gb unless streaming and gaming then it be 32gb (or productivity stuff)

 

[Indus]

Not to mention that 32GB is way overkill for most users anyway. Why buy hardware you are not going to use?

There's not much future proofing rigs but memory is 1 place having a little extra doesn't hurt usually especially if you're going to be keeping your rig for 5-7 years since the increase in cpu % gains have slowed a lot over the years.

I mean honestly sandybridge from 2011 is still competitive in 2019. It's not like when we used to compare core 2 duo vs pentium northwood. (what was that 2-3 years difference?)

 

[Drassx]

I mean for the average person, non-gamer 8gb is prolly fine currently, gamer yeah you should spring for 16gb+, if for nothing else future-proffness

 

[mohit9206]

I mean for the average person, non-gamer 8gb is prolly fine currently, gamer yeah you should spring for 16gb+, if for nothing else future-proffness

8gb is fine for gamers even today especially if one has a gpu with decent amount of vram(4gb and above)

 

[Roger Wilco]

Desktop has 16. Laptop has 8. Laptop uses a Ryzen 2500U, so dual channel 2x4 DDR4 sticks are perfectly sufficient for supplying the little Vega 8 GPU inside.

 

[Sonikku]

8gb is fine for gamers even today especially if one has a gpu with decent amount of vram(4gb and above)

8gb is just barely enough for gamers assuming you close Chrome, all your tabs and other apps running in the background every time you boot up a game. I like 16gb as I can keep all my background processes running without a hitch every time

 

[SPBHM]

I don't play any games at ultra or anywhere near, so 8GB seems to work fine.

 

[mohit9206]

8gb is just barely enough for gamers assuming you close Chrome, all your tabs and other apps running in the background every time you boot up a game. I like 16gb as I can keep all my background processes running without a hitch every time

The video in the OP demonstrates that 8gb is still fine in most games but yes keeping a dozen chrome tabs open and few other things, 8gb won't be enough. Nobody would even consider 8gb today if not for the memory price gouging. We are still far from the prices before things started to go crazy