How much RAM is too much? 32gb? 64gb?

[Revolution 11]

JAG87, I actually like your suggestion for enthusiasts. But most people would only waste money going to 16GB.

That said, many people get dedicated GPUs when they don't play games or imbalance their computer in some other way. Too much RAM is not as expensive.

 

[gismo1221]

I just finished building a computer in a 30 gal. fish tank filled with mineral oil.

I used 8- 8gb ram stick from corisair 10-10-10-27. with an intel 6core overdrive processor chip, two 3gb gtx 660's overclocked video cards linked.
Running swtor on high graphics and wow at the same time while listening to music and playing around on the internet simultaneously this computer has no problems. in fact i haven't sen it above 20% and the processor hasn't gone above 97 degrees. I put 6 fans strategically placed to maximize fluid movement.

So is 64gb of ram too much, perhaps, but I will never know. At least for the perceivable future.

 

[epidemis]

640 GB ought to be enough for everyone

 

[lsv]

Honestly I don't know anymore. Unless you are running a shit-ton of VMs you don't really need more than 8gigs. Heck even 4 is ok.

Here's my webserver during mediocre load for example:
Real memory 7.76 GB total, 1.25 GB used
Virtual memory 7.96 GB total, 155.19 MB used

Games of course use more

 

[John Connor]

In my next build I will be using 64 GB of RAM and a RAM drive to install games into. My primary game is Flight Simulator and that install without landclass is 26 GB along. The terrain will load much quicker with that setup. LOL!

 

[Kippa]

To be honest I thought that 4gb to 8gb was the sweet spot for gaming, but I think that might change in the next year. I recently bought the game Planetary Annihilation on steam which is currently in alpha release. The game says that it is 64bit and had a bash on a large game. I was surprised that the game ate up 9gb of ram! Ok so the game is an alpha and will be optimised for beta and final but still, using 9gb of ram in one game. In the final there will be the opportunity to play games on PA much larger than the one that ate up 9gb of ram.

As for FPS games probably circa 4gb to 8gb of ram would be enough for the next 12 months. As for RTS games like PA and others I can see higher ram usage higher than 8gb in the next 6 months+.

 

[taltamir]

is anyone else unable to view page 7 of this thread?

(edit: And now that I posted this I can view page 7, before i kept on bouncing me back to 6 when I tried... weird)

 

[jvroig]

is anyone else unable to view page 7 of this thread?
(edit: And now that I posted this I can view page 7, before i kept on bouncing me back to 6 when I tried... weird)

There is a certain feature provided by vBulletin as part of the administrative tool set that we (mods&admins) have to employ every now and then. Unfortunately, even though this feature is provided by vBulletin out of the box, it ends up affecting some thread page numbering intermittently (showing more page numbers than the actual posts/pages you can actually see every now and then). It's out of our hands, since we are merely using a default, out-of-the-box vBulletin feature.

Perhaps it's better implemented in more recent versions of vB, but buying an upgrade just to fix a page numbering issue that usually resolves itself is a non-starter.

So suffice it to say, what you're seeing is a vBulletin thing, a side effect of a feature that they provide out of the box (not a 3rd party plugin).

Anyhoo, carry on

 

[tweakboy]

For games 4GB is perfect. 8GB to be future proof.

I run DAW so I need lots RAM and powerful CPU.

My last project I used 36GB RAM. It was huge project over 25 tracks

If you dont use Sonar for DAW or heavy video editing. 16GB is perfect for you.. gl

 

[pcslookout]

In my next build I will be using 64 GB of RAM and a RAM drive to install games into. My primary game is Flight Simulator and that install without landclass is 26 GB along. The terrain will load much quicker with that setup. LOL!

Yeah same here. Rise of Flight takes a lot of power!

 

[Smoblikat]

I want a PCIe RAM-based device (like the one below, but for DDR3 DIMM 1333 and properly manufactured (eg max 4-16 slots depends on the size of your case, backed up via a HDD/SSD with battery)

http://www.ddrdrive.com/

I think everyone wants that............

 

[glugglug]

Windows 7 Home Premium only supports 16GB due to licensing restrictions. Found this out when I upgrade to 18GB when it was dirt cheap.
I think this applies to the non-Pro version of Windows 8 as well.

 

[razel]

Windows 7 Home Premium only supports 16GB due to licensing restrictions...

I think this applies to the non-Pro version of Windows 8 as well.

Funny, I was looking this info up for Win8 a few minutes ago. Good news Win8 plain vanilla supports 128GB, Win8 Pro supports 512GB.

 

[John Connor]

Jesus! What to do with 512 GB? Hmmm...

 

[Remobz]

Jesus! What to do with 512 GB? Hmmm...

wow!

 

[Berryracer]

Windows 7 Home Premium only supports 16GB due to licensing restrictions. Found this out when I upgrade to 18GB when it was dirt cheap.
I think this applies to the non-Pro version of Windows 8 as well.

Wrong!

• Most 32-bit operating systems can only support 4GB of RAM, because that's the limit of a 32-bit pointer.
• Windows 8 x64 can have up to 128 GB of RAM.
  
  • Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise x64 can have up to 512 GB.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx

 

[Gillbot]

Wrong!

• Most 32-bit operating systems can only support 4GB of RAM, because that's the limit of a 32-bit pointer.
• Windows 8 x64 can have up to 128 GB of RAM.
  
  • Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise x64 can have up to 512 GB.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx

Did you even read? He said WINDOWS 7 not 8....
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...=vs.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7

Physical Memory Limits: Windows 7

The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 7.
Version (Limit on X64)
Windows 7 Ultimate
192 GB

Windows 7 Enterprise
192 GB

Windows 7 Professional
192 GB

Windows 7 Home Premium
16 GB

Windows 7 Home Basic
8 GB

Windows 7 Starter
N/A

Version (Limit on X86)
Windows 7 Ultimate
4 GB

Windows 7 Enterprise
4 GB

Windows 7 Professional
4 GB

Windows 7 Home Premium
4 GB

Windows 7 Home Basic
4 GB

Windows 7 Starter
2 GB

 

[Blain]

Windows 8 x64 can have up to 128 GB of RAM.

Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise x64 can have up to 512 GB.

I guess I'll have to upgrade to 8 Pro...

 

[taltamir]

I guess I'll have to upgrade to 8 Pro...

Or just wait a bit. MS already announced win 9 is coming early in 2014 and its sole announced feature thus far is that they are bringing back aero.

 

[tweakboy]

Ram is cheap, so load up!

No its not cheap. The prices of RAM have skyrocketed. RAM now is more expensive then same RAM 1 year ago.

I got my kits in Dec 2012 ...... its 700 dollars now a year later.,,,,,,,,, and I know I payed a bit less for it cant remember.