talk me out of buying 16gbs of ram even though I won't be doing video editing
don't get 16gbs ram dumfukk
>>47703361
neither do i but i dont like closing chrome tabs
do it
>>47703361
You'll be needing when ur done installing all the dumb applications u have
No, I think it's a good idea to get it cheap because the market fluctuates a lot
Why?
It's your own money (I assume).
I've been good with my 8GB in my build from mid-2012, and I doubt any more would make a difference.
Save some on the RAM, get a bigger SSD (unless you're already getting a 512GB).
What does the rest of your build look like?
>>47703391
290x
4690-k
256gb ssd
1tb hdd
3tb hdd
8gb ram
>>47703361
im buying 32gb and might be streaming and video editing.
>>47703433
So.. if you already have 8GB RAM and a pretty solid build.
Why 16GB RAM?
>>47703361
I'm gonna buy 16GB myself
>>47703452
To compensate for my small penis size
>>47703361
this picture always gets me. not that he is waving ram like a fan, but that there is a fifth stick. where the fuck did it come from? what is yur origine, fifth stick?
>>47703459
Get 64GB RAM, then.
Get a dual-Xeon build and some Quadro graphics cards while you're at it.
I previously ran into problems with low memory with my rampant multitasking and tabwhoring, so I got 16 and don't have to worry about it anymore.
>>47703470
The three sticks in the front a different.
The two in the back seems to be a matching pair.
Maybe he just pulled them all out from a drawer with old shit parts.
Who are you kidding?
dont get 16gb ram, its not enough
>>47703511
What in the actual fuck
does xeons lack anything desktop CPUs have to fit in all their other stuff?
>>47703529
>create virtual machine
>assign 30GB ram to it
>spin it up
>>47703564
Overclocking
>>47703645
The correct term would be a locked multiplier.
They can still be overclocked.
>>47703673
Not to the same extent since X58
>>47703361
I have 8GB and Chrome fills most of it. I'd say get 16GB just to be sure.
>>47703478
Why stop at dual Xeon?
>>47703727
Rent a farm.
Buy a farm.
I don't know.
>tfw you bought 16gb of ram after multiple rebates and a bunch of coupons
I think I need more.
>>47704027
How does 32GB triple channel even work?
>>47704027
I have some riser's and 8x4gb coming in the mail
>>47704059
LGA 1366 used triple channel, mostly for the wow factor, and then switched to quad channel for lga 2011
>>47704095
The correct answer would be:
8x 4GB sticks
in 2x 3+1 arrays
>>47703361
I have 24GB RAM and don't do video editing either
>>47703361
I have 32 gigs, but then I often run VMs or do shit with huge files I can't be arsed to write on comparatively slow SSDs.
>>47703361
Why not? It's only $50 more than getting 8 gigs. I just picked up a 240 gig ssd and 16 gigs of ddr3 1600 for $180. More ram is always better in my experience. The only question is if the cost prevents you from getting something else better. 16 gigs is cheap enough that there isn't much reason not to do it
I have 32GB ram, and I'm very happy about it.
>>47703361
Most RAM is used by the part of the OS that handles drives the Shift key.
Since you're not using it, you will only need 8GB at most.
>16GB FTW
I rarely use more than 8GB of memory.
One instance where I've used more than 8, Virtual machines, ram disks.....yeah that's about it.
>mah chrome processes
What're you going to do with the old RAM?
4chan will never talk you out of something stupid.
>>47704027
Apple? Such a fag
>>47703433
why would you buy 1tb + 3tb instead of 2x2tb?
>>47704027
>Windows on a Mac Pro
There's a special place in hell for people like you.
>After Effects uses all the available ram on your system
>mfw only 24GB
I only really start approaching all of my ram being used up when playing BF4. That game fuckin loves hogging ram. Otherwise I never go above 5 or so gigs.
>>47703433
Don't buy a 3tb drive, all of the ones on the market right now have extremely high failure rates, go with a 4tb one or just 2 2tb ones
>>47706702
Any drive can die, the failure rates are skewed by companies using a desktop HDD for enterprise. That's what the monitoring software and the warranties are for.
>>47706746
Yes, but most 3tb drives on the market now have significantly higher failure rates
Now that I am here, what might be the weakest part of my build, /g/?
>>47706888
2x2TB drives will have a higher combined failure chance compared to 1x3TB.
The logic eludes you.
>>47706611
I know that feel.
>Fire up Photoshop
>After 20 minutes 90% of RAM has been eaten up.
>Tfw only 16GB of RAM.
Graphics work eats up RAM like crazy.
I'd like to see the specs on the machines they use at Disney or Pixar studios.
>>47706906
You don't have that much storage. Are you running out of room on your SSD? Upgrading to 256+ might not be a bad idea.
Your RAM is fine however it's single channel. Dual channel would be better.
>>47707121
>Photoshop can be configured to have a cap on how much RAM it devours
>stupid fucking people will be the death of us all
>>47706572
My guess is, he bought 1tb in 2012 and 3tb in 2014.
>>47703361
>Year of our lord 2015
>Not having 16 gigs of ram minimum
Disgusting
Because not having
>4 gigs of ram for a ramdisk for normal programs
>1 gig for onboard graphics to use with GPU for graphical tasks (vsync and post processing)
>8 gigs for system and regular multitasking
>Rest is for gayman
Is heresy.
itt: no one runs vms
>>47703361
Nah, my work PC has 32GB, 16 is reasonable for home use if you virtualise. It's also ridiculously cheap so go for it.
>>47707360
Different anon here i play mutiple games at same time on my multi monitor setup. Is 8gb enough?
>>47707409
If we're talking games that eat up 4 gigs of ram (most games made after 2011) then no.
>>47707430
they are generally 2 gb. I should yolo and get 16gb i got the dosh anyway. Also photoshop eats that shit like an average american.
the human eye can only perceive 2gb
anything above that is useless
Honestly I don't see why anyone would need more than 256mb maybe 512Mb. Anything over that is overkill and useless
>>47707482
the limit is 3.5gb
>>47707284
>Limit RAM usage
>Photoshop slows down and fucks up when you open multiple files or a big file with tons of layers.
Better to just get 32GB when dealing with graphics stuff.
>>47707468
Unless you have a 32 bit system.
>You can always and should always get more ram.
>>47703361
I currently have 16GB for general sysadmin shit and playing games, wouldn't ever go with less.
>>47706906
crossfire with another 290/290X and install a 4790K w/ Noctua cooler
the only weakpoint I can see is a non K cpu with Z97 chipset
>>47707525
Not him but I was about to make a post asking who the fuck has 109MB images.
Then I stopped to think about one of the photographers I work with. He'll open twenty or so images at once, easily at ten megabytes a piece. I don't rightly know what camera he has as I'm about as inquisitive about his job as he is mine (read, not interested at all) so I don't rightly know the exact size, thankfully he's considerate enough to downscale images to around five megabytes a piece when he sends them. He'll easily bring his 32GB machine to it's knees.
>>47707894
And when it comes to drawing, the filesizes can be even bigger.
Photoshop files can get pretty damn huge.
I have some unfinished pictures and the size is just over 130MB each.
Most of my pictures are just 10-50MB though.
So yeah, it's no wonder that Photoshop eats up RAM like crazy when you have few of those open at the same time.
Then add to that the browser you possibly have open for any reference stuff and you can pretty much slap an extra GB or two to the memory usage.
>>47703361
natural selection should be allowed to run its course. remove the warning labels and let the stupid and weak kill themselves off. so do it faggot
>>47707482
under rated post
>>47703577
>write a hello world that uses a dynamically allocated array
>forget to delete
>run it a lot
i typically use about 3gb of ram with a game running. wtf are you guys doing?
>>47704027
>windows on a Mac?
>>47703374
>buying 16GB of RAM just so you can use an inferior, spyware browser.
Were you born retarded?
>>47703577
It still wouldn't constantly use all 30GB. I'm guessing a server.
>>47709971
bootcamp, motherfucker.
>>47710006
that bar chart definitely leads me to believe he has 32gb of ram
I dunno, OP. 16 sounds kinda good.
I've only got Chrome and Spotify open right now.
GTA V pushes my RAM to like 90% use
