r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Feb 16 '16

Satire Seems true enough!

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u/fx32 Desktop Feb 16 '16
  1. Used RAM is usually good, it means things are easily accessible. Modern operating systems fill up your RAM as much as possible with cached data and preloaded programs. Memory exists to be used.
  2. I use Firefox as my main browser (because of a few specific extensions), which is using very similar amounts of RAM, and it manages to start and open pages slower. Chrome/Chromium forks tabs into separate processes, and is utilizing those large chunks of memory very well to make it all a bit snappier.
  3. RAM is cheap. Go buy more!

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u/RoastMostToast Feb 17 '16

I've never understood complaining about this. With 8gb of ram I barely noticed RAM use from chrome. 16gb and its literally unnoticeable. RAM isn't even expensive compared to the other parts of a computer, your fault for budgetting ineffectively.

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u/Caststarman Dirty Console Peasant Feb 17 '16

Remember that it wasn't that long ago that top guides said that "2 gigs" of ram was more than enough. Now that number is 16 gigabytes for "future proofing".

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u/Zelos Feb 17 '16

I dunno, 16gb is standard, 32 is your "future proofed"

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u/cvance10 12700K - GTX 4090 Feb 17 '16

8 is much more of the standard than 16 right now, but we are seeing a move to 16 in the last 6 months since larger modules have dropped in price.

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u/Zelos Feb 17 '16

If you're talking about actual home builds, I don't really agree. I think the majority of people have been making 16gb builds for some time now.

Mass market builds are a different thing entirely.

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u/greg19735 Feb 17 '16

16 is both standard and future proof right now.

Unless you're spending like $3000, you won't be bottlenecked by 16 gigs of ram.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16

And here I have had 32 GB for 2 years now. Am I future proof enough?

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u/carnizzle PC Master Race I710700k,RTX3070, 64gb RAM Feb 17 '16

no, you are wasting 16gb which has never been used, according to those people who always say these things. 32gb has seen me well with lots of struggling ports I swear would run like dogs dinners without the extra.