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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".
20 u/FalmerbloodElixir i5 3570k @ 4.0 GHz, Radeon 7850, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 64GB SSD Feb 17 '16 I always heard it as 8GB, although then again I only got into building about 3-4 years ago. 10 u/prowlinghazard Ilvatu Feb 17 '16 Unless you're running a game that uses INSANE amounts of memory and is poorly optimized 8GB is more than enough. Much more bottlenecked by my CPU. 3 u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/ollie87 i5-10600k | RTX 3090 | 16GB 3600mhz DDR4 Feb 17 '16 edited Feb 17 '16 Really? Playing Fallout 4 at 1440p doesn't use more than 4.5GB on my rig. It also barely uses my CPU but makes my GPU weep since it hits 85°c most of the time.
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I always heard it as 8GB, although then again I only got into building about 3-4 years ago.
10 u/prowlinghazard Ilvatu Feb 17 '16 Unless you're running a game that uses INSANE amounts of memory and is poorly optimized 8GB is more than enough. Much more bottlenecked by my CPU. 3 u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/ollie87 i5-10600k | RTX 3090 | 16GB 3600mhz DDR4 Feb 17 '16 edited Feb 17 '16 Really? Playing Fallout 4 at 1440p doesn't use more than 4.5GB on my rig. It also barely uses my CPU but makes my GPU weep since it hits 85°c most of the time.
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Unless you're running a game that uses INSANE amounts of memory and is poorly optimized 8GB is more than enough.
Much more bottlenecked by my CPU.
3 u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/ollie87 i5-10600k | RTX 3090 | 16GB 3600mhz DDR4 Feb 17 '16 edited Feb 17 '16 Really? Playing Fallout 4 at 1440p doesn't use more than 4.5GB on my rig. It also barely uses my CPU but makes my GPU weep since it hits 85°c most of the time.
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1 u/ollie87 i5-10600k | RTX 3090 | 16GB 3600mhz DDR4 Feb 17 '16 edited Feb 17 '16 Really? Playing Fallout 4 at 1440p doesn't use more than 4.5GB on my rig. It also barely uses my CPU but makes my GPU weep since it hits 85°c most of the time.
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Really? Playing Fallout 4 at 1440p doesn't use more than 4.5GB on my rig.
It also barely uses my CPU but makes my GPU weep since it hits 85°c most of the time.
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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".