Sometime between November 5th 2024 and Jan 20th 2025 I decided I had better replace my ailing laptop before something drove prices up. I was debating between the 32G of RAM I needed and the 64G I wanted. I am really glad I splurged back then. The way costs have gone between tariffs and AI’s demand for braaainz (plus the fact that vibe coders don’t make any account for efficiency or specs) it feels like I practically got it for free.
I’m happy both my PCs have 32 😅.
Laptop is at 16 but the expansion slot is broken so it is what it is. 16GB on linux is alright for me though.
I did splurge on a 2TB 990Pro SSD though, that I am so happy about!
i would sell them and retire
My main rig has 64 of DDR5 and my backup rig (Yes I’m that kind of fucking nerd) has 32 of DDR4.
I’m so fucking lucky I bought this hardware JUST in time.
I read this in their voice.
i guess currently you can cash it in for early retirement
I can hear this image
Depending on what you do 16 might be plenty or 32 can be barely enough.
I have 32GB of RAM! DDR4, though.
Same! 16, though.
i have 32gb ram. run video, emulation, jukebox simultaneously daily
64 GB DDR4. I ain’t the best but I do okay.
Isn’t this like from 2015 or something? I usually don’t use chrome but when I have to I don’t see anything wild.
There’s a sweet spot for RAM efficiency, it’s not actually a more = better thing. In many cases more RAM results in a worse bottleneck.
They have calculators for it:
https://bottleneckcalculator.tech/ram-bottleneck-calculator/
Yeah, no, this is telling me my system will choke under any usage type and resolution, but it actually rips through everything I’ve thrown at it.
It’s fancy referral link spam. I’m sure the inflammatory comment is meant to garner attention.
Are you pointing to a price-performance degradation or a measurable degradation on hardware with all other factors controlled? The latter doesn’t exist.
All the SEO slop that appears similar to your link (that I’m definitely not clicking) are for PC builders and nobody is making these outrageous claims for server builders.
There are workloads that demand a higher memory-to-compute ratio than others. Web server? Throw them a bone sure. But they mainly want computing power. Big database? Can’t have enough, and can’t have them fast enough. Especially when a single index can be multiple gigabytes big.
