not the fastest, but seems like a good deal for those on a budget
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BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 162#1
Why would those on a budget want 32GB RAM?
rev6 to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 162#2
That depends on the budget.
New2Deals to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#4
Assumes you know what people are going to use their systems for, and what their budget is, if they have one.
thekanester to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#5
I think what he means is that it is cheap for 32GB, largely because it is not at the upper end of DDR4 capability.
Is hot for me regardless.
poison3k to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#6
Because they want to build or upgrade a quick computer?
jdanbury to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#7
Virtualisation?
malachi to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#8
3D rendering
MBeeching to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#11
Graphic design & video editing.
fishmaster to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#21
I could easily use 32GB RAM, it depends on the workload.
jomay to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#28
32GB RAM helps if you are an unskilled coder and have lots of memory leaks. :smile:
Nexusfifth
27 Apr 16#27
Sure, but I would say you are in a minority here, as along with gaming video/photo editing people will benefit more from a better graphics card then more (than 16GB) ram, (or in this case more from a better cpu.)
So basically we are left only with virtualisation and while many people like to play with it, I would say most are perfectly OK with 16GB and again better cpu is more of a benefit.
BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 161#12
Alright, alright, but APART from virtualization, 3D editing, RAMdisk, graphic design and video editing, why would anyone on a budget need 32GB RAM?
rev6 to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#15
Bragging rights?
fishmaster to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#23
You got an answer and you still want an answer. You won't get the answer you're looking for which I suspect is in the region of "32GB is a waste for some one on a budget", well that's nonsense.
morrig to BigOrkWaaagh
27 Apr 16#26
Next you will be asking what did the Romans do for us.
fishmaster
27 Apr 16#25
Why would you spend it on a graphics card if you didn't need one? Again the assumption is gaming. There's many many people who'd want 32GB on a budget for semi pro work and don't game. In fact I have a HP XW6600 workstation dual quad core it has 32GB RAM in it. I can run multiple VMs on it, only graphics card I need is basic one that came with the workstation.
Nexusfifth
27 Apr 16#24
I think he was aiming more at, if you are on a budget you are far better of spending extra on a graphics card than on extra RAM for most uses including those you mentioned, 16GB of RAM is plenty for 99% of use cases and also you have a chance to add another 16GB in 6 months or so if you really need them, while a graphics card upgrade will be a substantial new cost.
But yes this discussion is pointless, there are plenty of things you can use a lot of RAM for and this is a good price for anyone wanting to have that much.
fishmaster
27 Apr 16#22
Virtual Machines. RAW Photo Editing are some more too.
coljwood
27 Apr 16#13
After my dilemma with the DDR3 deal yesterday, I thought what the heck and went for these. Truth is, I figured if I don't know what would make other RAM better a choice, then I probably won't notice the difference either way.
rev6 to coljwood
27 Apr 161#16
This is DDR4. If your motherboard supports DDR3 you can't use these.
RS_67 to coljwood
27 Apr 16#20
I spent a week reviewing various RAM-CAS timings for an Opteron 146 build once. I got to the point where +/- 10ns was bothering me. Never, ever again.
80/20 rule. Job done.
RS_67
27 Apr 16#19
Is this a porn star?
Dave777
27 Apr 16#18
My plan too!
coljwood
27 Apr 16#17
I don't have a motherboard at all. This is (oddly) the first step of my new build. I'm literally building deal by deal.
GetsugaTenshoS
27 Apr 16#14
I'll not be grabbing this as I don't need it but that's a great price! As for why you'd need 32Gb? There's various reasons but really for this... why not? You never know when it may be beneficial for you to have more. You could just use 16Gb and keep the other 2 spare or sell them on as well!
xenononon
27 Apr 16#10
Plenty enough to be proud about
rev6
27 Apr 16#9
RAMDisk
dont mack me off
27 Apr 161#3
I remember installing 32Mb and wondering if that was overkill...showing my age i guess.
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Is hot for me regardless.
So basically we are left only with virtualisation and while many people like to play with it, I would say most are perfectly OK with 16GB and again better cpu is more of a benefit.
But yes this discussion is pointless, there are plenty of things you can use a lot of RAM for and this is a good price for anyone wanting to have that much.
80/20 rule. Job done.