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16TB nvme ssd RAID0 array(4x4TB nvme ssd)
Nvidia RTX 4070
96GB RAM
2x 43in OLED HDTV dual-head display(wall-mounted)
yes.
it's overkill.
Last edited by iwantlinuxgames on 26 August 2023 at 3:21 pm UTC
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I was definitely noticing that 8GB were no longer enough (Crusader Kings III in late game was constantly using more than that). And since the machine needs to last the next 5 - 6 years, merely doubling the size didn't feel sustainable.
And even with the still somewhat inflated prices of last year, those 32GB did not cost much more than the 8GB did 7 years prior. I'd probably start crying if I'd look up what they cost now.
At this point I usually take a long hard look at my life and say to myself "What you really need is more RAM".
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Compiling qemu with LTO on my system consumes all 24GB of memory available and starts swapping. For that, I wish I had more RAM.
I haven't close to using it all as far as gaming goes though.
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That's probably partly your kernel's behaviour (with the swap), it hates to drop pagecache. But yes, LTO builds (esp. -j10 or so) use a lot of RAM. I'm about to start a firefox build (a profile guided, LTO build) that is going to use 10+ Gb of RAM for some jobs (actual use)
I've got an older chipset, that only takes 24 (6 dimms x 4 Gb... triple channel lol) but I've only got 18 Gb because 3 of them are only 2 Gb dimms that I took out of another system. Same RAM, just smaller dimms. I haven't really needed more, but if I'd have known I was going to keep this system this long I'd have probably maxed it. There is no point now (I'm still procrastinating, but there's a new build in the offing)
My next build is likely to be a Rocket Lake i9, with Z590 based board. 4 dimms x 32 Gb = 128. I will be maxing that out right from the get go this time.
Last edited by Grogan on 28 August 2023 at 7:23 pm UTC
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You mean, call the people saying they have 64 Gb of RAM liars and have them prove it to you?
That people think this is incredible to have 64 Gb of RAM in this day and age is more of a failing to understand that there's more to computing than their little tiddly winks games.
These insinuations are insulting.
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If you have to run VMs for your job, compile a lot or do a lot of specific computations, having moe than 8 GBs will make your life a whole lot easier. If you are running linux, you can also put some folders in a ramdisk for the extra speed. when i upgraded from 8 GB to 24 GB the main reason was that I had to run a windows only program in a VM for work. With 24 gigs i could run that VM, keep youtube and the occasional game running just fine. (I'd imagine that video editors and somesuch need the memory even more, but i'm not sure, never been into that.)
No reason to be offended, the whole message looks like it was written by a bot. Plus, user Amy is banned, so Liam must also think their contributions were less than worthwhile.
Last edited by damarrin on 31 August 2023 at 6:39 am UTC