How much RAM you got?

[SamirD]

I have this a like even though I didn't know about half of those words.

Truenas = NAS platform
Proxmox = hypervisor platform
Unraid = NAS platform

 

[SamirD]

48 and 96GB will be mainstream for a while. 12 GB has long been an oddball (as for anything under 8GB).

It was pretty mainstream back in the triple channel days.

 

[OKC Yeakey Trentadue]

It was pretty mainstream back in the triple channel days.

I always thought ddr4 should have gotten the triple channel treatment with B550/X570. 24GB would have been perfect for mainstream machines and the extra bandwidth would have been great for APUs and even given the rest of Zen 3 a little boost.

 

[Dopamin3]

TrueNAS Core - 128GB (4 x 32 DDR4 Unbuffered ECC 3200MHz)
Proxmox Mini PC - 64GB (2 x 32GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 3200MHz)
Primary Desktop - 64GB (2 x 32GB DDR5 6000MHz)
Laptop - 16GB (2 x 8GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 3200MHz)
Secondary Desktop not used very often - 32GB (2 x 16GB DDR4 3200MHz)

I hope the zvault project takes off. TrueNAS Core just saw its final released based on FreeBSD 13.3, so after about December there will be no way to update the software I have running in jails. RAM is adequate for my use cases in all machines, but the primary desktop is probably a little overkill.

 

[SamirD]

I hope the zvault project takes off.

I hope so too. And also that all versions of core get archived before they all disappear kinda like freenas did. Those older isos are still great to make backup nas units out of basically scrap systems.

 

[Violator]

Anyone had any updates recently?

 

[uOpt]

Anybody got a 512 GB Mac Studio M3 Ultra with their tax return yet?

 

[cpufrost]

Anybody got a 512 GB Mac Studio M3 Ultra with their tax return yet?

I would be more concerned with someone giving uncle sam such a large interest free loan for the year. ;-)

 

[III_Slyflyer_III]

I'm up to 96GB now when I upgraded past week...

 

[That_Sound_Guy]

main pc - 16
secondary pc - 16
laptop - 32

I have no power user need for more.

 

[Grebuloner]

My main rig still has 64, which is plenty, but my DP server currently sits at 96GB, just because 8GB RDIMMs were what was cheapest and there are 12 slots. Doesn't use very much, but it does benefit from the bandwidth.

 

[watercooler]

I'm the only one with 4GB lol

Somebody has 512GB RAM. I've just got an old laptop atm, and that's my HDD size. The battery has a dead cell, so it's only about 20 minutes without AC.

The PC part mnufacturers must be buddies with the Software manufacturers, they probably roll on the floor laughing everytime they manage to require another 4GB for the same task. My second PC was 2MB ram and ran Win 3.11 ok, when we got it up to 8MB that was huge.

 

[Celcius]

Just changed my vote. When I upgraded to a 9800X3D in November then I upgraded to 64gb.

 

[xDiVolatilX]

Both of my rigs have 64. When I build a rig I build it to last at least 5 years

 

[SamirD]

I'm the only one with 4GB lol

Somebody has 512GB RAM. I've just got an old laptop atm, and that's my HDD size. The battery has a dead cell, so it's only about 20 minutes without AC.

The PC part mnufacturers must be buddies with the Software manufacturers, they probably roll on the floor laughing everytime they manage to require another 4GB for the same task. My second PC was 2MB ram and ran Win 3.11 ok, when we got it up to 8MB that was huge.

I have 4GB in my xp machines.

What gets me about win 3.11 is that does notepad really require so much more ram than it did in win 3.11? Like really?

 

[Grebuloner]

I have 4GB in my xp machines.

To be fair, XP only let you use 3.25 GB of it, anyway, unless you went for the PAE kernel hack.

What gets me about win 3.11 is that does notepad really require so much more ram than it did in win 3.11? Like really?

I think it's more to do with OS and GUI overhead than anything else. Just opened a txt and Notepad was using 2MB (the program file remains at under 200k in size). In college and my teaching years, I wrote text-based qb64 math demonstration programs for my classes where the code was sometimes less than 1 or 2 kb, balloned to 4 or 5 MB on compilation (libraries, I assume) and used 12MB of memory. There were maybe half a dozen 64 bit variables.

 

[SamirD]

To be fair, XP only let you use 3.25 GB of it, anyway, unless you went for the PAE kernel hack.

I think it's more to do with OS and GUI overhead than anything else. Just opened a txt and Notepad was using 2MB (the program file remains at under 200k in size). In college and my teaching years, I wrote text-based qb64 math demonstration programs for my classes where the code was sometimes less than 1 or 2 kb, balloned to 4 or 5 MB on compilation (libraries, I assume) and used 12MB of memory. There were maybe half a dozen 64 bit variables.

Yep, but it's still super fast looking at pdfs with a gpu.

I still remember how small the borland turbo c dos executables were compared to the ones compiled with the windows version we were required to use for testing and submission. I figured out how to use gcc and started using that instead as it would pick up stuff turbo c for dos and windows would miss. And each submission was pass/fail so you had to get it right.

 

[zandor]

I need to upgrade to stay in the top 5%. Where are my bigger CUDIMMS? Also the poll needs changing now that 96 and particularly 48 are fairly common.

 

[jarablue]

I got 64gb of ram. Two 32gb udimms. They are 6400mhz with a 285k. Thankfully I have zero issues with win11 and gaming. Everything just works.

 

[thedream829]

 

[Machupo]

Finally got my last ramkit for the epyc local AI node, now running 12x 96GB DDR5 ECC at JEDEC timings/speeds (locked by supermicro motherboard).

Gaming system hanging out with 64GB (2x32); plenty for what it needs to do

 

[thedream829]

Finally got my last ramkit for the epyc local AI node, now running 12x 96GB DDR5 ECC at JEDEC timings/speeds (locked by supermicro motherboard).

Gaming system hanging out with 64GB (2x32); plenty for what it needs to do

More than 1TB of RAM?!

 

[Machupo]

More than 1TB of RAM?!

Yessir -- the idea is to tackle some large mixture of expert models locally. I was really aiming for the 400B-ish ones, but future proofing, the price/capacity breakpoint, and just [H] got the better of me.

 

[Violator]

Finally got my last ramkit for the epyc local AI node, now running 12x 96GB DDR5 ECC at JEDEC timings/speeds (locked by supermicro motherboard).

Gaming system hanging out with 64GB (2x32); plenty for what it needs to do

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

 

[Zarathustra[H]]

Time for a little update for me.

Main workstation: (Threadripper 3960x)
128GB (4x32GB) DDR4-3200 Unbuffered ECC

Game Machine*: (Ryzen 9950x3D)
64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6000

Backup Workstation / Testbench / Old Decommed Server Board: (Dual Xeon E5-2697 v2's)
256GB (16x16GB) DDR3-1600 Registered ECC

Main Server: (Epyc 7543)
512GB (8x64GB) DDR4-3200 Registered ECC

Secondary Server: (Xeon E-2314)
32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200 Unbuffered ECC

Old (but still serviceable for my needs) Laptop: (Core i7-4810mq)
16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-1600

*Game Machine parts are all here in boxes. Have not had the time to assemble them yet.

So... Which one should I list in the survey?
I probably spend most of my time on the main workstation, so 128GB? Then again, I will be doing most performance/gaming type of stuff on the game machine, so 64GB? Or should I just go for impressing everyone and choose the server, so 512GB? Or should I just stay understated and go with the Laptop's 16GB?

Or maybe I should just add all of them up?

For now I've just put myself down as 128GB.

 

[III_Slyflyer_III]

Time for a little update for me.

Main workstation: (Threadripper 3960x)
128GB (4x32GB) DDR4-3200 Unbuffered ECC

Game Machine*: (Ryzen 9950x3D)
64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6000

Backup Workstation / Testbench / Old Decommed Server Board: (Dual Xeon E5-2697 v2's)
256GB (16x16GB) DDR3-1600 Registered ECC

Main Server: (Epyc 7543)
512GB (8x64GB) DDR4-3200 Registered ECC

Secondary Server: (Xeon E-2314)
32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200 Unbuffered ECC

Old (but still serviceable for my needs) Laptop: (Core i7-4810mq)
16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-1600

*Game Machine parts are all here in boxes. Have not had the time to assemble them yet.

So... Which one should I list in the survey?
I probably spend most of my time on the main workstation, so 128GB? Then again, I will be doing most performance/gaming type of stuff on the game machine, so 64GB? Or should I just go for impressing everyone and choose the server, so 512GB? Or should I just stay understated and go with the Laptop's 16GB?

Or maybe I should just add all of them up?

For now I've just put myself down as 128GB.

Choices... choices... lol. If I pick my Voodoo 5 PC, I have 1GB in that, so less than 4GB!

 

[Mad Maxx]

Installed Corsair's lighting kit for my RAM. I like the look.

 

[Wingman_ice]

Gaming rig - 32GB
Gaming laptop - 32GB
Streaming recording NUC - 16GB
Proxmox server - 512GB (have enough to add another 512GB in 64GB dimms, just don't need it yet)
PBS - 128GB
Test server - 128GB
Firewall - 16GB

 

[Jailer]

Desktop - 32GB
Laptop - 32GB
FreeBSD server - 32GB (max supported, wish it were more)
TrueNAS server - 128GB
Old Supermicro x8 test system (not active ATM) 64GB
pfSense box - 8GB

Arc hits are at 97% on the FreeBSD machine so I'll run it until it doesn't meet my needs anymore but I do wish it was on a newer platform with more memory.

 

[Slayer2003]

How much RAM you got?​

Not enough. It's never enough...

 

[Supercharged_Z06]

Made a few updates since I first cast my vote here:

Main gaming/vr rig (in my sig) is now at 64Gb
Secondary rig (GMKtec Evo X2) for messing with AI and tinkering is at 128Gb
TV surfing / Home Theater rig (GMKtec K8 Pro mini-pc) is at 64Gb
Kids Gaming PC (AMD 5950x) is at 32Gb
Kitchen PC (AMD 5600x) is at 32Gb
Home Assistant Server (Beelink Mini S12 Pro) is at 16Gb
Arcade Cabinet (GMKtec G5 mini PC) is at 12Gb

Not really counting my daughter’s laptops as they are taking them off to college, but one has 32Gb, the other 64Gb.

 

[ep0x73]

recently went from 8gb to 16gb, with 22 tabs opened or so I had about 500mb of ram left and VM was likely being used a lot, 16gb same tabs uses 12, system if faster, probably not touching vm much if at all

new RAM arrived today for my other build, mushkin DDR4 redline 3200 16GB for 45 bucks, that's stupid cheap

back in the day one stick of 2GB DDR2 would cost that much, I remember the pain

 

[Deadjasper]

I've got 64GB of DDR4 ECC SODIMM on the way for the Shuttle DH370 I bought from eBay as parts only, not working. It had a single bent CPU pin that was easily straightened. The 64GB was $80 shipped.

 

[Wade88]

Cumulatively or in a single system?

 

[KickAssCop]

I am thinking it might be time for me to grab a 64 GB kit. Thoughts?
Just don't feel like spending 250 smokes for a decent CL28 kit.

 

[Supercharged_Z06]

Kit I am thinking it might be time for me to grab a 64 GB kit. Thoughts?
Just don't feel like spending 250 smokes for a decent CL28 kit.

Hah! And I was toying with the idea of jumping to a 96GB kit myself, but also don’t feel like spending that much in doing so. There’s really no real world difference jumping from CL30 down to CL28 on an AMD rig unless you really, really enjoy running and graphing RAM benchmarks as a side hobby.

Tell you what, I’ll sell you my 64GB kit for $175 if you want - would help offset my upgrading to a 96GB kit and you’d be able to jump to 64GB kit and save a few smokes in the process as well as sell your 32GB kit to further offset cost. Mine’s a G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series kit (AMD Expo) DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MT/s CL30-40-40-96 1.40V - Matte Black (F5-6000J3040G32GX2-TZ5NR).

 

[KickAssCop]

Hah! And I was toying with the idea of jumping to a 96GB kit myself, but also don’t feel like spending that much in doing so. There’s really no real world difference jumping from CL30 down to CL28 on an AMD rig unless you really, really enjoy running and graphing RAM benchmarks as a side hobby.

Tell you what, I’ll sell you my 64GB kit for $175 if you want - would help offset my upgrading to a 96GB kit and you’d be able to jump to 64GB kit and save a few smokes in the process as well as sell your 32GB kit to further offset cost. Mine’s a G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series kit (AMD Expo) DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MT/s CL30-40-40-96 1.40V - Matte Black (F5-6000J3040G32GX2-TZ5NR).

Thanks bud, I appreciate it!

but

No RGB no buy
Also need CL28 at least

 

[Supercharged_Z06]

Thanks bud, I appreciate it!

but

No RGB no buy
Also need CL28 at least

No RGB? It's RGB.

 

[KickAssCop]

No RGB? It's RGB.

Ah, you wrote matte black. There are some kits with that name that are just black.

Can you run CL28 on the kit and is it A die or M die?

 

[Supercharged_Z06]

Ah, you wrote matte black. There are some kits with that name that are just black.

Can you run CL28 on the kit and is it A die or M die?

No idea… I’ve always just run it at stock Expo settings. This is the kit I have: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJNTLJ5X

Not understanding why CL28 is so important to you with a 9950x3D. Tuning DDR5 RAM on a 3D cached (x3D) AMD CPU when already starting with a fast/quality kit is pretty much a waste of time… like taking a piss but deciding to see if it’s more fun turning into the wind. .

Unlike regular CPUs, there are very little (if any) gains to be had with an x3D CPU when it comes to playing with RAM timings, especially with a 6000Mhz DDR5 kit with a CAS latency of 30.

If you are really into competitive gaming at 1080p, and you tweak the hell out of CL28 6000 DDR5, you’ll see a massive .5 FPS performance improvements in 1% Low frames for most games over using stock settings on a CL30 kit:

And going up to 1440p or 4K gaming, those differences will be even less noticeable - the above tests are with 1080p to really isolate/stress just the CPU/RAM performance.

So if you are playing Counterstrike 2 at 1080p and really need that extra .6 FPS (694.9 over 694.3 FPS), then yes, tweaked CL 28 DDR5 6000 RAM is your god send when it comes to selecting a memory kit.

Source:
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