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Processor | i7 8700k 4.6Ghz @ 1.24V |
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Motherboard | AsRock Fatal1ty K6 Z370 |
Cooling | beQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 |
Memory | 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200/C16 |
Video Card(s) | ASRock RX7900XT Phantom Gaming |
Storage | Samsung 850 EVO 1TB + Samsung 830 256GB + Crucial BX100 250GB + Toshiba 1TB HDD |
Display(s) | Gigabyte G34QWC (3440x1440) |
Case | Fractal Design Define R5 |
Audio Device(s) | Harman Kardon AVR137 + 2.1 |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | XTRFY M42 |
Keyboard | Lenovo Thinkpad Trackpoint II |
Software | W10 x64 |
It's always personal as it depends on your own use of your computer. I don't know what OP play, but if he do play this kind of game, i still think he should consider buying more than 16GB of ram.
I didn't forget, as i didn't upgrade my rig beside adding more RAM
I had an i5 3570k with 2x4GB of DDR3-2133 bought in the end of 2012, and i added 2x4GB in 2015 specifically for this game (Train Fever with a bunch of mods). It lasted until i bought my current i5 8600k.
@kapone32
If you cannot quote from external sources or just can't paste external sources, just make a snip of it and paste that. You can straight copy paste it on TPU. Hit start, type snip, click New and drag what you want to post, paste where you need it.
But yeah, radious mods, with enough mods you can break any 'usual limit'. I pointed out a similar one with Cities Skylines. Again, a modded version of the game. I saw Fallout 4 pass us by too, again modded. Skyrim is right up there too.
Still though, this does not tell us 'the games need more than 16GB'. You can push any ridiculous amount of assets and horribly inefficient code through modding, is that really something you should go on? In that case, might as well just scale up to 64GB while you're at it. I'm sure you can find someone who exceeds that too
Wrt the OP's question, its good to make this distinction very clear. For 'mainstream', ie using games as they were intended, 8-16GB is easily enough and will be for the coming years. And if you do need more because you mod your games, you're not making these topics on TPU, you know the answer
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