Chrome and Firefox? Yeah, it's a bit crazy to see browsers "hogging" up so much RAM. I actually like when the hardware is being used to its best potential.
Didn't really notice any difference when I went from 8 to 16 GB of RAM. One advantage is that I can keep a VM or two running with no impact on performance.
If you're building now, there's no reason to get less than 16GB, but upgrading from 8 to 16 GB might not be worth it. It's a cheap upgrade, though.
Don't understand the obsession people have with turning off the paging file.
It's the idea that the paging file is just for "whatever." While the paging file can come into play when you are running low on memory, that it's it's only function. It is also used for backing storage, as it is a less volatile space than RAM (loses all data once power is removed).
That's why the old saying is as true as ever:pathetic how 16gb of ram us necessary for decent computing performance due to bloated webbrowsing.
Go to resource monitor and the Memory tab while this is occurring. What is the breakdown for Reserved, In Use, Standby, and Free.
Played around with some different versions of Nvidia drivers,the latest caused some usage for idk what reason.I still had the odd fps dips and then i found out what was causing that......
Idk if the dust bowl hit my computer a couple times but my heatsink got caked up with dust quick.Usually my cpu hits 77 cel with the stock cooler but i was constantly sitting at 83-84cel in-game and my chip was downclocking to 1.5Ghz causing those dips.
Let the system set up the pagefile,left all else alone and i felt like the 16gb was a worthwhile investment.Certain spots i usually would hitch and stutter at with 8gb in GTA V have stopped.Those same spots i am hitting nearly 7gb total ram usage. :thumbsup:
I upgraded one of the X58 systems with 3 x 8 gb sticks and it runs them so beautifully (~1600 CL8). Definitely 24 > 12.Still just use 12 myself on the old tri channel, but I would think these days a couple 2X 8 sticks would be the way to go one newer rigs minimum myself.
16gb is the absolute minimum these days for ANY performance* user. So the question is, do you consider yourself a performance user?
*So you can have your swap file disabled and get extra performance gains from that.
Otherwise, 8gb is enough for general usage.
Yeah, it greatly varies how you multi-task and what apps you use. Personally, I don't like closing tabs much in Chrome, that alone can take up close to 10 gigs of ram (~1oo tabs or so), easily for me. Heh.I still have yet to go over 7GB even while gaming and multi-tasking.
Been running 6gb DDR3 (3x2gb) from when I built this computer, no issues thus far. I have come close to maxing it out once or twice but never had an issues. I may be picking up a dirt cheap ($10 from a buddy) 3x1gb kit to take me to 9gb but I don't expect it to do much for me. I primarily don't game so that's a big factor. I will do occasional video encoding, Chrome with lots of tabs open, but beyond that that's it.
My laptop has 4gb of RAM and I have debated going to 6gb or 8gb as there are times it could use it even just web browsing with multiple tabs open and an HD video playing. If I relied on it more or used it for more than browsing I would upgrade for sure. My work PC, on the other hand, has a pathetic 2gb of RAM and if I open more than 2 or 3 tabs or try to keep my email open while Chrome is open the PC has a damn heart attack. I'm surprised the hard drive hasn't said f&ck this, I'm out yet. I hate my work computer so bad but that's another topic for another day.
And lemme guess, your work PC probably has some overkill i5 or another quad that will never be fully utilized either.
Similar story with the work pcs here too, though at 4 GB of RAM, it's somewhat less dire. Still, why buisnesses haven't jumped on SSDs in 2016 (when network drives house the important stuff) is well beyond me.