New PC Build - 4090

Quartz · 18 Jul 2023 at 13:18

gjbf1 said:
Yeah 20GB is unforgivable and a massive outliers compared to other games.

Really? I've seen recordings on YouTube of other games like The Last of Us using like amounts of RAM. I'm told that Cities: Skylines is another RAM hog.

gjbf1 · 18 Jul 2023 at 13:20

Quartz said:
Really? I've seen recordings on YouTube of other games like The Last of Us using like amounts of RAM. I'm told that Cities: Skylines is another RAM hog.

Two or three badly optimised games I expect. Given a fraction of the overall PC gaming user base has 16GB cards or better it would be very foolish to purposely manufacture games with such demands/constraints.

Quartz · 18 Jul 2023 at 14:54

gjbf1 said:
Two or three badly optimised games I expect.

So we've gone form 'a massive outlier' to 'Two or three badly optimised games'. What's the next excuse going to be? The OP has the opportunity to totally obviate the problem.

Mcnumpty2323 · 18 Jul 2023 at 15:04

Seems like a pointless argument to me
We could then say
Well you don't really need a 4090 either
Personally got 32gb ram
I have had the last of us part 1
Crash with lack of memory error (ram not vram)
Spending over 3 grand but penny pinching on ram
Seems wrong to me
Especially since looks like the op will only
Upgrade rarely

Rarr · 18 Jul 2023 at 19:45

thanks for the feedback all, i think ill go with the 64gb just as mentioned above, i dont upgrade often so may as well spend a little extra now to hopefully reap some benefits further down the line.

Thanks again

oneilldo · 21 Jul 2023 at 14:37

Rarr said:
thanks for the feedback all, i think ill go with the 64gb just as mentioned above, i dont upgrade often so may as well spend a little extra now to hopefully reap some benefits further down the line.

Thanks again

Can you share your final basket - looks similar to what I was considering?
I need a replacement PC and was considering a prebuilt but think I may go back to building myself as I need it asap.
Last one I built was a few years ago and I had a clear out so assume you still need cables, cpu paste (is it still artic silver?) etc

Mcnumpty2323 · 21 Jul 2023 at 14:47

oneilldo said:
Can you share your final basket - looks similar to what I was considering?
I need a replacement PC and was considering a prebuilt but think I may go back to building myself as I need it asap.
Last one I built was a few years ago and I had a clear out so assume you still need cables, cpu paste (is it still artic silver?) etc

Thermal paste should come with
The cpu/cpu cooler
Which cables do you mean?

oneilldo · 21 Jul 2023 at 14:55

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Thermal paste should come with
The cpu/cpu cooler
Which cables do you mean?

Thanks, harddrive cables - but can see it’s just pci-x and not normal SSD so makes sense

Mcnumpty2323 · 21 Jul 2023 at 14:57

oneilldo said:
Thanks, harddrive cables - but can see it’s just pci-x and not normal SSD so makes sense

Yeah no cables needed
For m2 drives
The motherboard should come with
A few sata cables though
For larger storage ssds/mechanical drive

oneilldo · 21 Jul 2023 at 17:09

@Rarr I assume that Fractal case linked in this thread has enough space for the cpu cooler and graphics card - the reviews for the cooler say it’s rather large.