DDR4 16 VS 32 GB

[inflames]

I recent upgraded my AM4 gaming PC, my system upgrade path

Asrock B450 fatality ITX
2 X 8GB Vulcan ram.
Ryzen 5 2600 to ryzen 5 5600 could not justify the extra cost to got to 7.
Rx590 to a RX9060xt 16GB.
Recent edition was a 1440p monitor.

All the old parts so far have gone into a system for my kids and when I built that one machine was at the point when ram prices started going up. I had planned to buy 32GB for my mine and use the 16GB in the kids machine. But I held off buying 32gb for my own system as the prices were going up. I decided to buy them 16 and then I would buy 32 and sell my current 16 later.

Is it really worth the wait for the ram to come down in price to buy 32 or should I just stick with 16.

 

[Tetras]

Can you clarify exactly what system you're thinking of buying 32GB for? I got pretty confused reading your write-up.

Generally: 16GB is enough for most games, especially if the other apps open when gaming are minimal (or none), but 32GB is a lot more comfortable and will help with one or two games that are choppier/more stuttery with 16GB. It can make a difference with load/unload times if the PC is dipping into the pagefile too.

If you can still find a reasonably priced used kit that they haven't noticed memory has 2x/3x/4x, I'd grab it before they realise.

 

[hornetstinger]

I noticed some games are >16GB. I'd say 32GB is recommended now

My system is pretty debloated and I don't have other things running at the same time. Problem is RAM is stupidly expensive

 

[NetMan]

Is it really worth the wait for the ram to come down in price

No one knows when or if that will happen, crazy market and production of DDR4 dropping as they switch lines to make more DDR5...

buy 32 or should I just stick with 16

Unless theres a game that you want to play that won't run with 16GB stick with what you have got but keep an eye out for any secondhand bargains that popup.


At least you have a fairly recent PC and don't really need to upgrade until AMD release its next platform which might use DDR6; I've wanted to build a new system to replace the potato I'm using for sometime GPU prices went insane, I was made redundant (twice from the same job) which made me reluctant to drop ££££££ on a new toy now they are still stupid money but a bit less so but the RAM has gone bonkers.

So I'm stuck with gaming via Geforce Now which is ok but for my ****** 4G Vodafone dongle which has gotten slower since the Vodafone / Three merger which leaves me in a bit of a pickle.

 

[inflames]

Can you clarify exactly what system you're thinking of buying 32GB for? I got pretty confused reading your write-up.

Generally: 16GB is enough for most games, especially if the other apps open when gaming are minimal (or none), but 32GB is a lot more comfortable and will help with one or two games that are choppier/more stuttery with 16GB. It can make a difference with load/unload times if the PC is dipping into the pagefile too.

If you can still find a reasonably priced used kit that they haven't noticed memory has 2x/3x/4x, I'd grab it before they realise.

My apologies, being dyslexic sometimes I struggle to get my point across clearly. So the system I upgraded to and would like to upgrade my ram to 32 is:

Asrock B450 fatality ITX
2 X 8GB Vulcan ram.
Ryzen 5 5600
RX9060xt 16GB.
1440p monitor.

 

[inflames]

No one knows when or if that will happen, crazy market and production of DDR4 dropping as they switch lines to make more DDR5...



Unless theres a game that you want to play that won't run with 16GB stick with what you have got but keep an eye out for any secondhand bargains that popup.


At least you have a fairly recent PC and don't really need to upgrade until AMD release its next platform which might use DDR6; I've wanted to build a new system to replace the potato I'm using for sometime GPU prices went insane, I was made redundant (twice from the same job) which made me reluctant to drop ££££££ on a new toy now they are still stupid money but a bit less so but the RAM has gone bonkers.

So I'm stuck with gaming via Geforce Now which is ok but for my ****** 4G Vodafone dongle which has gotten slower since the Vodafone / Three merger which leaves me in a bit of a pickle.

First sorry to hear about your redundancy, I know how that feels I got made redundant earlier this year. I was lucky enough to find a new job quickly what allowed me to use some of redundancy money to do my upgrade.

The prices of Ram are just crazy at the moment and I don’t expect them to come down anytime soon. DDR4 I am sure I will have to buy 2nd hand prices and even 2 hand prices are crazy.

 

[Tetras]

Asrock B450 fatality ITX
2 X 8GB Vulcan ram.
Ryzen 5 5600
RX9060xt 16GB.
1440p monitor.

That's capable of playing newer games, so I'd get the extra if you can. It does depend on usage and the games, if it is literally just a "turn on, game, turn off" kind of PC then it is less important. Same goes for mainly playing older or indie games.