New build help

[hornetstinger]

32gb is more than enough for gaming..i dont come close to using 32gb. the £200+ diff in price between 32 and 64gb I'd be more willing to spend on upgrading the gpu...at least yu'll see some benefit...better still, keep it in the bank a/c.

Interesting bit about the cost of manufacture...so people like corsair/gskill etc were buying the ram modules for $10 per 32gb...and that price hasn't changed...even when they say they're putting their prices up by 60% that means selling wholesale at $16 rather than $10..

and i checked on forum...warhammer 3 barely uses more than 16gb ram (one guy said he upgraded to 64gb ram, made no difference to gameplay, and another said he just edged over 18gb useage). EU5 recommended to have 32gb (can play on 16gb) OP will =know better on that one....some people having 64gb, but they say streaming and multiple open tabs and watching vids while they play..one guy had 128gb, but running 3 AAA titles at once, parking each game as he flicks between them while doing rendering in background...none of that is normal. I just don't understand the need for 64gb ram...vram on the gpu is more important so if thinking of a 12gb card, pay up and get a 16gb one

Only sims like DCS need 32GB+ otherwise 32GB is plenty. I think Stalker was about 19/20GB memory usage

 

[Pudney]

Turns out I'm terrible at taking advice and sticking to a budget, so in the end I ordered:


AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail
SKU PRO-AMD-03517 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£399.95

G.Skill Royal RGB XMP 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-51200C32 6400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Silver
SKU MEM-GSK-02542 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£499.99

Montech X5 Midi-Tower Midi-Tower EATX ARGB Case - White
SKU CAS-MON-06586 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£51.95

XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 XT Triple Fan Gaming Edition 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
SKU GRA-XFX-05454 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£555.00

MSI B850 Gaming Plus WIFI6E (AMD AM5) B850 DDR5 ATX Motherboard
SKU MOT-MSI-05941 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£149.99

Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 White ARGB V3 All In One CPU Cooler
SKU COO-TLR-03257 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£40.99

Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive with Heatsink
SKU STO-SAM-04771 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£439.99

Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive with Heatsink
SKU STO-SAM-01007 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£219.95

Lian Li Edge Gold 850W White Power Supply
SKU POW-LIA-03765 Write a review
Quantity : 1
£99.95
Subtotal
£2,457.76

 

[Rob_B]

Nice setup, but that RAM
Any reason you went for the Edge considering you aren't using a dual chamber case? It'll work but if you have the intake facing down the cables will come out/down then go back up.

 

[Pudney]

Nice setup, but that RAM
Any reason you went for the Edge considering you aren't using a dual chamber case? It'll work but if you have the intake facing down the cables will come out/down then go back up.

Other than expensive, hopefully not a bad face for the RAM!

PSU is mainly a combo of wattage/gold/price. If it causes issues I may have to revisit but I've never been one to worry too much about tidy cables so hoping it won't cause major issues.