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In this crazy market, do I just bite the bullet and upgrade? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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My PC 10 years old this month and I really need an upgrade, I have a newer GPU so only need the rest of the fucking owl.

The biggest issue of course is the RAM PRICE, Do I just take the plunge and spend €1800 on 128GB of 6000MT CL40 RAM? Or do I pay more/gb for 64GB of faster RAM?

I'm buying to last me another 10 years preferably. I'll probably go for the latest top of the line AMD CPU and the best mobo/psu I can get.

I don't really have a fixed budget but I'm trying not to spend the next 6+mo worth of money on an upgrade.

Any advice?

Edit:

I use it for work, I work in tech, I run a lot of memory heavy stuff, I use it for CAD, dev, gaming, etc. I'm constantly running at 90% ram utilisation on my 32gb ram. I'll copy what I said below:

I'm sitting at around 90% utilisation constantly on 32 and FF keeps crashing because I'm out of memory.

I work in the tech field, so it's sometimes docker, lots of CAD, games (often with said cad program and browser in the background)

Current specs: i7 7700k, 32GB DDR4, 2080TI

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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's better to get whatever you need to be comfortable, and upgrade later when prices get more affordable. So, for instance, you can get a 64 gb now, then get a 64 gb later for a total of 128 gb. Though I think it'll really depend on exactly what you're doing - for me, I would consider even 64 gb to be insanely futureproof.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was also thinking that, do you think it's still worth it if the cost/gb is reasonably higher?

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I assume you mean to get a higher-clocked 64 gb? Personally, I've never really felt the difference between different memory speeds. I've seen the benchmarks, I know the numbers. But I've never had a moment where I'm using my computer and I can say that the memory speed is bottlenecking my PC.

So in my eyes, memory clocks are quite low priority for me - I put more weight in ensuring that you have the total memory capacity to do what you need to do. Which is to say, if you have the money to spare, then sure, you can get higher-clocked memory. But if not? I don't see the problem in getting lower-clocked memory.

Additionally, if you get an X3D chip (which I assume is one of your considerations), those are known to be fairly resilient against memory clock speeds, in which case it extra does not matter what your memory clock is

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

Yup.

Yeah, I have to agree with you there, I think without actually side by side comparing, it's really not something that one can notice.

I was indeed going to get an X3D chip, so it's good to know that.

I did see this video which is very interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyr0qzZBfRc