New Rig, biatches!

[donkey_roxor]

Congrats!

What's your current rig like?

[Ian C]

32GB DDR4 Ram

Formidable rig but is it possibly to typically use this amount of RAM? I have 16GB installed and it's purely for loading sample libraries for audio production. Do games use this amount?

[Jarhead0331]

Congrats!

What's your current rig like?

Current rig is an i7 processor with 12GB ram, 1 TB HD and a GeForce 970 with 4GB ram. Its a totally decent system (albeit underpowered with only 500w), but its starting to act up. I get a blue screen frequently when trying to open the file explorer and the HD sounds like its going to take a dump.  I've had it for at least 3 years at this point.

[Jarhead0331]

32GB DDR4 Ram

Formidable rig but is it possibly to typically use this amount of RAM? I have 16GB installed and it's purely for loading sample libraries for audio production. Do games use this amount?

Doesn't matter...bragging rights, dude.

[JudgeDredd]

32GB DDR4 Ram

Formidable rig but is it possibly to typically use this amount of RAM? I have 16GB installed and it's purely for loading sample libraries for audio production. Do games use this amount?

Good question. It used to be whenever you could throw more RAM at a PC - DO IT! You could never have enough. But I wonder, given today's games (mostly) how much RAM is too much?

I mean graphics cards have their own dedicated VRAM now - and alot...so caching into system memory may not be much of a use now. Having said that, look at the size of these games. VRAM could likely get filled quickly, requiring system memory...but again - how much?

Does it even matter? Chances are before an upgrade applications will be requiring more RAM. And memory has been fairly cheap

I remember a 1MB stick costing me £100!!  :o

[JudgeDredd]

32GB DDR4 Ram

Formidable rig but is it possibly to typically use this amount of RAM? I have 16GB installed and it's purely for loading sample libraries for audio production. Do games use this amount?

Doesn't matter...bragging rights, dude.

A much better answer!  ;D

[Ian C]

32GB DDR4 Ram

Formidable rig but is it possibly to typically use this amount of RAM? I have 16GB installed and it's purely for loading sample libraries for audio production. Do games use this amount?

Doesn't matter...bragging rights, dude.

LOL ! Of course, one cannot have too much RAM.

[Sir Slash]

Damn Jarhead. $1600 Isn't bad at all for all that muscle. You could spend a lot more easily I'm sure.

[Jarhead0331]

Damn Jarhead. $1600 Isn't bad at all for all that muscle. You could spend a lot more easily I'm sure.

The most closely comparable systems in price did not have the RAM, GPU or SSD/HD power. Anything that came close in terms of specs was $1899 - $2500. This system is a steal at this price. 

[IronX]

Fantastic. Totes jealous.

[MikeGER]

32GB DDR4 Ram

Formidable rig but is it possibly to typically use this amount of RAM? I have 16GB installed and it's purely for loading sample libraries for audio production. Do games use this amount?

yes 
i have read somewhere that XPlane10 flightsimulator actually use (needs) all that RAM if you install several high-resolution phototiles of the landscape 

so i guesstimate other flightsims may benefit from more RAM too... upcoming DCS 2.0 ? 

[bboyer66]

Make sure you get a good monitor to go with the system. Would be a shame to have that rig and still be using a 60hz monitor.

[Swatter]

Damn Jarhead. $1600 Isn't bad at all for all that muscle. You could spend a lot more easily I'm sure.

The most closely comparable systems in price did not have the RAM, GPU or SSD/HD power. Anything that came close in terms of specs was $1899 - $2500. This system is a steal at this price.

That is a tremendous price for the listed specs.

[sandman2575]

Make sure you get a good monitor to go with the system. Would be a shame to have that rig and still be using a 60hz monitor.

how 'bout a 60Hz, 28" 4K monitor, though?   8) 

[bboyer66]

Make sure you get a good monitor to go with the system. Would be a shame to have that rig and still be using a 60hz monitor.

how 'bout a 60Hz, 28" 4K monitor, though?   8)

I would go with better smoothness before better resolution. When I want from a 60hz to a 144hz monitor with GSYNC, the difference was amazing. Hell they are making 4k monitors with 144hz refresh, so you can have the best of both worlds.