Comment on 64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months

glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  AS long AS you dont plan on selling your Ram I would still ask why you need so much RAM (if youre not running a lot if AI locally)

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I installed 64GB when I built my current rig five years ago, because I do (or, did) graphic design for a living and Photoshop will use all the RAM you can throw at it. I routinely worked on files in the 10GB size range, and sometimes larger. The RAM makes a big difference in how long filters take to render on such large image layers–from minutes, down to seconds.

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  • glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m a software architect. I work with large amounts of data. And a sizeable RAM disk is generally useful for many purposes. And yes, I also run AI locally, though that’s what my RTX 4090 is for.

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    • lobut@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I really wanted to build an AI PC but just got busy and kept telling myself that since prices always drop that I’m just wasting my money.

      Boy am I upset lately.

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      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You can still buy the Framework Strix Halo board (with 128GB RAM) for $2k. For now.

        I have a 3090, yet I’m still seriously considering it. The CPU itself is a marvel.

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  • hardcoreufo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You don’t understand how many tabs I need open.

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• Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ll be the first to say “well done, you”. I only got 32 could’ve easily spulrged at least for 64.

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  • OhShitSon@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Same here when I built mine early March last year. Hindsight is 20/20…

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• Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I saw it coming when Trump got reelected and wanted to setup tariffs. So I upgraded all my PCs before he took office and I am glad I did. Can easily last 5 more years.

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• MML@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean I have 16 and 8 in graphics card, I have never used more than half my RAM gaming, maybe you don’t NEED that much RAM.

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  • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Theres far more demanding things than games

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  • glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh, there can be all kinds of uses.

    For example, I own an LTO tape drive. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the IBM drivers to compile on my particular flavor of Linux, but I do have a dual boot system.

    Now, Windows is a shitty, shitty OS that I only boot up when I really need to. It interferes with all kinds of stuff in ways I hate, for example - copying files. It just refuses to read large files from my SSD when backing them up to tape. This causes the LTO drive to slow down, speed up, rewind, which is not a good thing because it causes additional wear on the tape.

    Fix: Create a large RAM drive, copy files to RAM drive, run backup with RAM drive as source.

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    • MML@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Just throw that in a omv server, idk what drive you have but it should be supported, do whatever works for you though

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      • glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        IBM stopped their support for LTFS, unfortunately. Which I kinda want to use despite all the drawbacks. And well, the RAM disk workaround does the trick, so there’s not enough pain to compel me into investing more time into the issue.

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  • DizzyMoth@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I just played ow 2 yesterday and the game was taking 20gb of ram

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  • CannedCairn@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Making games often makes it nice to have 32gb

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