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I got 32 additional GB of ram at a low, low cost from someone. What can I actually do with it?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Same thing you can do with half a hole. Fix it to keep your mind from wandering.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Run Minecraft and YouTube twice over.

Figure once over is why I moved to 32, so twice over might need more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I used to have a batch file to create a ram disk and mirror my Diablo3 install to it. The game took a bit longer to start up but map load times were significantly shorter.

I don't know if any modern games would fit and have enough loads to really care..but you could

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends.. If it's DDR5 it might not work with the other stick.. I was unable to add on another 64GB to my desktop a last year and had to eventually just buy a whole new 128GB set.

You could build another computer/server and self host things..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's DDR4, I'm too poor to upgrade right now. Doubt I'd benefit from it much anyway. I am thinking of building a server however. I have most of the parts minus a power supply.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Keep it and wait for the applications to bloat up. You won't feel like you have an excessive amount of RAM in a few years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have 64 and am about to upgrade to 128GB

I run windows in a VM. Nothing heavy, just to test some things on the shitty windows systems

I run multiple databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL, redis, MongoDB, memcached, all with extra memory available, for development

I run a large array of services directly and in docker containers. Transmission web, the ARR suite, jellyfin, next cloud, immich, onlyofffice, various PHP apps, the list goes on.

8GB is the bare minimum if you only browse 16GB Is the bare minimum if you also run other apps 32GB Is a good amount to work with 64GB is a requirement if you do development or have a lot of services 128GB is a normal amount for a developer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I built my PC recently and splurged to get about 100gb of ddr5, thinking it was going to be a waste of money.

I couldn't have been more wrong, there are occasionally times when I'm almost running out of memory. How? Multiple desktops, each with tons of programs and stuff open, including probably like several hundred Firefox tabs open at the worst of times.

Basically, extra ram has allowed me to kinda postpone the responsibility of having the close programs, maintain cleanliness, etc. I still have to stay organised using desktops so I don't go crazy with the number of things I have open, but I'm the limiting factor here, not my computer. And that's a super liberating feeling.

TL;DR: you can NEVER have too much ram.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Does it have RGB? If not just bin it. It is worthless anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You can run AI Models in it. Probably ones with 70b or up to 60b of you want to do other stuff while running them.

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