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How much RAM is "too much"? Obviously there are many systems around these days that don't have enough RAM, but on the other end of the spectrum, some people go way overboard. Call it future-proofing, call it going crazy, but people do it. Personally I have 8GB and haven't gotten past 6GB used. |
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3.5GB if you have a 32bit OS that's the max it will support. But I think for a 64 bit OS the motherboards slots and max memory is the limit. (Motherboards have a max amount of they support. |
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Out of 8Gb of RAM, I hardly ever surpass 4, even when heavy gaming. If you are going over 4, generally I would say dedicate the rest to a RAM drive. |
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Over time you will need more ram. But right now, 4gb is good. I think anything over 8 is overkill. |
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Depending on what you use your computer for certain types of memory can be too much; for example: For things like gaming anything over 6Gb's would be too much and for things like 3d modeling and Video editing you would need more because the size of the files you deal with would be much larger. |
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I'd say anything above 4gb is too much for even a gaming desktop. |
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You can never have too much RAM, but you can waste money by getting more than you need. I have build gaming PC's for people, who wanted 16GB of memory, and from me using it, it felt no different than from having 6GB of memory. It is better to stick with how much memory you need to do what you do then put the saved money towards upgrading to DDR4 when it comes out. PS if you have a 32 bit OS, you can still load up a lot of memory, the OS will only see >4GB memory but you will at lease have the extra memory available if you dual boot a 64 bit OS. The largest amount of memory I ever worked with on a system was a workstation system with 64GB of memory, it was for a local graphic design company, the main focus for them was running a ton of very large programs, smoothly, then sending the render jobs to a remote location to be rendered. |
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I don't think that you can ever get too much RAM, even if you are not using it all now in the future you might end up buying a program that will require it. |
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I have 16 GB DDR3 and it's just enough. Will soon be upgrading to 32GB. Why? System Cache and RAM Disks. Install Skyrim to a RAM Disk. Takes 1 minute. Instead of waiting a minute for it to load, it takes 3 seconds. 1 second to go inside and outside of buildings. RAM is getting cheaper, especially since DDR3. Get as much of it as you can. |
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64 gigs in the Mac Pro, apparently thats a normal amount. So i'd say 100 gigs. |
