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This seems like an appropriate place for me to bitch:
2 months ago I bought a new pre-built pc. It should've had 64gb of ram but had 32gb. They said the sticks they used were out of stock so they gave me a credit for $100 USD. I spent the 100 on 32gb more of what I thought was the exact same ram. I fucked up and bought a slightly higher speed so they wouldn't work together after I tried for an afternoon. I also checked the correct listing i should've bought but it was more expensive, at about $125.
I gave up and decided I'd just buy the faster ram again when it came back, rather than return it and get the correct one. It went out of stock in the time it took me to get my order so I figured I'd just wait.
2 MONTHS later, it never came back in stock but an almost identical pair, with slightly different timing, is in stock right now at $216. If i had any idea this was coming in just 2 months, I could've just bought 64gb at once and started fresh, or corrected my mistake by returning what I bought.
So i guess I'll continue waiting, but hey at least notepad has copilot in it.
I just don't see the value of having 64gb of RAM. Not for the conventional user, not for gamers, not for the average power user either. Maybe there's a need if you're doing a lot of video editing and large file manipulation.... but like... I would argue that MOST people, unless they're trying to play AAA games while streaming and gooning don't need more than 16gb
I have 32gb and I've never topped it out. And yea, Windows eats a lot (I really need to give up the ghost and migrate to Linux) but even still, 32gb, and I don't even get close. 64gb is just going to be a lot of unused space. Bigger number doesn't mean better. I doubt you'd even notice unless you fall into the previously mentioned category of users.
Just curious, what do you actually use which requires more than 32Go?
Hey what’s the Go unit? Is that short for GiB?
giga octet, like byte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_(computing)
I always thought ram of different speeds worked together, they just were run at the speed of the slowest stick.
In theory yes. In practice it depends on how finicky your motherboard is.