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How much RAM you got?

How much RAM is installed on your rig?

  • 4GB or less

    Votes: 1 0.2%
  • 4GB+

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 8GB+

    Votes: 14 2.2%
  • 12GB+

    Votes: 1 0.2%
  • 16GB+

    Votes: 113 18.0%
  • 32GB+

    Votes: 300 47.8%
  • 64GB+

    Votes: 171 27.3%
  • 128GB+

    Votes: 18 2.9%
  • 256GB+

    Votes: 7 1.1%
  • 512GB+

    Votes: 2 0.3%

  • Total voters
    627
TrueNAS Core - 128GB (4 x 32 DDR4 Unbuffered ECC 3200MHz)
Proxmox Mini PC - 64GB (2 x 32GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 3200MHz)
Primary Desktop - 64GB (2 x 32GB DDR5 6000MHz)
Laptop - 16GB (2 x 8GB DDR4 SO-DIMM 3200MHz)
Secondary Desktop not used very often - 32GB (2 x 16GB DDR4 3200MHz)

I hope the zvault project takes off. TrueNAS Core just saw its final released based on FreeBSD 13.3, so after about December there will be no way to update the software I have running in jails. RAM is adequate for my use cases in all machines, but the primary desktop is probably a little overkill.
 
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I'm sure I already posted, but can't find my message, so... 64GB/PC and 24GB/MacBook Air.
 
My main rig still has 64, which is plenty, but my DP server currently sits at 96GB, just because 8GB RDIMMs were what was cheapest and there are 12 slots. Doesn't use very much, but it does benefit from the bandwidth.
 
I'm the only one with 4GB lol

Somebody has 512GB RAM. I've just got an old laptop atm, and that's my HDD size. The battery has a dead cell, so it's only about 20 minutes without AC.

The PC part mnufacturers must be buddies with the Software manufacturers, they probably roll on the floor laughing everytime they manage to require another 4GB for the same task. My second PC was 2MB ram and ran Win 3.11 ok, when we got it up to 8MB that was huge.
 
I'm the only one with 4GB lol

Somebody has 512GB RAM. I've just got an old laptop atm, and that's my HDD size. The battery has a dead cell, so it's only about 20 minutes without AC.

The PC part mnufacturers must be buddies with the Software manufacturers, they probably roll on the floor laughing everytime they manage to require another 4GB for the same task. My second PC was 2MB ram and ran Win 3.11 ok, when we got it up to 8MB that was huge.
I have 4GB in my xp machines. :)

What gets me about win 3.11 is that does notepad really require so much more ram than it did in win 3.11? Like really?
 
I have 4GB in my xp machines. :)
To be fair, XP only let you use 3.25 GB of it, anyway, unless you went for the PAE kernel hack.
What gets me about win 3.11 is that does notepad really require so much more ram than it did in win 3.11? Like really?
I think it's more to do with OS and GUI overhead than anything else. Just opened a txt and Notepad was using 2MB (the program file remains at under 200k in size). In college and my teaching years, I wrote text-based qb64 math demonstration programs for my classes where the code was sometimes less than 1 or 2 kb, balloned to 4 or 5 MB on compilation (libraries, I assume) and used 12MB of memory. There were maybe half a dozen 64 bit variables.
 
To be fair, XP only let you use 3.25 GB of it, anyway, unless you went for the PAE kernel hack.

I think it's more to do with OS and GUI overhead than anything else. Just opened a txt and Notepad was using 2MB (the program file remains at under 200k in size). In college and my teaching years, I wrote text-based qb64 math demonstration programs for my classes where the code was sometimes less than 1 or 2 kb, balloned to 4 or 5 MB on compilation (libraries, I assume) and used 12MB of memory. There were maybe half a dozen 64 bit variables.
Yep, but it's still super fast looking at pdfs with a gpu. :)

I still remember how small the borland turbo c dos executables were compared to the ones compiled with the windows version we were required to use for testing and submission. I figured out how to use gcc and started using that instead as it would pick up stuff turbo c for dos and windows would miss. And each submission was pass/fail so you had to get it right.
 
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Finally got my last ramkit for the epyc local AI node, now running 12x 96GB DDR5 ECC at JEDEC timings/speeds (locked by supermicro motherboard).

Gaming system hanging out with 64GB (2x32); plenty for what it needs to do :)
 
Finally got my last ramkit for the epyc local AI node, now running 12x 96GB DDR5 ECC at JEDEC timings/speeds (locked by supermicro motherboard).

Gaming system hanging out with 64GB (2x32); plenty for what it needs to do :)

More than 1TB of RAM?!
 
More than 1TB of RAM?!
Yessir -- the idea is to tackle some large mixture of expert models locally. I was really aiming for the 400B-ish ones, but future proofing, the price/capacity breakpoint, and just [H] got the better of me.
 
Finally got my last ramkit for the epyc local AI node, now running 12x 96GB DDR5 ECC at JEDEC timings/speeds (locked by supermicro motherboard).

Gaming system hanging out with 64GB (2x32); plenty for what it needs to do :)
Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
 
Time for a little update for me.

Main workstation: (Threadripper 3960x)
128GB (4x32GB) DDR4-3200 Unbuffered ECC

Game Machine*: (Ryzen 9950x3D)
64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6000

Backup Workstation / Testbench / Old Decommed Server Board: (Dual Xeon E5-2697 v2's)
256GB (16x16GB) DDR3-1600 Registered ECC

Main Server: (Epyc 7543)
512GB (8x64GB) DDR4-3200 Registered ECC

Secondary Server: (Xeon E-2314)
32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200 Unbuffered ECC

Old (but still serviceable for my needs) Laptop: (Core i7-4810mq)
16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-1600

*Game Machine parts are all here in boxes. Have not had the time to assemble them yet.

So... Which one should I list in the survey? :p
I probably spend most of my time on the main workstation, so 128GB? Then again, I will be doing most performance/gaming type of stuff on the game machine, so 64GB? Or should I just go for impressing everyone and choose the server, so 512GB? Or should I just stay understated and go with the Laptop's 16GB?

Or maybe I should just add all of them up? 😅

For now I've just put myself down as 128GB.
 
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Time for a little update for me.

Main workstation: (Threadripper 3960x)
128GB (4x32GB) DDR4-3200 Unbuffered ECC

Game Machine*: (Ryzen 9950x3D)
64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6000

Backup Workstation / Testbench / Old Decommed Server Board: (Dual Xeon E5-2697 v2's)
256GB (16x16GB) DDR3-1600 Registered ECC

Main Server: (Epyc 7543)
512GB (8x64GB) DDR4-3200 Registered ECC

Secondary Server: (Xeon E-2314)
32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3200 Unbuffered ECC

Old (but still serviceable for my needs) Laptop: (Core i7-4810mq)
16GB (2x8GB) DDR3-1600

*Game Machine parts are all here in boxes. Have not had the time to assemble them yet.

So... Which one should I list in the survey? :p
I probably spend most of my time on the main workstation, so 128GB? Then again, I will be doing most performance/gaming type of stuff on the game machine, so 64GB? Or should I just go for impressing everyone and choose the server, so 512GB? Or should I just stay understated and go with the Laptop's 16GB?

Or maybe I should just add all of them up? 😅

For now I've just put myself down as 128GB.
Choices... choices... lol. If I pick my Voodoo 5 PC, I have 1GB in that, so less than 4GB! :ROFLMAO:
 
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