ProDrawerCom
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Never really understood how to find the sweet spot for RAM. Wanted all I could use, but didn't want to throw money away. Learned today that there may just be a simple way of finding the exact amount needed (close anyhow) without throwing away hundreds of dollars. Then again—maybe not.
Almost everyone in the world will tell you that you'll never have too much RAM. Maybe so. But I think it's immoral to knowingly sell someone more (especially much more) of anything than they can use IF they came to you for advise. The maker of my motherboard says that I can use no more than 32GB. What happened to “never too much�
Crucial performed an online scan of my computer, found the motherboard's limit of 32GB, and my existing 8GB of RAM. They offered me options of 8GB (two 4GB sticks) to go with my existing 8GB, for $69.99; another package of two 8GB sticks to go with my existing eight for a total of 24GB for $125.98; a third package sells me four sticks of 8GB RAM (scrapping my existing two fours) for $251.96! Yet another 8 x 4 pack is offered for $279.99 (presumably a faster-yet variety). All of these options conform with the motherboard's max of 32GB.
But wait! Crucial also has a chart that shows that my Win7/64/Home Premium operating system can only use 16GB of memory. If that's true, I need a mere 8GB to go with my current eight to be maxed out! 8GB at Crucial can be had for $69.99. If I had chosen their deluxe offering of $279.99, the over-spend would have been $210.00!
Or would it? Is the combined operating system/motherboard parameter the actual limiting factor? Or, do some of my programs have the ability to use more RAM even while confined by those two limits? If so—there's nothing wrong with selling me even more than the 16GB. But, if the 32GB packages provide 16GB of totally wasted technology, lots of people are getting ripped.
Even as I ordered my current desktop, the sales staff could not tell me how to calculate the optimal RAM. More would always be better. Buy all you can afford they said.
So my question to the forum is: Do I factor in the mboard and the OS only? Or do I factor in something else? Best I can tell, I can spend up to $600 for RAM! I would really settle this once and for all.
Almost everyone in the world will tell you that you'll never have too much RAM. Maybe so. But I think it's immoral to knowingly sell someone more (especially much more) of anything than they can use IF they came to you for advise. The maker of my motherboard says that I can use no more than 32GB. What happened to “never too much�
Crucial performed an online scan of my computer, found the motherboard's limit of 32GB, and my existing 8GB of RAM. They offered me options of 8GB (two 4GB sticks) to go with my existing 8GB, for $69.99; another package of two 8GB sticks to go with my existing eight for a total of 24GB for $125.98; a third package sells me four sticks of 8GB RAM (scrapping my existing two fours) for $251.96! Yet another 8 x 4 pack is offered for $279.99 (presumably a faster-yet variety). All of these options conform with the motherboard's max of 32GB.
But wait! Crucial also has a chart that shows that my Win7/64/Home Premium operating system can only use 16GB of memory. If that's true, I need a mere 8GB to go with my current eight to be maxed out! 8GB at Crucial can be had for $69.99. If I had chosen their deluxe offering of $279.99, the over-spend would have been $210.00!
Or would it? Is the combined operating system/motherboard parameter the actual limiting factor? Or, do some of my programs have the ability to use more RAM even while confined by those two limits? If so—there's nothing wrong with selling me even more than the 16GB. But, if the 32GB packages provide 16GB of totally wasted technology, lots of people are getting ripped.
Even as I ordered my current desktop, the sales staff could not tell me how to calculate the optimal RAM. More would always be better. Buy all you can afford they said.
So my question to the forum is: Do I factor in the mboard and the OS only? Or do I factor in something else? Best I can tell, I can spend up to $600 for RAM! I would really settle this once and for all.