I'm building a computer and have everything that I want decided on. I had a friend tell me recently that getting 32 instead of my planned 16 gb of ram would be a great idea. He uses his PCs for different things than I do and he's a professional, so I didn't give it much thought initially. Thinking about it more though, is 32 worth the increase in price? Are there any games that need 32, or will in the near future? I'm not a huge gamer anymore, but I plan on keeping this build for the next 5-7 years.
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If you're not a huge gamer anymore, then you should know or at least plan what will you do for the next 5-7 years. Is it design? Video editing? 3D modeling? Programming? Or just office stuff and some casual gaming?
As far as i know, 16GB is enough for designing, casual gaming, light~medium video editing & motion graphic designing, basic~advanced 3D modeling & rendering, and programming. I used 16GB in my office btw.
And 32GB is basically for professional video editor, motion graphic designer and 3D artist.
We know that we don't know what will happen for the next 5-7 years. But we can see that everything is closing the gap with reality, and it mostly on 3D stuffs, either modeling, rendering or gaming. So I guess, for a work like designing with photoshop or illustrator will not change significantly. Maybe video will go to 8K, but are you really going into that for the next 5-7 years? It's all your choice. The money and the plan is yours.