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Domon said:
what ram you have in your 8700k system? Going up to 32GB these days is a nice bump and if that ram isnt too slow, maybe just do an additional 2x8 of the same speed that you have? Edit: You should find a mATX mobo with 4 slots.

Also.... that 8700k is surprisingly weak... my gen 2 ryzen (2700X) with the same cores beats it by almost 50%. But as you noted, you're probably not cpu limited.

What res are you gaming at, 4k or 1440p?
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The current system I have is going to my son. I'm only keeping the case and getting him a new case.

Would 32gb really make a difference?
 
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OzSTEEZ said:
The current system I have is going to my son. I'm only keeping the case and getting him a new case.

Would 32gb really make a difference?
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Some games can use 12-14, which doesnt leave much for windows/applications in the background and definitely not for video recording apps buffering to ram. Its not strictly necessary, but it gives a nice buffer.

I was running a system with 96GB for a while and I really appreciated never ever running out of ram, and being able to put stuff in ramdisk. Not your gaming scenario, but more ram is never something you'll regret imo.
 
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Domon said:
what ram you have in your 8700k system? Going up to 32GB these days is a nice bump and if that ram isnt too slow, maybe just do an additional 2x8 of the same speed that you have? Edit: You should find a mATX mobo with 4 slots.

Also.... that 8700k is surprisingly weak... my gen 2 ryzen (2700X) with the same cores beats it by almost 50%. But as you noted, you're probably not cpu limited.

What res are you gaming at, 4k or 1440p?
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I game at 4k for some games, like CSGO and Rocket League, but mostly it's 1440.

The 8700K was decent when I bought it back in early 2018. Never had any performance issues with it so far, even with 4k video encoding.
 
Domon said:
Some games can use 12-14, which doesnt leave much for windows/applications in the background and definitely not for video recording apps buffering to ram. Its not strictly necessary, but it gives a nice buffer.

I was running a system with 96GB for a while and I really appreciated never ever running out of ram, and being able to put stuff in ramdisk. Not your gaming scenario, but more ram is never something you'll regret imo.
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Which games are those? Rust is probably the game that I play which uses the most RAM and that hasn't hit 9GB yet. I sometimes would play some games of Rocket League while crafting in Rust.
 
OzSTEEZ said:
Which games are those? Rust is probably the game that I play which uses the most RAM and that hasn't hit 9GB yet. I sometimes would play some games of Rocket League while crafting in Rust.
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tarkov for one, which i know you play. But it is dependent on resolution, might not hit that at 1440p if thats what you're doing.
 
Domon said:
tarkov for one, which i know you play. But it is dependent on resolution, might not hit that at 1440p if thats what you're doing.
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Nah, I stopped playing that game. It's nothing but corner campers and bush wookies.

Maybe i'll get 16 for now and get another 16 later.
 
OzSTEEZ said:
Nah, I stopped playing that game. It's nothing but corner campers and bush wookies.

Maybe i'll get 16 for now and get another 16 later.
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yeah, thats kinda what i was advocating for, just make sure your board has 4 slots so you can upgrade later.
 
OzSTEEZ said:
Which games are those? Rust is probably the game that I play which uses the most RAM and that hasn't hit 9GB yet. I sometimes would play some games of Rocket League while crafting in Rust.
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Yeah what the fuck is with Rust and memory usage? The game to me doesn't seem overly complex.
 
Josh said:
Yeah what the fuck is with Rust and memory usage? The game to me doesn't seem overly complex.
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Yeah it's not complex, however when you have over 200 players in the map, and over 100 bases each with hundreds of items, there becomes a lot of assets to load.
 
Jehannum said:
I'm with you on this one. Bigger cases hold bigger fans, and bigger fans are quieter fans.

I also have an old Inwin Q500 in the attic, though I've moved to Enlight 7237s since then.
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Im good with modern mATX cases that are well designed and have a big 140-240mm fan in the front. One huge fan > several small fans
 
Jehannum said:
Enlight 7237
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holy shit man, you really do fetishize antique computing

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