How Much RAM Should You Get in 2024?

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
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    00:00 Memory (RAM) Explained
    01:49 What is "Swapping"?
    05:25 How Much Memory Do You Need?
    05:50 Why Choose 8GB
    06:06 Why Choose 16GB
    06:20 Why Choose 32GB
    06:55 Why Choose 64GB or More
    07:37 How to Check Your Memory Use
    08:42 Why NOT To Upgrade Your Memory
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  • @JustJoshTech
    @JustJoshTech  8 месяцев назад +4

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  • @peterg219
    @peterg219 10 месяцев назад +12

    Just met you today Josh. WOW! This was enlightening with its concise/precise information, eloquently put. "'On'ya mate!" And yeah, I'm sure it works for your mum, but you'd make most Aussies proud. Well done Josh. Cheers from Sydney.

  • @imador
    @imador 10 месяцев назад +283

    The RUclipsr who really values our time...
    Sometimes i feel sorry for all people who don't know you, you really deserve more followers

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  10 месяцев назад +33

      Thank you so much. Hopefully soon. Yes I do value people's time!

    • @fredricksilas8407
      @fredricksilas8407 10 месяцев назад

      Very very true

    • @fredricksilas8407
      @fredricksilas8407 10 месяцев назад

      @@JustJoshTech Pls do a review on the HP Elitebook 840 G8 or G9

    • @aqeeldean686
      @aqeeldean686 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@JustJoshTechhey Josh need your help. I am going to be studying law probably for the next 4-6/7 years. What laptop is best for me. And I don't care about gaming.

    • @harryp3804
      @harryp3804 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@aqeeldean686surface pro 9 😉

  • @ahmedshams8807
    @ahmedshams8807 10 месяцев назад +7

    So thoroughly and simply explained.
    Loved it.

  • @Brad-cb2dt
    @Brad-cb2dt 7 месяцев назад +176

    I like explain RAM like it’s physical desk/table space. More ram = larger desk/table.
    You can always working on more things than the desk/table has space for, but completing multiple activities *can* take more time on a smaller desk/table as you may have to shuffle things on and off as needed (eating dinner before playing a board game Vs eating dinner while playing a board game).
    Depends on the tasks of course, but playing a board game can take up a lot of space.

    • @rikkisan1
      @rikkisan1 3 месяца назад +5

      That's actually one of the best explanations I've heard, it's perfect

    • @burtdanams4426
      @burtdanams4426 2 месяца назад +4

      it's also a good analogy because it gets the point across to people that more ram won't necessarily make your process go faster. Having a giant table won't help you eat dinner faster, but you can have more dinner on the table at once.

  • @saito272
    @saito272 9 месяцев назад +4

    This is the most helpful guide I've ever seen on this platform, Thanks a lot!

  • @LouisDuran
    @LouisDuran 10 месяцев назад +221

    One thing Josh didn't mention is that some iGPUs can steal away system RAM for use by the iGPU. This is usually dynamic and may rarely be taken away when needed for something other than the GPU. However it's usually a BIOs setting And can just be a static amount that is always reserved for the iGPU whether needed or not

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  10 месяцев назад +55

      Excellent comment

    • @Beforedeth
      @Beforedeth 9 месяцев назад +1

      Soooo.... i have a i3 3520 base model 2023 latitude 15 8gb can i throw another stick of same ram into it and should i? i am emulating old games playing lotro and some vallorant. runs great no gpu.

    • @Crashed131963
      @Crashed131963 8 месяцев назад +8

      @@Beforedeth Not only do you want a second stick for more memory but a 2nd stick will turn your memory from Single Channel to Dual Channel.
      More memory bandwidth .

    • @Beforedeth
      @Beforedeth 8 месяцев назад +4

      Thanks! i got another 8bg in it working great !

    • @Klausjp.ontheroadagain
      @Klausjp.ontheroadagain 4 месяца назад

      @@Beforedeth check how many slots you have,you may have two 4GB sticks in yours, so you need to buy 2 8GB sticks

  • @cenewton3221
    @cenewton3221 8 месяцев назад +9

    My Mac Pro from 2010 has had 128GB since I bought it on eBay in 2017. Twin Xeon X5690's, 24 threads (3.5GHz), nVidia RTX 2080, modern I/O, NVME SSD and internal RAID5, so she still rips pretty well. I plan on keeping her for a while longer too. Running Garuda Linux as primary OS. I haven't considered a new PC since, won't for a while either.

  • @themoonandstars8868
    @themoonandstars8868 10 месяцев назад +1

    Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

  • @zkdd23
    @zkdd23 10 месяцев назад +157

    I'd find a 32 GB to be future proof, however manufactures providing soldiered RAM laptops are trying hard to prevent that.

    • @carldrogo9492
      @carldrogo9492 8 месяцев назад +27

      They followed in Apples footsteps

    • @KevinMillard68
      @KevinMillard68 8 месяцев назад

      you can custom order some brands of lapptops so you get what you need right away never buy base model systems from stores unless you know for a fact you can upgrade ram and storage your self whcih would be a but cheaper how ever with apple yup storage and ram are solderd but you can pay for the ram becuase well you have no choice but you should pay for 512 gigs min , so you know the drive is fast and will last now you can use an external thunderbolt build it your self drive i built 2 of them and i can use 1tb or even 4tb in each case and they run at 2557 read and write i built them each exactly the same drives and cases and i use 1 as an external boot drive this way i leave my internal alone this way when i sell it it wont have much or any real use on it which will retain some of the computers value more so then a 1.2 or more wron down built in SSD and 32 gig ram is almost the min for basic use 64 gigs min now for gamming..

    • @noyota
      @noyota 8 месяцев назад +1

      Soldered, maybe.

    • @Angultra
      @Angultra 6 месяцев назад +11

      Soldered + 1 free slot is a good compromise, a few models are going that route.

    • @jj-ju4hp
      @jj-ju4hp 6 месяцев назад

      Don''t buy macs
      @@KevinMillard68

  • @jjwagnell
    @jjwagnell 10 месяцев назад +13

    As always, a thorough and detailed explanation of RAM. My conclusions are not always the same as yours due to personal preference but I always appreciate you going into detail and sharing exactly why you made the conclusion you have come to. Thank you!

    • @firasrabaia
      @firasrabaia 10 месяцев назад

      100%
      Same here😂
      Really appreciate his work and detailing but a lot of times we reach different conclusions.

  • @mediocreape
    @mediocreape 8 месяцев назад +3

    i actually learned something new today, i didn't know you could look at the paging graph on windows. thanks for the tip. subbed

  • @FeTiProductions
    @FeTiProductions 10 месяцев назад +43

    On the SSD memory swapping point for those curious on the impact, I currently have a Windows 11 laptop with 8GB RAM that I bought just under 2 years ago. Due to the insufficiency of the RAM for my needs I have a 12GB page file to remove hiccups and system halts I'd get otherwise. The swapping does make an appreciable blow on drive health but not necessarily a concerning one in my opinion unless you want to keep your hardware for beyond 10 years.
    I'm currently at 82% lifespan left, 26 TBW / 150 TBW for 23 months of use, and this laptop is mostly office centric for the most part in terms of workload, does homework, multiple chrome tabs, some gaming here and there, 1080p video edits on rare occasions, nothing special.
    Comparing that to my desktop that has sufficient 16GB of RAM and no page file at all, I have 95% lifespan for over 4 years of usage on that one. Hope that helps with any purchasing decisions

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  10 месяцев назад +8

      Good comment

    • @mikem9536
      @mikem9536 4 месяца назад +4

      It matters more on an 8GB M1/2/3's... as the SSD is soldered on and can not be replaced.

    • @Frozoken
      @Frozoken 4 месяца назад +1

      Is ur ssd tiny or just really bad. Ive got a 2tb ssd with 23 terabytes written and it's at 99% write life lmao. Regardless with ssd pricing plummeting u can be even more safe by buying a bigger drive as the TBW spec scales linearlly with capacity. ie the same 1tb model with 600tbw would have 1200tbw at 2tb capacity.

  • @sam_gies
    @sam_gies 8 месяцев назад +1

    thank you for explaining that topic!

  • @rubevaughn
    @rubevaughn 7 месяцев назад +120

    As someone who has been doing desktop support for close to 30 years I can say that as of 2023 whether PC or Mac it is best for everyone to go with 16g of RAM. Even casual users have a habit of creating very complex situations for their machines and having that added memory really helps in not seeing sluggish behavior. Especially because both the MacOS and Windows are eating up more system memory than ever with all the work they are constantly doing in the background. A very basic scenario I see at work is a user with Outlook running, a web browser running, and Word running will be pushing the limits of what 8g of RAM can manage easily. Now a virus scan kicks in, or an update starts to install in the background and suddenly that 8 g feels very sluggish. Or you ask one of those three apps you have open to suddenly do something more demanding and again you're stressing the level of memory. For a long time 4g was fine, then 8g, now it is 16g.

    • @piotrd.4850
      @piotrd.4850 6 месяцев назад +6

      I've been saying this for what, decade? Buy once, cry once. Buy one 16 GB stick even at expense of dual channel to leave space for easy upgrade.

    • @kuflik
      @kuflik 5 месяцев назад +4

      Unless you have like 10 corporate security agents on your machine, than you saturate 16gb with teams and outlook.. I'm just bumping my laptop to 48gb.

    • @edgargabriel6640
      @edgargabriel6640 5 месяцев назад +1

      32 sind besser und billig

    • @jacobjohnson4763
      @jacobjohnson4763 5 месяцев назад +1

      I think you mean, at least 16gb

    • @edgargabriel6640
      @edgargabriel6640 5 месяцев назад

      @@jacobjohnson4763 right, I upgraded all my machines to 32 or some to 64 already

  • @ddp2049
    @ddp2049 7 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome video thank you for the input

  • @m.r.a.2460
    @m.r.a.2460 10 месяцев назад +2

    I had watched several videos but none help like this...tnx indeed🌷

  • @mdd1963
    @mdd1963 8 месяцев назад +26

    Back in Feb 2017, I ordered 32 GB for my 7700K-based rig 'just because', which although unnecessary at the time, will help the rig transition to TrueNAS or ProxMox duties.; next time I build a replacement, I will likely get 64 GB for the same reason! :)

    • @HumanBeingSpawn
      @HumanBeingSpawn 7 месяцев назад +2

      Good choice. I also feel like browsers steal your RAM on purpose.
      One thing about Linux is that you can set RAM hard limit for each process

    • @mikem9536
      @mikem9536 4 месяца назад

      @@HumanBeingSpawnRAM is cheap bro, I just added 32GB's to my 16GB's system. Unless you buy a Crapple.

    • @MrJloa
      @MrJloa 3 месяца назад

      Wise decision. In 2019 i made a 16 gb ram setup, just threw it in the window last week. 32 is the bare minimum if u wanna sleep well😂

  • @PS-vt5wn
    @PS-vt5wn 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very good commentary and explanation. Value for time :) awaiting the same info about CPU cores.

  • @stevereason6931
    @stevereason6931 5 месяцев назад +1

    This video was very informative, THANK YOU!!

  • @nickchristopoulos9613
    @nickchristopoulos9613 10 месяцев назад +2

    good presentation Josh, and very carefully delivered. Many thanks for your efforts. Regards N.C.

  • @1UniversePrincess
    @1UniversePrincess 5 месяцев назад +4

    Well that was basically always the question I ended up asking myself the whole time I was hopping around looking at gaming laptops. I had no clue about it, all I knew was that my last Laptop that melted down always said the memory was running at 100% a lot of the time when I was trying to game or even just do basic stuff on the computer. Now that wasn’t a gaming laptop but I didn’t want to immediately have a repeat of that situation by choosing the wrong amount of memory, so this video really helped inform me!
    I’m a freshman in college and having spent days looking at laptops, finally finding one that I really liked that was also reasonably priced with the help of my sister, and it having soooo many customization options I was worried what features would be worth it to tag on more money for as this is my first gaming laptop ever. Thanks so much for your help in the this process!

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  5 месяцев назад

      I'm glad it helped! Thats whats keeps us going here

    • @levibull6063
      @levibull6063 4 месяца назад

      Ahhh a good few 4 maybe 6 even years ago I had a 4gb ram laptop
      Playing unturned and having Skype up will heat that thing so much you'd think the bottom of the laptop was on fire

  • @misssheltered1081
    @misssheltered1081 Месяц назад

    Good video. Im considering upgradeing my ram in my laptop for music production since it workss but struggles when working on projects with lots of plugins. I'll 1st cheek the puformance monter thingy.

  • @salih-khan
    @salih-khan 2 месяца назад

    Great video really went into detail about the use cases and helped me a lot!

  • @jay-5061
    @jay-5061 10 месяцев назад +513

    when you flexed your degrees all the comment section warriors packed up their bags and left lmao

    • @RemofRenaissance
      @RemofRenaissance 10 месяцев назад +13

      :-). So true. Always good when you can drop some credentials. Even myself it worked as reassurance as I’m an 8GB man that for a while started to doubt I got it right! 😅

    • @VisionCarrierDreamCatcher
      @VisionCarrierDreamCatcher 10 месяцев назад +20

      ... and I sat up and started to really pay attention.

    • @thatstreaminbdoee.7985
      @thatstreaminbdoee.7985 9 месяцев назад +11

      I laughed way too hard at this 😂

    • @carldrogo9492
      @carldrogo9492 8 месяцев назад +2

      😂

    • @Tugela60
      @Tugela60 7 месяцев назад +8

      Only two? Pathetic. I have four.

  • @brachiator1
    @brachiator1 10 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent explanation. Thanks

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the nice message

  • @franciscobarrientos3922
    @franciscobarrientos3922 4 месяца назад

    awesome!!! thanks a lot!!!
    I work in process automation, including machine vision, integrating but not developing; but I didn't study IT nor electronics, this was big help! ( I must confess I was still using the taskmgr to check performance)

  • @907nvl
    @907nvl 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. THANK YOU 👍

  • @swaroopvaidya
    @swaroopvaidya 5 месяцев назад

    tysm. u have cleared my confusion. really helpful video👍👍👍

  • @timyuckenberg5794
    @timyuckenberg5794 8 месяцев назад +7

    One of the few reviews that did a good job explaining memory requirements. After 42 years of IT experience, I always said more memory is better UP TO A POINT. His explanation of how a machine uses memory was dead.

  • @miniDrew4
    @miniDrew4 10 месяцев назад

    Great video. I thought I understood RAM... they you showed me up! By the way, would love to see a review of the Lenovo Legion Slim 7i considering you loved last year's model.

  • @brucewayne2955
    @brucewayne2955 2 месяца назад +1

    I love that he recommended a different RUclipsr's video because it had good information in there. Thanks!

  • @tymepilot8471
    @tymepilot8471 7 месяцев назад

    I just subscribed to your channel just because of this video
    Thank you I’m glad your channel here
    Your channel helps keep information balanced

  • @ontheroadagainwithvinny931
    @ontheroadagainwithvinny931 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks, a great explanation.

  • @TheOkever
    @TheOkever 5 месяцев назад +2

    Great video as always!! I am considering getting a MacBook M1 or M2 for work. I mainly use Excel, Google's online Suite (Sheets...), Python coding and Tableau. I was considering getting the base model with 8GB of RAM. Would you recommend it or should I bump it to the 16GB model?

  • @raygrosvenor7369
    @raygrosvenor7369 10 месяцев назад +48

    I find that if you need to use Excel and use multiple vLookups and cross reference different sheets, etc., then 16GB may not be enough at times if you are dealing with large data sets.

    • @falkenvir
      @falkenvir 7 месяцев назад

      Is this for real?

    • @HonestoMercado
      @HonestoMercado 7 месяцев назад +3

      No

    • @jeandutoit1413
      @jeandutoit1413 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@falkenvirYes, it is real. But we're talking about large datasets. Something like the sales data for a large corporation for the past calendar year, for example, and cross joining it with shipping data.

    • @heyemji
      @heyemji 5 месяцев назад +3

      I don't think you or your company should still be using Excel for *that large* data set you're talking about. Sometimes it's not the RAM but the program isn't just as powerful as those that are designed to handle that.

  • @luisortega8085
    @luisortega8085 10 месяцев назад +10

    Nice video, I run linux, and after reading and testing a lot I came up with some tweaks to improve memory usage on linux. Zswap/Zram are pretty magical, Zswap is better though. I can use a lot of memory thanks to that. 12GB of ram + 18GB swap file (that is barely touched but lets me have a lot of compressed memory!)

    • @zoeyaaahmed203
      @zoeyaaahmed203 10 месяцев назад +2

      Same here. I usually have to change a weird config file in fedora to get the zram to be bigger. I wish there was a way to change it graphically like in windows :[. at least linux doesnt guzzle up 5GBs on idle comapred to 1.6G on fedora

    • @muhdmairaj8778
      @muhdmairaj8778 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@zoeyaaahmed203how do you change it in windows?

  • @jpdrummer86
    @jpdrummer86 7 месяцев назад +1

    Best damn video covering this topic by far, and it’s not even close!! I’ve been fighting myself on which one to get for video editing M3 pro vs M3 Max, and thoughts of future proof. He just answered all my questions and concerns in one short video, I’m truly impressed! Great job Josh

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks mate. I have a video on the M3 laptops coming out Friday or Saturday. I'd suggest waiting for that one. It may help

  • @MrSango123
    @MrSango123 6 месяцев назад +1

    great vid josh

  • @GailOehler
    @GailOehler 8 месяцев назад

    Very good commentary and explanation. Value for time :)

  • @indiekiduk
    @indiekiduk 2 месяца назад

    you could demo the memory pressure graph in activity monitor on a mac, that is a good way to know if more is needed

  • @TheRetroEngine
    @TheRetroEngine 4 месяца назад

    Good point to raise about looking at performance monitor rather than memory usage.

  • @drkmagneto
    @drkmagneto 5 месяцев назад

    Cool video!! Thanks!

  • @dancingbetweenus
    @dancingbetweenus 4 месяца назад

    Thank you Josh! I just watched a few of your mac videos all together. I have a 2018 15" macbook pro and would like an upgrade since I'm doing more 3D work (Cinema4D & Redshift), would be amazing to hear your thoughts about the 16" Macbook M3Max on their performance if you have knowledge on that. Thanks again. :)

  • @N1klas13
    @N1klas13 3 месяца назад +1

    I was hoping for more detail on any differences (if any) for different os like Linux or windows vs macOS. But omg thank you for explaining to people that they should check swapping and memory pressure over allocation, I’m sooo tired of people looking at allocation and getting things wrong.

  • @MaxPhotoGraphic
    @MaxPhotoGraphic 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for this content, I am seing around a brand that I didn't know exist "Captiva" may you tell me some about it is it like MSI was 5 years ago?
    thanks :)

  • @Gregoriosplace
    @Gregoriosplace 10 месяцев назад

    Great job as always.

  • @bryans8656
    @bryans8656 10 месяцев назад +4

    I replied to your first version of this but I wanted to thank you again for this video. If for no other reason than to help your algorithms. 🙂

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much Bryan, it really does help alot

  • @sebkeccu4546
    @sebkeccu4546 6 месяцев назад +2

    A good trick to accelerate the ram swapping is by putting in a second ssd, and assign the swap file exclusively to that second drive.

  • @moviesynopsis001
    @moviesynopsis001 3 месяца назад

    So happy I have found a reviewer I feel I can trust thanks Josh

  • @thewandererIRL
    @thewandererIRL 9 дней назад

    You're amazing man.. Much appreciated.

  • @andrewdhome
    @andrewdhome 10 месяцев назад +5

    'Caysh' - now there's a pronunciation I've not heard before! But I don't have 2 computer science degrees 😂
    Great vid!

  • @abgminhartanah
    @abgminhartanah 6 месяцев назад

    Great & clear

  • @alideep9656
    @alideep9656 2 месяца назад

    Impressive technique you have ❤

  • @bristolview56
    @bristolview56 6 месяцев назад

    Have just bought a new motherboard/processor for our desktop as currently not compatible with Windows 11, was planning to get 16Gb of RAM but it was only an extra £20 or so to get 32Gb so a bit of a no-brainer, although I don't need it now it could extend the life of the PC by several years.

  • @odebroqueville
    @odebroqueville 3 месяца назад

    Good video. Do I understand correctly that memory swapping takes place between the RAM and SSD? What is keeping the cache memory so small?

  • @russellbaker4256
    @russellbaker4256 6 месяцев назад

    I run a Windows VM for my desktop with PCIe gen3 NVMe storage, it's gone from 8 -> 16 -> 20Gb RAM over the last 5 years. I do run around 300 processes and I can get away with 16 as long as I leave it for 10 mins after startup to allow it to _settle down_

  • @APopov
    @APopov 4 месяца назад +3

    8 GB should not be even an option in 2020, let alone 2024.

  • @ultimateonefa9386
    @ultimateonefa9386 10 месяцев назад

    Just Josh, would you be able to do a video where you compare the Lenovo Slim Pro 9i vs Zenbook 14x, please and thank you!

  • @SalmanAli-bp2tv
    @SalmanAli-bp2tv 4 месяца назад

    Very well described, sincere advisor

  • @BenjaminRodriguezReyes
    @BenjaminRodriguezReyes 10 месяцев назад +4

    This is probably the best video I've seen on this topic

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks Ben, I appreciate that. Please share if you can. Video could do with some love!

  • @WoleGqu
    @WoleGqu 10 месяцев назад +1

    there are some interesting laptops that are not sold in the US. will u be interested in checking them out? like for example the Panasonic FV series sold in Japan

  • @harryp3804
    @harryp3804 8 месяцев назад

    Loved the video but it dint ans the Q i was looking for (no video out there does) if for example i have a 11th gen i5 with 16gb vs 13th i7 with 8gb , which system will perform better for the medium video editing and light gaming use cases ?

  • @ronsim6896
    @ronsim6896 9 месяцев назад

    Hi, do you think the Dell Inspiron 15 i5-1335u, 16gb of ram is a good machine? I am concerned with the low cache speeds vs benchmarks, thanks.

  • @dennissvensson6051
    @dennissvensson6051 8 месяцев назад

    Finely a video that include more then just gaming or watching RUclips

  • @JeanLouisBourdon
    @JeanLouisBourdon 6 месяцев назад

    2 questions: power consumption & boot time self check
    is there a negative return past a certain point?

  • @BLAISEDAHL96
    @BLAISEDAHL96 4 месяца назад +1

    I have an M2 Max, with the unified memory the 64gb option seemed well positioned for future proofing. If you watch any of the tech RUclipsrs updating Mac’s released 10 years ago, one of the most common moves is to upgrade the ram to as high as the system was designed for, generally doubling from 8 to 16gb.
    The big question is: what will be the average amount of RAM be on laptops a decade from now? Or will some other device take its place?

  • @JOEQNICHOLSON
    @JOEQNICHOLSON 10 месяцев назад

    Josh please do a review of the legion slim 5!!

  • @radiogoodguy6287
    @radiogoodguy6287 10 часов назад

    Nicely explained for us technology challenged. Thank you, Josh!

  • @MrJloa
    @MrJloa 10 месяцев назад +19

    32 gb. Period. Trust me, I'm struggling with 16.

    • @Agent-ie3uv
      @Agent-ie3uv 8 месяцев назад +13

      A common sense tip: don't open 42 chrome tabs while playing microsoft flight simulator WHILE rendering 4k video. 16 is more than enough 🙄

    • @MrJloa
      @MrJloa 3 месяца назад +1

      ​​​@@Agent-ie3uv haha, u wish so. Probably u dont know what nodejs is 😂
      Its solo eats 10gb ram while compiling large projects.
      Also firefox/chrome might occasionally eat 3gb ram per tab eeeeesily.
      Power is never enough. Any. Just like u buy a car - extra horse power is always good 👍

    • @truvc
      @truvc 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Agent-ie3uvI can’t even render 4k video reliably with 16. New pc has 128

    • @dnegel9546
      @dnegel9546 2 месяца назад +4

      @@MrJloado i still need 16gb if all im going to do is check emails, browse internet and watch netflix?

    • @lucianoschnorr9651
      @lucianoschnorr9651 Месяц назад

      ​@@dnegel9546if you are going to do Just that even 8gb would be okay

  • @AA-flyguy
    @AA-flyguy 10 месяцев назад

    EXCELLENT!!! 👌

  • @dannydiscovers
    @dannydiscovers 10 месяцев назад

    Such a solid video. I need to upgrade to 32gb as a professional. Rendering videos on 8gb is so slow

    • @svinatraktore
      @svinatraktore 10 месяцев назад

      Rendering is mostly about GPU power.

  • @williamcurwen7428
    @williamcurwen7428 8 месяцев назад +2

    I have my workstation fitted with 64gb RAM and use 32gb of that memory as a dedicated Photoshop RAM scratch disk. Works very well for my purposes. Sometimes I use smaller RAM disks for open/save batch processing of files. When everything is operating purely within RAM, it becomes very fast and is very stable. This is my reasoning, although entirely willing to be proved wrong.

    • @Frozoken
      @Frozoken 4 месяца назад

      Ur right, the access latency of an ssd is just way too large to be used a lot with higher performance applications. When ur cpu updates about every 0.2 nano seconds, having to wait 100 microseconds for data from the ssd is a lot of wasted cpu clock cycles. We're talking a 500,000x difference here lmao. Ram on the otherhand is about 100 nanoseconds.

  • @livniemann
    @livniemann 4 месяца назад

    I am an interior architecture student wanting to purchase a new laptop that I plan to keept for at least 5 years. I frequently use CAD programs and do some rendering. What do you think? Is 16 GB enough?

  • @DanRizzuto
    @DanRizzuto 5 месяцев назад

    Question... I always have FCPX open, along with photoshop, as well as Webflow.... my workflow requires all to be open. Obviously depending on the type of video im editing... would you recommend 48 or 64GB of storage? I've been 'ok'with 32 but at time the system stalls... this may also be due to full SSD when rendering video. Many thanks!

  • @nyhyl
    @nyhyl 8 месяцев назад

    Now THAT is a well made youtube video! :)

  • @shanejohns7901
    @shanejohns7901 7 месяцев назад +2

    I built a Threadripper 3960X system with 24 cores, 48 threads, a little over a year ago. MOBO (ROG Zenith II Extreme Alpha) has 8 RAM slots on the mobo, each can take up to a 32 GB DIMM. But unfortunately, the AIO cooler I bought for it kind of blocks two of the 8 slots (nearest slot on each side of the cpu). So I have 6 slots * 32 GB = 192 GB of RAM. And quite frankly, I love it. Most modern OSes will utilize all of that RAM as disk cache unless and until it needs to release some for application usage. So basically, after bootup, your drives will only need to read a hard drive block once until next reboot, unless RAM gets low, or you are doing something on the machine that necessitates reading MORE than 192 GB of drive data between reboots. Subsequent reads of that same block will come straight from RAM, rather than asking the HD for it. If/when memory fills with disk cache, most OSes will keep track of which blocks of data are more in demand, and will flush the drive data of blocks that are less frequently requested. Long story short, your drives will last much MUCH longer with lots of free RAM. But as soon as you reboot the machine, it has to start back over caching everything again. So it's best to avoid unnecessary reboots.

  • @henriquemiguel95
    @henriquemiguel95 9 месяцев назад +1

    I always max out the ram. On my older Nitro 5 I had 32GB of ram (2x16gb), on my current Thinkpad T14 Gen 2 I have 48GB (16GB soldered and a stick of 32GB).

  • @MnemonicCarrier
    @MnemonicCarrier 9 месяцев назад +22

    Don't forget that laptops without discrete GPUs also use a part of your RAM (on my AMD 6800H laptop, it uses 4GB of my RAM). 😄

  • @lisab3396
    @lisab3396 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks, that was very good for a novice like me. 👍👍
    My question at the moment is......... Should I Defrag my Ram and if so, how often?

  • @dawndonaldson7734
    @dawndonaldson7734 6 месяцев назад

    best laptops for visually impaired? for myself i like the macbook pro but it gets too hot. intel chip. 2018. solution is i have 3x 4K monitors attached so it functions like a desktop. but i need one mobile while returning to school. suggestions?

  • @Whatthebug
    @Whatthebug 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Josh. Would you make videos about best budget laptops during Black Fridays or other sales? (In the future around Nov, Dec)

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  10 месяцев назад +2

      Next video has some. And yes

    • @salaubiola9746
      @salaubiola9746 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@JustJoshTechplease when is the next video should be expected?

    • @JustJoshTech
      @JustJoshTech  10 месяцев назад +1

      @@salaubiola9746 likely Monday latest Tuesday

  • @daveg4417
    @daveg4417 7 месяцев назад +7

    18 months ago I built my AMD R9-5950X system with 128GB DDR4 and an RTX-3080. I thought 128GB would be enough. This summer I built an Intel Xeon W7 workstation with 512GB of DDR5 memory and an RTX-3090. Now I'm closer to what I need. I do Unreal Engine 5 video game design and I also work with large terrains with the software I develop called TerreSculptor.

    • @jiauyjiauy3777
      @jiauyjiauy3777 4 месяца назад +1

      Yoooo, 512 gigs is wild
      I recently got a 64gb kit and thought it would be enough for years to come

    • @levibull6063
      @levibull6063 4 месяца назад

      At first I thought this was overkill
      But if your trying stuff on unreal 5 fair enough
      .... got to ask for curiosity (and If you don't know, not sure or don't have a opinion no harm done)
      I'm curious for the future of raytracing cause I haven't noticed much when I've used it
      And sometimes it doesn't make a difference in graphics

    • @daveg4417
      @daveg4417 4 месяца назад

      @@levibull6063- I use Unreal Engine 5 and TerreSculptor 3 to create massive open worlds that are 260km x 260km and larger. This simply cannot be done efficiently with less memory. I do large terrain work for various clients in the media industry.
      TerreSculptor 3 supports creating terrains up to 1 billion x 1 billion meters, which requires 18 exabytes of memory.
      With UE5 and only 128GB of RAM I was always getting out of memory crashes.
      Personally, I think that AMD and NVidia will probably improve their raytracing capabilities in their GPUs. And as computers get more powerful, we will get raytracing with more bounces etc, and the real-time quality will just go up. Things like reflections and such will be affected the most. In 5 years we will probably look back at the video quality now and see a big difference.

  • @mohammedrizan3734
    @mohammedrizan3734 10 месяцев назад

    What is the best lap for cording,web development?

  • @balithinkpad1413
    @balithinkpad1413 2 месяца назад

    i work as an IT support, using only web based apps, office task, email, maybe light audio and video editing ( 1080p only ) and small slice of design, still using my 10 years old thinkpad W540 with windows 11 and 32GB of ram and never had any issues at all. ( i know its only runs in sata 3 ssd speed, and far more comfortable with my other younger thinkpad in terms of speed, but since after 4th gen there's no devices than can use 3 drives / SSD+HDD+HDD at the same time, then i think i will stick with this )

  • @bendono
    @bendono 8 месяцев назад

    For anyone who really wants to understand this, please watch Mark Russinovich's "Mysteries of Windows Memory Management Revealed". Part II is most relevant for RAM, but Part I is also well worth watching for a deeper understand.
    In short, there are two options:
    1) Monitor Memory/Available Byes in Perfmon. You likely need more memory if it is consistently low.
    2) Start RamMap and open the Priority Summary. You need more memory if priority 6 or 7 has been repurposed.

  • @omar.sheikh91
    @omar.sheikh91 6 месяцев назад

    I use my laptop for multiple stock trading platforms, how much RAM would you recommend?

  • @jeandutoit1413
    @jeandutoit1413 7 месяцев назад

    One good reason for upgrading to 64GB RAM is when you want to play BATTLETECH with the RogueTech mod pack. Base game has always had a memory leak, and unless you want to restart every 30 minutes or so, you need RAM to soak up the bloat.

  • @flawlezzcapricorn
    @flawlezzcapricorn 11 дней назад

    Yes that helps because my major is graphic design and I didn’t know how much GB I needed for lower price

  • @user-hi9yx2ns1l
    @user-hi9yx2ns1l 7 месяцев назад

    Hi one question, while I can't do it with the Win VM swap, I moved my Brower cache and Adobe Program stretch to an old SD card, which will last 3-12 months under the abuse. My question is, is this a good way to protect my SSD?

  • @ahkong501
    @ahkong501 10 месяцев назад

    love these geeky stuff!!

  • @oktc68
    @oktc68 4 месяца назад

    I recently updated my gaming PC and added 32GB of CL16 3600MHz DDR4 RAM, the only performance improvement I've noticed has been 1% lows, they've improved. Perhaps it makes more sense for content creators but for gaming 16GB is still the sweet spot.

  • @OfficeofthePacific
    @OfficeofthePacific 4 месяца назад +1

    Excellent video! Thank you for clearing things up for me! I'll stick with 32GB Ram

  • @Mauser1965
    @Mauser1965 6 месяцев назад

    Quick reminder, portable solutions were made for those who are on the go. Get a workstation. Ten years ago I chose to install 32G of DDR3 which I think is set to 1600, and the slowest part was the hard drive which I did provisioning for Windows back then which increased it's performance. Originally I used Win 8 Pro and dual booted to Debian, until I migrated to Win 10 Pro. I should state that I'm on disability and it's no vacation and I miss work, but I digress. So my base FX-8350 eventually evolved to Ryzens and SSD's which I still did provisioning to reduce "wear" by nearly reducing or eliminating Windows pagefile usage. I'm currently using a Ryzen 5900X with a Mobo that has m.2 nvme's with 32DDR4@3400 with 4G for provisioning in Win 10 Pro. I can't afford an nVidia GPU so I get by with a XFX 5700. I do some minor edits to content from my old GOPro HERO8 that's usually 1080, but now and then I do some 4k with it. And I do boot to Debian (testing) to be able to access more editing tools. I hope that Proton develops where my system will no longer be dependent on Windows for my "toys", aka games before the 2025 Win 10 EOL. Unfortunately my posts on provisioning no longer exists as the forum disappeared which I had shared screen shots of my benchmarks and overall system performance in Windows. Last time I played with Cinebench 2024 my system on multi core was 1206 and 99 on single core for amusement. In 3DMark storage benchmarked my slow PNY CS3040 2T with a 5320 score while the average score is 2717. I do transcode my personal DVD's using Handbrake in order to put them on a microSD which I use in a tablet while winter camping. Sunset comes early here in the PNW. 😉✌

  • @opencode1
    @opencode1 3 месяца назад

    Hope am gonna get a response because literally unfortunately i dont understand it. If your laptop supports to be upgraded to 64gb of ram, can i just go to a store and buy the best RAM out there or are also physical aspects of the ram that i should consider. Like i have a lenove thinkpad gen 3 (2022) and i want to update it. So can i just buy the best ramout there or the psychical aspect of the ram should be match my laptop slots. Thank you

  • @nulla9601
    @nulla9601 8 месяцев назад +1

    I can get a good deal for the Legion slim 5 14 (soldered memory) but it's 16GB. If I want 32GB I need to "build" my own and that would be €230 more for just the increased memory.
    I'm a bit conflicted because I really would like the 32GB but €230 for just 16GB more RAM is just hard to justify

  • @Frozoken
    @Frozoken 4 месяца назад

    I think an important distinction needs to be made here. When talking about ram levels that wont tank the system this video is pretty spot on but it's way off if u dont want the still very significant slowdowns from having to swap a lot or even not having any spare ram to cache. If u want the system to go faster more ram is the way, if u want the pc to just not be a laggy mess than yes follow this guys advice.

  • @dareemmanuel6079
    @dareemmanuel6079 Месяц назад

    for the paging usage on windows what range is acceptable or a range that proves too much isn't being used please.

  • @carstencroessmann
    @carstencroessmann 7 месяцев назад

    Hi Josh, first of all Greetings from Germany, I already saw your M3 Misled Video. I need your advice please. I bought a couple of days ago a MBP 16" M2 Max 12C/38C-GPU with 32gb RAM and 1TB SSD. I am not and will not be a Pro User, I just came back to because I do my private video editing and was interesteing the new apple silicon CPU's. The Software I will maybe use is Davinci Resolve. I have a couple days left to return the MBP if I want, I bought it from a certified Shop not from apple, and after getting the VAT back from the revenue, because I bought it over our company I paid 2.770€. What do you think should I stay with the M2 Max or should I switch to M2 Pro the bandwith is slightly faster ont he Max. Another scenario could be M2 Pro with 32 or 64 GB RAM and just 512GB or 1TB SSD, I will hook up anyways a Samsung M.2 SSD 990Pro. But I thought I'll keep the MBP for the next let's say 8 to 10 years, and the software will getting faster and more CPU and RAM is needed in the future and who know's what else is coming up in the future. So I thought I'm well prepared, so what do you think? Thanks in advance Carsten

  • @old-moose
    @old-moose 7 месяцев назад +1

    I remember getting kidded for get an extra 8k in my Apple II for a total 16k. I was in grad school and our main frame only had 16k. A few years later I was recommending 64k. 40+ years later, l recommend a minimum of 8GB. As you said, computers do change over time. 😊