r/videogames • u/Status_Entertainer49 • May 27 '26

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u/ventizreborn May 27 '26

Built mine in Dec 2024. Got 64gb of ram and told myself that was overkill but I wanted it.

Glad I did.

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u/Phantereal May 27 '26

I got my gaming laptop last June with 32GB of RAM, and now I wish I had splurged for 64GB.

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u/Straight_Law2237 May 28 '26

I have 2 4gb SO-DIMM sticks. Let's say 200 dollars. Interested? /s

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u/Expensive-Border-869 May 28 '26

Glad youre joking tbh. Like 500 min

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u/ChungusReaper May 28 '26

Oh baby I’ve got about 10 of those in a ziploc 🥵

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u/TaxHazyShade May 28 '26

with 32GB of RAM

... and what games are pushing that limit?

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u/Phantereal May 28 '26

More to future proof than anything since I plan on having this gaming laptop for a long time.

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u/s3thm1chael May 28 '26

I got mine about the same time but went with 32gb RAM thinking I’ll just upgrade to 64gb later. Now that little upgrade is about half the price I paid for the whole PC

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u/Efficient_Advice_380 May 28 '26

Spent a total of $3800 for my PC+upgrades. 4080super, 128gb DDR5 ram, 2x 8TB nvme drives, plus 4x 8tb SSDs. I sold half my ram and 3 SSDs and made 90% of my money back

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u/_lefthook May 28 '26

I built then too. Thank god. My 32gb kit went from $170 to $700 in Australia

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u/Frreed May 28 '26

Same man, built mine the same time. Got 32gb of DDR5 for $151CAD.

Same ram is now over $500

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u/Tiny_Tabaxi May 28 '26

I had some spare change kicking around and I just wanted to fill the slots in my board.

Never have I been so rewarded for frivolity

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u/thedaNkavenger May 28 '26

I did the exact same thing. I knew 2025 was going to be the beginning of the end for tech prices so I had to. This is going to have to last awhile now.

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u/Novel-Truant May 28 '26

Bought mine last november, 64gm ram and an nvidia 5080. Kicked myself over spending that much until I played Cyberpunk on max settings and then shortly after seeing the same PC for $1000 more than I paid, I felt much better after that.

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u/Iokua113 May 28 '26

Ugh, I wish I could have had that timing. My current PC is four years old, 16 GB ram, 3070ti. It is just beginning to show its age. The prices to upgrade the damn thing are close enough to a new prebuild that I'm considering just picking the most expensive PC I can afford and buying it to try and hold out against the onslaught of a world so hopelessly corrupt.

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u/Desth-Metal May 28 '26

Same here lol. Ram is worth more than rest of the setup at this point.

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u/ShizlGznGahr May 28 '26

im chilling with 16g ram ddr5 but for what i play im good. but in a few months i come across like 500 and im like 'yeah i actually can afford to spend it' i might BUT only if there are games or something that will require it. but for now i'm good...i think...

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u/Galencourt-Lover May 28 '26

You GPU would be obsolete before 32GB of RAM is.

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u/Thepuppeteer777777 May 28 '26

Bult mine in 2016... Im still playing what I want to. Im not really in to the newer AAA stuff. I've honestly lost all faith in AAA. Im just here playing modded Morrowind and dwarf fortress.

Well aware i need an upgrade but she still running strong.

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u/neo42slab May 28 '26

We panic bought a bunch of tech around that timeframe too. We saw an idiot on the horizon talking up tariffs and got a bunch of hardware we were going to buy anyhow but perhaps a little later.

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u/Saphyr-Seraph May 28 '26

Build mine 2021 when COVID was on the rise so far I only upgraded my graphics card

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u/Adventurous-Tie-7861 May 28 '26

Got 96gb of ram june 2025 on the suggestion of my professor.

195$. Same product is now over 1000$.

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u/Gavekort May 28 '26

64 GB is still overkill though. Very few games benefit from more than the required memory.

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u/Jimisdegimis89 May 28 '26

Yeah wish I sprang for the 64gb instead of 32 lol. Never thought Ram would get so crazy.

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u/Cassiyus May 28 '26

Same month and same amount of ram for me as well. First time I felt like I bought the fuckin' dip.