Is 64gb ram worth it for Rust, Minecraft, Fortnite, Repo and other games like this? or is 32gb good enough. (Will I see a big impact in performance?)

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DefinitionEasy1043@reddit

That's what I'm planning to do with the new PC

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Rhoden913@reddit

Unless your playing something like star citizen.. your good

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PassionAssassin@reddit

For gaming over 32 is pretty overkill unless you're running some like really huge, really RAM intensive minecraft mod packs. But even then, they're only like *22* GB of ram.

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jojo_31@reddit

I remember playing Tomb Raider 1080p with 4GB of RAM just fine when I had some blue screen problems and wanted to troubleshoot.

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Moscato359@reddit

Super niche, but Flight simulator likes to have 31 gigs of ram just for the game itself

It has better frame stability with 48gb

Not all games are like that

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jantski@reddit

When I'm on VR and go in big vrchat worlds, my ram usage can go up to 47gb haha

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NTFRMERTH@reddit

Minecraft uses up a lot of RAM when you turn up the render distance higher than 16. I have 32GB, and I can't load more than that.

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Littlemonkey425@reddit

Damn you scared be abit. I am building my first pc to be able to play modded minecraft and I got 32 GB. lol

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Out of the 300 or so games I own there id probably less than 10 that can utilise over 16gb and the most I've seen a game use is 24gb so unless doing very very specific workloads you won't need over 32gb.

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TheFondler@reddit

No, but if you want more for kicks, consider a 2x24GB kit. It doesn't have any of the downsides of a 2x32GB or 2x48GB kit, but is a bit more in case you get into one of the very few games that would use more than 32GB.

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NaethanC@reddit

What are the downsides of 2x32 and 2x48?

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TheFondler@reddit

They are dual-rank, meaning that there are two sets of memory chips on each stick. Each additional rank of memory increases the load on the memory controller, lowering the performance potential for the RAM.

If your goal is something like 6,000MT/s, most memory controllers can do that with two dual-rank sticks, so you're not hitting that limit and it doesn't matter. However, the higher your memory speed goal is, the more the number of ranks limits you.

It's a bit of a sliding scale and depends a lot on how lucky you get with the silicon quality on your CPU's memory controller, but generally I wouldn't expect anything more than 6,000MT/s for two sticks of dual rank memory. More is absolutely possible, and support is improving over time, but faster speeds are not guaranteed to work.

This gets even worse if you add more than one pair of RAM sticks to the system, because now, not only are you increasing the amount of memory that needs to be managed, but you re also introducing a time delay between the sticks in a given memory channel (there are almost always two memory channels in consumer hardware, and more in server hardware).

On top of that, even just having extra memory slots on a motherboard introduces electrical signal interference issues. Both the additional traces on the motherboard, and the slots themselves add to the noise in the electrical signal, making it difficult for the data to successfully get to and from the RAM intact as memory speed increases. This is why the highest end overclocking motherboards only have two memory slots. They also tend to have more layers of internal traces to better separate those traces from one another to further reduce electrical noise.

Common terms you will see for memory setups include "1R" for single rank, "2R" for dual rank, "1DPC" for 1 DIMM (memory stick) per channel and "2DPC" for 2 DIMMs per channel. The fastest RAM speeds are possible with 1R 1DPC setups, while 2R 2DPC setups rarely get beyond 4,800-5,200MT/s, with only 3,600MT/s generally being officially supported there.

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patrlim1@reddit

32 is enough

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Normal-Emotion9152@reddit

Depends on your set up and the type of ram you will be using. If it is ddr5 ram with a CL of 40 and below 16 GB is more than enough most games aren't ram hungry. If you want to future proof go for 32 to 256 Gb of ddr5 ram. It depends on the specs of your motherboard. I am building a small form factor PC in a few months and I am using the max ram that the motherboard will support which is 96 GB. It is complete over kill. The specs form the latest borderlands 4 means more cores, threads, ram and vram. You will need a minimum of 8 cores, 16 GB of vram if you want to do the graphics justice and I forgot how much ram it was probably 16 or 24. I am building to anticipate future games. So I am saving for a 16 core CPU, and at minimum a Rx 7600 XT with 16 or 24 GB. Computer games are getting more power and data hungry. Try to get 25 GB of vram as well if you can afford it. If not save for it. It is not cheap but games are becoming less optimized. 32 GB of ram is safe for now but in a year that will probably be the new minimum. Just aim for low cl, high MHz that is the highest your motherboard can take so your rig can be lightning fast. Maximize your CPU efficiency as well by closing unnecessary applications as you game.

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Wilza_@reddit

I have 32GB, never had any issue with games. The only time I've ever had an issue is when I have a load of browser tabs open (like 100+). I tend to just keep them open all the time, which soaks up a lot of RAM (Firefox, not Chrome surprisingly). If you don't do that then you're probably fine with 32GB

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bretticus733@reddit

32GB will be more than enough

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PT10@reddit

Unless you do a lot of web browsing with open tabs. I can hit 80% usage of 32GB...

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hyperstorm@reddit

That's because browsers actively use as much RAM as is available. It scales. You'd hit 80% with 64GB, too.

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SeaAmbassador2982@reddit

umm i have 64 gb and never hit above 60% with browser tabs and game open

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Tiger998@reddit

Can confirm, they do that up to a point. In general though, the OS thinks on a "unused memory is wasted memory" basis (as it should)

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alex99x99x@reddit

Yeah it’s plenty. What op should be more focused on is the ram speeds. For ddr5 the difference between 4800MHz and 6000MHz+ is kind of big when gaming. 32gb 6000MHz will easily outperform 64gb 4800MHz on almost every game.

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Local_Reputation4793@reddit

How about that CL stuff? Does that make a big difference?

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DrummerBM@reddit

If you are already investing money to buy a new PC or build a new PC in my opinion get 6000mhz and dlr30. That's the best you can get right now with ddr5.

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alex99x99x@reddit

Somewhat? Latency is still important and a general rule of thumb is that lower is better, but speed is still kind of more important in most cases.

4800MHz CL30 still performs worse than 6000MHz CL38 ram, due to the speed greatly compensating for the latency. There is a point where the latency is so high that there becomes a falloff, but that explanation is way beyond my knowledge.

But when buying a specific speed that you want, you just want to buy the one with the lowest latency that is also a good price.

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dertechie@reddit

CAS latency is given in cycles, so 4800 C30 (12.5 ns) and 6000 C38 (12.7 ns) have very similar latency. The 6000 C38 just has 25% more bandwidth.

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semidegenerate@reddit

Exactly. CAS Latency given in actual units of time, instead of clock cycles, is also known as First Word Latency. The tCL timing corresponds to the number of cycles between when a column is accessed and when the data starts flowing.

The thing is, tCL is just one of many timings that have a meaningful impact on performance. It's often over emphasized as a measure of performance. It can be a decent indicator of what other timings a kit may have, or is capable of, or the IC type (e.g. Hynix A-die), but it's not some master timing that trumps all other timings.

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encidius@reddit

First word problems.

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JoeZocktGames@reddit

No he wrote "Exactly" just right

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JoeZocktGames@reddit

With CL30 and 6000Mhz your RAM is 1:1 in sync with Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs so yeah it makes a difference

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animeman59@reddit

To find the latency speed, use the following math.

(CAS x 2000) / RAM MT/s = latency in nanoseconds

EX: For my DDR4 RAM, which is DDR4-3600 CL18

(18 x 2000 = 36000) (36000 / 3600 = 10) So it's 10ns of latency

For something like DDR4-3200 CL16

(16 x 2000 = 32000) (32000 / 3200 = 10) So it's also 10ns of latency

So whether I got DDR4-3600 CL18 or DDR4-3200 CL16, it would not have made a difference in overall performance for my system.

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Acrobatic-Bus3335@reddit

Yes CL is the most important thing.

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PM-Your-Fuzzy-Socks@reddit

no, it’s really not. 6000cl30 and 6000cl38 will perform very closely in most games

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TheFondler@reddit

Not really, at least not with DDR5.

tRFC (lower is better) and tREFI (higher is better) tend to have the biggest impact on latency, which is what you want to improve for taming. tRFC is almost entirely dependent on the specific chips used in the memory (Hynix A-Die being the best). tREFI depends heavily on the temperature of the RAM in operation and can start to throw errors if it gets over 50-55C.

The total "tune" of the memory matters a lot with DDR5, not just a few variables, but those two have an outsized benefit for latency specifically. Unfortunately, nothing will be great out of the box, and tuning memory is incredibly time consuming with very little solid guidance.

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Acrobatic-Bus3335@reddit

Yes it does. CL30 6000 will be much better and faster than CL36 6800 even with DDR5 RAM

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the_lamou@reddit

JDEC standard for DDR5 is like 5200, so I feel like you'll have to go out of your way to find 4800MHz DDR5. Not saying it doesn't exist (I can see Crucial sells some 4800 kits, but you really shouldn't by Crucial ever), but you have to go out of your way to find it.

But also, RAM is so cheap now (at least DDR5, anyway) that it's completely pointless to not go over 32GB. 32GB is the bare minimum that will keep a modern computer running well. Like, a 32GB 6400 kit will run you $85-90, and a decent 48GB kit at 6000+ will set you back $130. Sure, I guess if you save $40 per component across your entire build, you can get a slightly better GPU, but not really, so you may as well get a lot that isn't going to be below minimum system requirements for new games a year from now.

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HealerOnly@reddit

For minecraft?:X
Nah u aint playing modded then....

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Wonderful-Lack3846@reddit

32GB is enough

64GB if you want a big chuck of mods added to games that were already using ~20GB ram themselves

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back_to_the_homeland@reddit

What games are considered “ram hungry”?

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VitalityAS@reddit

Escape from tarkov.

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Carnildo@reddit

Microsoft Flight Simulator loves RAM.

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RTXEnabledViera@reddit

Badly optimized sandboxes mainly lol

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Yebi@reddit

The original game does not need to be RAM-hungry if you have hungry mods. E.g. modded Skyrim can easily max out 64GB

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VitalityAS@reddit

I am sure 32 is enough but I upgraded to 64 and noticed performance improvements even just in my OS. I know it theoretically shouldn't matter but that has been my experience.

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highlyblazeDd@reddit

If you can afford it go 64gb, your Jsut future proofing.

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truffoli@reddit

I play all of them smoothly with 16

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Jelly-Filled-Donut@reddit

Most of the time, 32gb 6000mhz cl30 (DUAL kit) is the sweetspot. Dont forget expo, xmp For gaming any more ram just doesn't make sense. (excluding object spam in any big sim game) You only benefit from the ram used, not with what is available. 64gb often isn't worth the additional price for the same performance. Regarding performance, if you have been running games at 4gb 1600mhz ram the whole time, then yes it will be noticeable.

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AdhocAnchovie@reddit

I have 16, cant complain

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DrummerBM@reddit

Way overkill. Get 32 gigs of 6000mhz rams. The brand doesn't really matter if you are on a budget. Rams don't show that much difference from brand to brand in my opinion and experience. Just make sure they are: If ddr5 6000mhz dlr30

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jerry111165@reddit

Its always best to double your RAM. Yes you would see an impact in performance.

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kkoshh_@reddit

32 is completely fine. I’m only considering upgrading from 32 to 64 because I make music, but since it’s strictly gaming in your case, then not really, unless you mod the fuck out of it.

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Working-Space-4053@reddit

16 is enuough for them games

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abigfatnoob102@reddit

i run rust fine on 16 tbh lmfao

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General-Flatworm4083@reddit

Dipende se dopo installi mod pack, mod ecc quindi per sicurezza faa 64 GB cosí vai sul sicuro

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Brysger@reddit

I play rust on a 1060 6gb and 16gb of ram, so yea

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JPAWSI@reddit

Even 16gb is enough for those games

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not_CristiCraftt@reddit (OP)

Thanks to everyone. If I chose a single stick of 32gb ram and purchase 1 more in the future?

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NaethanC@reddit

As a rule, you should avoid running a single stick of memory as it will be single-channel. Buy two sticks of 16GB now and upgrade in the future. You can always sell the two sticks of 16 and get two 32 when prices drop.

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TransientEons@reddit

For your use case, 2x16 is the best scenario to combine cost and performance. The only game on your list which might benefit from 2x32 is heavily modded Minecraft, and that's still just a "might". Don't go for a single stick, as RAM should run in pairs for dual channel.

If you have extra budget you really want to put into the PC, you could consider 64GB, but you'll probably benefit more from seeing if that could instead go towards a better GPU, CPU, or more storage.

Out of curiosity, do you have a parts list and target cost?

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Hugh_Jego_69@reddit

Don’t do that, either go 16x2 now or 32x2 now. A single stick will impact performance noticeably as it will run in single channel mode and limit bandwidth. Honestly just get 2x 16gb with the optimal timing/speeds for your setup.

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NaethanC@reddit

You could get by with 16GB for general computing and light gaming easily. It's pretty much the minimum expected standard these days. 32GB is the sweet spot for gaming, you only need 64GB or above if you're doing a lot of RAM intensive stuff like editing or CAD. You're better off buying 32GB now then waiting a few years for prices to drop and getting another 32GB.

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Babylon4All@reddit

I’ve never seen my 32GB ram above 70% while playing heavier load games than what you listed.

I recently upgraded to 64GB but only because it’s a dual gaming desktop and workstation for CAD work.

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Moscato359@reddit

Flight simulator likes to eat 31 gigs of ram alone so there is that

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odelllus@reddit

using =/= needing

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Moscato359@reddit

People have benchmarked flight simulator, and the frame rate stability gets a lot better with 48GB or more ram

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PsyOmega@reddit

I played MSFS2020 a lot with 64gb and it never had good fps stability. Dunno if 2024 optimized it.

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Moscato359@reddit

I wonder if 9800x3d and low latency ram would help

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PsyOmega@reddit

I eventually had a 7800X3D and it helped a little. went from 25fps at LAX to 35.

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Moscato359@reddit

9800x3d is about 15% faster than a 7800x3d, and you can boost that to 20% with a light overclock

Thats still like... low 40s

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odelllus@reddit

link

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Moscato359@reddit

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/microsoft-says-64-gb-is-the-ideal-spec-for-flight-simulator-2024-but-ive-tested-it-with-96-gb-and-it-makes-a-big-difference/

31% higher 1% lows, up to 9.8% higher average

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Babylon4All@reddit

Yes. But they listed Minecraft, Rust and Fortnite…

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Moscato359@reddit

You mentioned heavier load games than they play

So I added a heavyweight which actually it does matter

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3G6A5W338E@reddit

96GB (2x48GB DDR5 ECC) with 9800x3d and rx 7900gre.

When only playing games, usage (ignoring cache) doesn't go anywhere near 32GB.

Of course, even when playing games, I typically do not close anything and have things open on the other monitors.

I would say 32GB is very survivable for a computer today. Plenty for gaming and general consuming, sufficient for basic producing.

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scraglor@reddit

I have been doing a lot of CAD/blender work for a side hustle I’m trying to transiting into a full buisness. I think I need to jump up to 64gb

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Babylon4All@reddit

Yeah you might want to consider it. My ram was constantly hitting 98% usage while my cpu and gpu were all under 20% loads. Upped it to 64Gb and now cpu hits around 40% and ram still 80-98% but it’s a lot faster with some stuff haha.

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DesAnderes@reddit

i recently played in a private playtest and my system used 31GB, devs replied to my bug report with „better upgrade before the release“ - lol

no seriously, the bug was already reported and adressed by the devs, they just trolled me for „not reading the known bugs“, before posting.

32GB is fine aslong as you play only one game at a time or try to heavily multitask something in the background.

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Ballerbarsch747@reddit

32Gb is enough for escape from tarkov, and there's no game (to my that has worse memory optimisation. It will be more than enough for anything else as well.

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SupernovaGamezYT@reddit

32gb will run all that, but if you are building a pc now I’d at least recommend doing 32 in a single stick so you don’t have to work around 2 16s in future upgrades.

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Buxata@reddit

Do you plan on running them simultaneously? If no 16 is enough, 32 is recommended for future proofing. Also RAM speed is vital for performance.

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Hrmerder@reddit

For games? 16gb is almost enough for anything (anything you mentioned at least), add ai? lol throw all of it at it

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AbsolutlyN0thin@reddit

I upgraded to 32 because 16 wasn't enough for Minecraft (one of the things he listed). Modded eats ram for breakfast

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Hrmerder@reddit

Fair.. I had 16 and only doubled it for ai. My minecraft worked fine with 16gb, but maybe just different mods

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trieticus@reddit

If 64gb is not much more expensive, go for it. You’ll be thanking yourself a few years from now

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thomaspeltios@reddit

I mean if it's within your budget, go for 64GB, that'll be future proof enough to last you like 10 years. But 32GB is plenty and if you can move the extra 32GB money to another component then go for that.

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sparky8251@reddit

For Minecraft, play on Linux. Instant 20% perf boost because the Linux JVM is better than Windows (assuming you arent using Bedrock that is...)

Been this way since the beta days of the game. Its wild how much better it behaves on Linux.

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VonTreece@reddit

32GB is plenty for pretty much all use cases unless you’re running an insanely modded game, multiple virtual machines, or certain rendering.

I will say that if you’re a heavy multitasker and game, live stream, watch YouTube, discord call, and tons of browser tabs open, you may push that 32GB pretty thin. I’ve climbed as high as 28GB of usage before though still with a fair amount of headroom.

I personally would go 64GB if only for the fact that it doesn’t really cost that much more.

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XediDC@reddit

heavy multitasker

I hear some people close applications. That's funny.

(I know, a beefy workstation that can play games is a very different beast than a gaming PC that might do some work.)

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Hugh_Jego_69@reddit

If you get the same speed ram, it’s basically double the cost =\

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moparmadness1970@reddit

But as a percentage of the total cost of a whole new build it’s not significantly more.

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tomass122@reddit

Minecraft with modpacks can use 20+ gigs. Dedicated servers with friends can use 20+ gigs

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Iayvay@reddit

In my own experience, getting 32gb of ram and an X3D cpu helped a lot in rust (compared to other games).

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s1mplyme@reddit

The _only_ game I have that benefits from 64GB is Star Citizen. Nothing else even comes close to using even half of it

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NunButter@reddit

Tarkov eats memory like crazy too. SC and Tarkov benefit most from good RAM and X3D chips

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AlextheGoose@reddit

Unless you plan on modding like crazy no. The only game ive seen use more than 32gb is tarkov which is one of the most unoptimized games I’ve ever played lmao

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NunButter@reddit

I have a good Kingston Fury 64GB 6000mhz CL30 set and it definitely helps for streaming and multitasking while playing Tarkov. Sometimes I'm watching 3 simultaneous streams of my teammates while streaming and recording. It definitely helps

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FragrantGas9@reddit

You can also split the difference and get 2x 24 GB sticks for 48 GB. That’s what I’m running.

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AlgoDip@reddit

I run 32 GB min on all my pcs and laptops; 48 GB on my main rig. For me it is a matter of cost - I got the 48 GB kit for $80 on a special when 32 cost about the same. What is the price difference you are looking at?

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Deepnorthdigs@reddit

16gb would work perfectly for your use case really, but yes 32gb is more than enough

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Psylow_@reddit

32 GB is enough for any gaming at the moment

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Burgergold@reddit

Built pc in mid 2019 and late 2024. Both with 32gb. Both still fine with this

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MR-S15@reddit

I had 32gb and now have 48gb only because upgraded from ddr4 to ddr5 system , not much diff i can see but it's good to have headroom

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Psychological_Bag943@reddit

32gbs is perfectly fine. Only reason to go above that is if you do some kind of video editing, 3D modeling or anything else along those lines.

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Fightmemod@reddit

I went with 64gb. I'll likely never use that much as 32gb is completely fine for everything besides a few very particular uses. If the cost of 64gb isn't an issue go for it. That's really all there is to it.

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Prudent-Ad4509@reddit

Keep in mind that the primary usage for excess memory is disk cache (and it won't be reflected in the stats of memory taken). So, your game might use, let's say, 10Gb tops, but it loads resources a lot when switching areas. This is your answer.

Make sure that you covered more important bottlenecks first, but having more memory really helps to reduce amount of disk reads.

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wienercat@reddit

There is no game out right now that even remotely comes close to needing 32gb.

If you were running a game server for you and friends? Sure 64gb has a value there.

But on your own machine for your own games? 32 is more than enough.

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AbsolutlyN0thin@reddit

I only have experience with Minecraft. But 32 is enough for that

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Comrade_Chyrk@reddit

32 is more than enough. The only 3 games I can think of where 64gb makes a tangible difference is tarkov, Microsoft flight Sim, and star citizen, yet even with those games 32 will work just fine. Any other game you will not get really any benifet at all.

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JawzyRawr@reddit

I am putting 64 in my PC, but I was told I would probably never need it all. I play 3 of the 4 games you mentioned a lot.

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Educational_Let_3260@reddit

I have 64gb ram. Never used more than 34... really have to stress the system to get anywhere close to 32.

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Nexxus88@reddit

Unless you are modding the ever loving hell out of something or doing some extreme multitasking 32 is plenty.

Ram capacity doesn't effect performance, it only effects performance when you don't have enough then you feel it, but you wont get higher FPS by having more then is needed to run it unlike a gfx card.

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NessLeonhart@reddit

Not for the game alone, but if you’re like many and have a game playing on one screen and discord and youtube and whatever else on another that are running simultaneously it helps.

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kingp43x@reddit

always go with more, what are you poor?

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AllMyFrendsArePixels@reddit

You mean to run simultaneous dedicated servers for all those games, right? Yeah 64GB should do it.

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itsforathing@reddit

I have yet to go over 25gb in heavily modded games

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Psigun@reddit

32 gb is enough outside of intensive productivity work for professional purposes, and edge case games like MS Flight Sim. Unless you're a big fan of a game that specifically utilizes more than 32 gb, it's not going to help at all. Your listed games are more than fine with 32 gb.

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IWillAssFuckYou@reddit

For majority of users, you will NEVER need above 32 GB of RAM. 32GB is overkill as hell and I say this as someone with 64 GB of RAM. I have 64 GB of RAM because my use of virtual machines and multitasking will go past 32 GB.

More RAM does not mean extra performance unless less actually is genuinely not enough for your needs.

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_asciimov@reddit

If you leave a bunch of chrome tabs open, sure get 64gb.

If it's in your budget, and you think you might ever want 64gb do it now.

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xiit@reddit

You will see no difference at all since 32gb is already more than enough for those games

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StomachAromatic@reddit

Look at your metrics and answer it yourself.

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Fawkter@reddit

Jedi Survivor and MS Flight Simulator in 4k are the only games I know of that sometimes use around 32GB. I just upgraded to 64 to help with stuttering, which it did.

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EuripidesMac@reddit

I had 32 Went to 64 Deleted my pagefile/swapfile It’s nice

I can have theee different browsers all with multiple tabs running, vpn, Star Wars galaxy of heroes for pc, bluestacks running a couple instances, 7 days to die and Discord…20GB to spare and can switch between any and all and not have to close anything down unless I want to

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ShineReaper@reddit

The only current game, that actually recommends 64 GB of RAM is the Microsoft Flight Simulator. Most only recommend 16 GB for Recommended Settings, but since Windows eats RAM too and maybe background programs etc., the common recommendation is to use 32 GB of RAM.

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bow_down_whelp@reddit

32 is fine but I've had 32 since 2019 to 2025 when everyone here said I didn't need it. Went 64 because now I don't have to think about it for years again

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National-Property29@reddit

unless u doing 4k video editing... 32gb is enough.

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Effective_Top_3515@reddit

64gb is fine if you can afford it. Nothing wrong with it. It’s just best to just have 2 sticks of ram though instead of 4 sticks or 2 sets of 2.

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NadenDelal@reddit

if it's VRAM (Hopefully become the norm), yes Physical ram? 32gb is more than enough.

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Commie_swatter@reddit

Prioritise faster ram for those games. a fast kit of 32gb will outperform a slower 64gb for the same price. Also 32gb is is more than enough for most things

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Hometheater1@reddit

32gb is plenty. How many ram slots do you have? Maybe do 2x16 and leave room for more down the line?

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Morep1ay@reddit

Built a gaming PC about 2 years ago and settled on 32 gigs. I have not needed to change anything yet. Has handled everything I throw at it

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TSS_Firstbite@reddit

I've not had an issue with 16gb in Minecraft or especially REPO. For Minecraft, there are packs that require more than the 8gb I usually have available, but for most, it's enough. I haven't monitored REPO hardware usage, but I've had 0 issues with performance.
32gb is still more than enough today for gaming

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Loud-Bake-2740@reddit

i recently upgraded to 64gb just because i wanted to. assuming your other hardware is good, 32 is more than enough

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Mikaeo@reddit

Even with the craziest of mod packs, 32gb has been enough for me to play Minecraft while still doing other things. Same with heavily modded skyrim, 1500+ mods and I still have enough ram to watch YouTube on my other monitor.

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whatuseisausername@reddit

I upgraded from 16gb to 32gb last year, and I really only did it to see if it improved my performance in Ark Survival Ascended. It actually did as it plays a good amount smoother for me since I upgraded, but that's really the only game I've noticed a difference in. And with Ark I think it's likely more due to how badly it's optimized and the performance still isn't amazing by any means. I think 32gb is plenty, and for gaming I don't really see much of a need to upgrade to 64gb.

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Live-Rock5976@reddit

I’m no expert, but 32 gb of rams is probably more than enough for all those games.