• Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    14 hours ago

    I initially built for future proofing. I also wanted to have enough to run science apps like BOINC distributed science computing which I have been running since my Phantom II machine, 4K games, and now slightly dabble with local AI models. I would like to learn video editing some day as well.

    I got right at the top end of AM4 and before all this RAM shortage craziness went down. Prices were just starting to go up so it was a bit to hedge too. I know 32GB is more than enough. I debate at times to take out 2 sticks (4x16GB) in case some ram goes bad, or slight performace boost, now that DDR4 is mostly outdated and good luck finding any for a reasonable price.