I have motherboard there say 64GB of ram is max

[Clone303]

So is not safe to go over it?

[potato]

you can't go over it as max supported capacity is 64gb

it will either not boot or will only show/use 64gb

[Haruspex]

If you do, it just won't recognize that you have more than that at best, and will fail to boot with an error at worst. It won't cause lasting damage, except to your wallet.

[potato]

why do you even need that much ram? even the most demanding aaa games recommend 32gb

[Clone303]

Originally posted by potato:

why do you even need that much ram? even the most demanding aaa games recommend 32gb

Because I like overkill stuff when I can X3 yes that's true

[Clone303]

Thanks for telling I was just really curious

[potato]

Originally posted by Clone303:

Because I like overkill stuff when I can X3 yes that's true

pointless

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If the Motherboard says 64GB Max then it most likely also has a max per DIMM Slot of 16GB.

[Illusion of Progress]

Originally posted by potato:

why do you even need that much ram? even the most demanding aaa games recommend 32gb

Games are far from the only thing PCs can do. Games aren't even close to the most memory demanding thing PCs can do anyway.

Content creation, video work, image work, probably even audio work, modeling/design software, anything with a lot of live data like mathematics or sciences, it goes on and on. For many of the things I listed, 64 GB might only be getting you in the door, or it might not even be enough. You might need 128 GB or you might need more.

Granted, someone with a motherboard with a maximum supported amount of 64 GB is either using an older consumer motherboard (modern ones support 128 GB or 192 GB), or a newer one with two DIMM slots, and in either case is unlikely to have a use that actually needs hundreds of GBs (exceptions tend to always exist, however). But the uses for RAM capacities like that do certainly exist.

[potato]

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

Content creation, video work, image work, probably even audio work, modeling/design software, anything with a lot of live data like mathematics or sciences, it goes on and on. For many of the things I listed, 64 GB might only be getting you in the door, or it might not even be enough. You might need 128 GB or you might need more.

uh yeah except op isn't doing any of that:

Originally posted by Clone303:

Because I like overkill stuff when I can X3 yes that's true

[Illusion of Progress]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

Content creation, video work, image work, probably even audio work, modeling/design software, anything with a lot of live data like mathematics or sciences, it goes on and on. For many of the things I listed, 64 GB might only be getting you in the door, or it might not even be enough. You might need 128 GB or you might need more.

uh yeah except op isn't doing any of that:

Originally posted by Clone303:

Because I like overkill stuff when I can X3 yes that's true

Why are you arguing against a stance I never made?

I didn't say they were doing that. To the contrary, I even speculated it would be unlikely.

You made a statement asking what someone would need that much RAM for, using an example that even the most demanding games don't need it. Therefore, I was giving examples of things that might need it, and stating that games are very low on the memory needs totem pole. Nothing more to it than that.

[potato]

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

You made a statement asking what someone would need that much RAM for

no, i asked what the op needs that much for

[Clone303]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Clone303:

Because I like overkill stuff when I can X3 yes that's true

pointless

no, not when say it's not XP

[Monk]

You know excess ram is just a waste, it has zero benefit, though, getting more to run fast is going to be harder, due to the extra strain on the memory controller from extra sticks.

A 64GB max suggests either an old / cheap mobo or a board designed for pushing overclocks like an Apex, which given the question, I really hope you didn't waste your money on lol.

[PopinFRESH]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

You made a statement asking what someone would need that much RAM for

no, i asked what the op needs that much for

You could just as easily argue why do you need a gaming PC?

As for using a large amount of ram for gaming; you can do RAMDisks and run many games completely in memory. Or, if you are using a single PC for recording / live streaming your games you can encroach on the available memory to the game.

Lastly, "recommended" system specification doesn't mean "won't use more". "Even the most demanding games recommend an RTX 3060. therefor why should anyone ever get an RTX 4080?"

[potato]

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

You could just as easily argue why do you need a gaming PC?

for vidya

Originally posted by PopinFRESH:

Lastly, "recommended" system specification doesn't mean "won't use more". "Even the most demanding games recommend an RTX 3060. therefor why should anyone ever get an RTX 4080?"

games will use the 4080

no game uses more than 32gb ram