Ramdisk? That's your goal? LMAO you initially wanted a DDR4 system over a DDR5. If Ramdisk is your goal, you just exposed yourself again as a complete moron. And I just looked, the DDR5 RAM you listed was 5600 speed. You don't know what hardware you even need for ramdisk.

LOL, that you also thought ramdisk applied to Apple unified RAM.

I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING YOU TO SHUT THE **** UP

https://i.imgur.com/hCgIGzK.png

This is the dumbest ****ing post in this thread. I've been running a ramdisk on DDR3 for months. It's not my "goal." It's a basic ****ing requirement.

It doesn't matter what ****ing RAM I have in the computer, as long as I have more than eight ****ing gigs, because just the goddamn project folders I use are typically bigger than that.

MORON.

It actually does matter what RAM you have. LOL DDR3? That means you're limited to 10-14GB/s transfer speed for your ramdisk at best. That's the max transfer rate for DDR3 across your bus. Guess what the transfer rate is for the M1 and it's unified memory? 200GB/s. Look it up, dipshit. Again, you have no grasp of how memory is used in either the Intel machine or new Apple silicon processors.

Anybody looking at having Microcenter build them a computer doesn't have a shit bit of clue of the difference in RAM between Intel 12th gen and Apple silicon. Just shut up. You are way out of your league here.

WHO CARES IF THE ENTIRE MACHINE ONLY HAS 8 GB!?! THIS ISN'T THE YEAR 2000. I CAN'T STORE SHIT ON THAT. WHO CARES HOW FAST IT'S GOING?

STOP POSTING YOUR ****ING BULLSHIT IN THIS ****ING THREAD

You can configure the Apple system with 32GB storage if you want. That doesn't change the fact that your deciding factor on a computer for ramdisk purposes is RAM speed and capacity when you don't understand how unified RAM works in ARM processors or how it compares to Intel based RAM. 8GB of RAM in an Apple silicon machine is not the equivalent of an Intel machine with 8GB of RAM. Regardless, I wasn't saying that an 8GB Apple system would compare to an i9 Intel system, only that it would actually work better for your specific purposes. Which is true. 8GB of unified memory would work just as well or better for making your videos as an overpriced 32GB of RAM Microcenter build.

Tell me what the **** I'm supposed to do when I need a 20 GB ramdisk on your stupid machine then. LMAO.

No, it wouldn't work better. BECAUSE I LITERALLY CAN'T DO THAT. And that's just a BASIC ****ING REQUIREMENT.

We're not even getting to the ****ing video card.

Shut your stupid ****ing mouth.

Here's how to create one on an M1/M2, which is the fastest throughput you can achieve for a ramdisk at the moment. Go ahead and tell Reddit that they're wrong...

https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comment...speed_you_can/

https://i.imgur.com/p36daPe.png

WOW! Macs are literal ****ing magic! I can store 20 GB of files on an 8 GB ram disk AND still have room left over to run my applications comfortably?!?!

****ing moron. Stop ****ing posting in this thread.

I'll do this all ****ing night with you dipshit. Next you're going to tell me to buy a Mac Studio with 32GB RAM.

What's the price point for that? THREE THOUSAND ****ING DOLLARS? And it still won't have what I want in it.

GO **** YOURSELF. STOP. ****ING. POSTING. IN. THIS. THREAD. YOU. PIECE. OF. SHIT. TROLL.

I'm providing info in this thread, not asking silly shit like a beta. Good luck with that Microcenter build.

Oh, don't worry dipshit. It will STOMP your pathetic 8 GB mac machine.

Shove it up your ass, reerun.

Be sure and explain that to the Microcenter employee that's doing this hard work for you.

What I will explain to him is that a literal ****ing moron on the internet recommended I buy a machine half the size of a toaster oven with 8 GB of RAM to replace this build.

And then I'll walk over to the genius bar and kick everyone in the nuts.

Yeah, be sure and explain that you don't know what you need, but you still need them to put it together for you. Alpha move.

I've had the parts picked out on Amazon and Newegg for days, moron. I know what I need.

You know how to show your ass constantly, which is all you do in this thread. You're an arrogant piece of shit.

Now piss off. You wanna troll? There are plenty of other threads for it.

No you didn't. You had DDR4 shit picked out before I pointed out that you should pick something DDR5 instead of DDR4, which you then changed your target. Shall I reference your idiot links? Face it, you're a ****ing beta tard who really knows nothing about computers.

Wrong mother****er. The DDR5 went ON SALE so I BRIEFLY considered it. That deal has ended. YOU had nothing to do with it.

My build is back on DDR4 now.

You're gonna piss off now and stop trolling.

LOL that you would consider DDR4 when DDR5 is availalble.... Does that not say a great deal?

I don't need DDR5 you ****ing idiot. DDR4 is plenty fast and saves me ****ing money. Spending anything more is pointless. It's pissing away money.

Speaking of pissing, you should PISS OFF and stop TROLLING this ****ING THREAD.

Just wanted to point out that your nonsense doesn't apply....

https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comment...speed_you_can/

No. You just want to ****ING TROLL.

That's great that your stupid mac has fast ram. It's an utterly irrelvant and ignorant point for my purposes.

You should now get the **** out.

LOL.. yeah, it's irrelevent.. the fastest RAM is totally overrated...

NO ONE IS SAYING THAT YOU ****ING TROLL.

THE POINT IS:

I need a machine with at LEAST 32 GB of RAM.

Now SELL ME A MAC. GIVE IT TO ME BIG BOY. GIVE ME THE SCREENSHOT WITH THE COMPUTER OF MY DREAMS.

Wow, what a thread

ill build it for you for 100 dollars, no way in hell im paying someone 150 bucks to build my pc.

what sort of warranty do you offer on your work?

None, but the parts would have the warranty on them

Show your work.

If you're a newbie at building a computer, I suggest following some videos from Casey Holzem on youtube. Offers great tutorials for noobs n dummies.

Jesus Christ....like....sigh....

Just when i thought you couldn't be any more of a beta.

PC's go together like legos and you can't figure out some basic cable management shit? Use some ****ing zip ties. The cases have provisions for you to hide the cables on the backside of the case.

Like....dude...????

Like paying someone $150 to velcro and use cable ties for you?

Meh. Just rather not deal with it.

That's money well spent. I have absolutely no interesting in unboxing everything and opening 20 little baggies and losing a ****ing screw under the table and bla bla bla bla.

$150? WELL worth it.

Thats the fun part, to each his own.

The novelty wears off after you've done it a dozen times.

Migrating my existing hard drives, sound card and video card will be PITA enough.

I don't mind tinkering and doing upgrades but I'm done building it from scratch.

7.18
Form Factor Mini-ITX
CPU Intel Core i9-12900k
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
DRAM 2x16GB DDR5-4800
Liquid Cooling Liquid CPU/GPU
Main Storage 2TB NVMe SSD
Secondary Storage None

Motherboard Z690
Operating System Windows 11 Pro
Networking 2.5G Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.0
Power Supply 750W SFX 80 PLUS Platinum
External Connections FRONT: 2x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, Combo Headphone/Mic; REAR: 2x Thunderbolt 4, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Type-A), 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 7.1 Audio, 2.5G Ethernet, 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI

How much you willing to pay for this puppy?

Not a bad system. The RAM is ridiculously slow for DDR5 though. Depending on part brands and other specs, that's about a $2K system.

It's all about means my friend.

I've built probably 1000 PC's. I have the money now to pay somebody else to do it.

Why would I spend what precious little free time I have putting together a PC when I could spend that time USING a PC that's already put together?

I tried a month ago, man. He's a lost cause. :D

You won't NEED 20GB of Ramdisk. You've obviously never used Linux/OpenBSD before.

Even with the means I would still rather do it myself. I've seen way to many prebuilts that were clearly built by someone lazy as hell who didn't give a shit about making sure plugs/components were properly seated, motherboards had all the standoffs installed, or wiring up audio/front IO ports correctly. The people who build these things for companies are hardly experts. I don't know if the Verge still has their guide up for how to build a PC but it was damn near a ****ing meme.

I get it. I'm not suggesting I'd actually have a PC built by Microcenter for $150. I'm just saying that there's elegance (and efficiency) in simplicity.

That's why I have Apple pre-build all of my machines. ;)

lmao you're crazy...ramdisk is still the fastest storage available...if i'm editing it's the perfect place to store large video files, especially if they're 4K

besides that, the mac OS is a total piece of shit. hard pass.

BY THE WAY, any piece of shit macs with a 3060 in them? enlighten me.

If by "piece of shit" you mean "it just works and never has to be rebooted and shit" then yeah, I agree. LOL

Let's go baby. Build me a Mac with 32 GB of RAM and an Nvidia 3060 GTX.

I want to buy TODAY. Link me up you big stud.

I also need 10 TB of hard drive space. Hit me bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This money burning a hole in my pocket.

So you've predetermined what you need for hardware specs without first examining how a new machine will handle your workload? ;)

Yes. Where's my machine? Ready to buy.

I'm clowning you, bro. We all know you're not actually interested in buying a machine that better suits your needs. ;)

Oh no. I'm told the historic performance of the M1 processors, in tandem with Mac's revolutionary operating system will absolutely send my Adobe Premiere performance into light speed.

I am now looking for my dream machine. I ask you to drop a link, or even a screenshot, to my dream machine. Ready to buy. Cash and cock in hand.

He doesn't understand computer architecture in the slightest. Like, who uses RAMdisk these days with NVME drives so cheap and ridiculously fast?

Nor do you, apparently. RAMdisk is still faster, and it's not even ****ing close.

I'll ask you again, you ****ing idiot. Stop trolling this thread with your stupid ****ing mac bullshit.

I run adobe Premiere Pro on a rig i built in 2016. $1600 when i built it. Based on the office Dell Optiplex i bought yesterday, this PC is probably worth $200 in today's market.

I have no issues running Premiere and editing videos on this this '16 model PC. And it's nothing more than a Quad Core AMD FX 8320, 16Gb of ram and a GTX660. Old shit. Runs Premiere just fine with no noticeable issues. /shrug.

IDK man, maybe im just old and not privy to modern computing tech. But ****, i have all these computers both at home and at work that most here would consider heavily out dated toasters and they run whatever i throw at them.

I use both Premiere and Photoshop here at work with dual 26" Samsung Monitors and multiple other programs running at once such as quickbooks, excel etc and the computer never flinches.

My wife, right now, is playing Hogwarts Legacy on Medium/High settings on a computer i built a decade ago that was a freakin' $500 build back THEN.

Idk man....all of this, "i need this" and "it's not enough for what i need" just seems like nerd jargon to me.

Seriously, i just bought off Amazon a refurb'd PC to run my counter register for $183. I7, 16GB of DDR4, 1TB SSD, 500 GB HDD....

It's really, really hard for me to justify spending $1500+ on a computer when this old tech shit will do everything i need it to do for $200.

It's some kind of 21st century dick measuring contest, it seems. Computers are like cars in the 70's. Some people just drove a station wagon because they had 4 kids, 2 dogs, and just needed to get them to the pool.

Not everybody NEEDS a souped up Mustang. In fact, nobody NEEDS a souped up Mustang, they just think they do.

;)

You're off by 1K according to Corsair. Almost pulled the trigger on it until it was 6pm and the sun was still up with April was around the corner.

I'll see her in November.

IDK man, i just feel like, when talking to people "in the know", it would seem like my rigs are heavily outdated and i allegedly need more.

But, ****, idk what i'm suppose to say here. These computers do everything i need with no noticeable issues. Would a newer rig render faster? I guess. But it's not like im sitting here going, "damn, this thing is really slowing me down". Seems snappy to me /shrug. I'm never sitting here waiting and going, "damn this computer just can't handle this". I'm petty much never waiting on my computers.

And i subscribe to the Adobe Cloud. So im running the latest versions of their software.

And then at home, for the past two years ive been inclined to rebuild both mine and my wife's PC's, but when she's over here playing a 2023 title at medium/high settings....?

It just seems silly to me to drop $3K redoing her and my PC's for shit people SAY i need, but in actuality don't need at all.

Maybe i'm ignant. Maybe im totally wrong and have no idea about the micro-seconds i'm missing out on, but it really, really seems to me that the cost of new tech vs the performance of old tech just does not, at all, justify the cost difference in real world application.

But, like i said, WTF do i know. Go ahead, call me stupid. Tell me idk what im talking about, idc.

All i know is i can run Elden Ring on Medium/High on a computer that seems to be worth about $200 in today's market.

Hey, you can run Elden Ring on Ultra on your $2K rig. More power to ya. More money in my pocket though. Modern computer tech seems like a grift to me. /Shrug

You're stupid and don't know your elbow from your asshole.

That was cathartic. Thank you Detoxing.

Glad i could help.

Well of course, according to Corsair who is selling it to you. You could build an equivalent system for ~$2K.

No PC shaming. Mostly just trolling Hammock. If you're happy with the performance, that's all that matters.

I bought my daughter a very nice gaming laptop with a 3060 in it, and showed her how to configure the graphics settings in games. She plays Minecraft windowed taking up 1/2 the screen, zero shits about quality.

To be honest I think I was more pissed off they couldn't add a penny to the price tag to make it easier on my expense tracking.

So I have heard that a gaming laptop is not very good in comparison to a gaming desktop. What are your thoughts on that?

100% true. There's really no such thing as a gaming laptop. A proper gaming system needs calculated sufficient airflow and lots of voltage. Laptops are the exact opposite of that. The laptop versions of the graphics cards are purposely neutered on voltage to prevent overheating. They can run low graphics requirement games OK. But you cannot really run any graphics intensive games as they would compare on an equivalent desktop system. If you want to truly game, you need a decent desktop unit.

I appreciate that very good write up. Thank you. I will probably eventually build one or get one built.

looking at cases - need 2 side mounts for SSDs and mesh front

thoughts?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...47ZXRB66&psc=1

Neon RGB lights on computer cases are for children.

i can take it or leave it, so if you're going to make a case recommendation, that's not a requirement

Just my opinion... Computers are a lot like cars, you pay a premium for something new when something not quite new can be much less expensive and just a few percentage points slower.

I'm looking to build a new computer and I will typically just ignore the latest generation of the hardware. So, if I were to build an AMD system, Ryzen 5600X would be my starting point. For Intel, which I haven't used lately, I would start with their previous generation as well. Video cards, again the same things. Yeah, you lose the ability to upgrade your CPU to the latest and greatest however how often does anyone really do that?

I understand wanting to have the fastest CPU or the best ray-tracing GPU; first person shooters demand a lot of power. Back in the day when I was playing a lot of Quake, I found that I would dial the graphics back a bit so that things were a bit more responsive. The eye candy is great however the mind soon starts to ignore it all. Sitting back looking at the cool graphics just meant I wasn't paying attention to the game and would just die.

In a year, that fancy new hardware is just going to be 'old' anyways... use the money saved to buy something nice for the significant other.

P.S. I skipped most of the shouting back and forth, this is for video editing. SSD drives are much faster than HDD technology and CPU+GPU power along with usable RAM would seem to be an important factor. If I were building a system to run specific software, I would work with the software company to put together a system which their software would utilize effectively.

LMAO this case

https://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductI...101-874-10.jpg

Nearly identical to my DeepCool case from a flow and internal design perspective. Just a mesh front instead of a plastic front. My CPU Package runs at 35 degrees at idle. You'd probably run cooler if you're going with a 12th gen processor as the 13th gens like I have run a little hot.

decided i'm going with one of these...the youtube review was stellar

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That's the other case I considered but I just happened to get a much better deal on the DeepCool at the time and I didn't have to purchase separate fans right away.

You can never have too much airflow through the case. I actually like designs that have fans in the front.

Ive always been partial to the Thermal Take cases. They usually have several options that look good in a modern home/office w/o looking garish and juvenile.

But to each his own.

https://www.thermaltakeusa.com/s300-tg-mid-tower.html

I've tried to look at Thermaltake stuff before but I feel like everything they offer is just a downgraded version of something someone else offers.

That case to me just looks like a carbon copy of CoolerMaster's once very popular CM690/694 case just with worse airflow because they blocked off the entire front of the case for appearance sake. The side vents will let in some air but it's nothing compared to actual front ventilation.

ya'll think we will see price drops after April 18? tax season deals?

For the previous generation stuff you've been posting as builds?

https://imageio.forbes.com/blogs-ima...jpg&width=1200

Probably see some sales around Prime Day in mid July, and then the typical sale season at the end of the year, but the previous gen shit is probably pretty close to bottomed out until its out of stock completely.