# PC Gaming general discussion (Gaming PCs, game sales, news, etc...) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [October 21, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gaming-general-discussion-gaming-pcs-game-sales-news-etc/952885 "2021-10-21T07:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 133
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gaming-general-discussion-gaming-pcs-game-sales-news-etc/952885/133 "2021-11-13T17:30:56Z")
From that other thread… > [@Free PC game and free weekend notification thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-pc-game-and-free-weekend-notification-thread/704513/1128): > > I was advised that more than 16GB of RAM were unnecessary for almost all games now and into the near future, should I really upgrade to more? You don’t really need to, no. I was thinking it would have come down in price, but after googling, adding more memory for you would probably be a three digit number. That is more expensive than I would have bothered recommending. For like $85, sure, but at $150? Probably not worth it. Logic dictates all DDR4 memory like yours and mine is and/or will be dropping in price since DDR5 memory is now a thing in the world that you can buy. With that in mind, I would track down the exact identifying info on your ram and just check prices on PCPartPicker once a month or so. If it drops to a two-digit number, grab it then. The listing says 16 GB (2x8 GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 3600, but it doesn’t say what the latency is. Lower is faster. A quick check showed the CL18 version cost $85, CL16 $120, and CL 14 $150. For context, my $65 gskill ripjaws 5 budget memory is 3200 CL16. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gaming-general-discussion-gaming-pcs-game-sales-news-etc/952885)._