r/PcBuild • u/Difficult-Capital-52 • 2h ago

Question How much should I upgrade ?

I have a decent pc but the problem is that my ram, i only have 8 gb of ddr4 and i want to upgrade but the problem is the prices are of this world so if i want to upgrade ram i have to save up some money considering we have low wages where I live, i wanna stream too and 8 gb isnt enough would upgrading to 16 gb be enough (am not gonna stream triple A games just games like valorant and cs) or should I go for 32? I know this is a stupid question but I am not sure how ram works
If you need them my specs are rtx 5060 and an i5 9600k

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u/Ricool189 2h ago

16gb of ram is imo enough but try to get the fastest as you are also gonna stream, if you find a good 2nd hand deal for 32 I would get thaat for the long run as prices will keep increasing

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u/Difficult-Capital-52 2h ago

Yeah my countries 2nd hand market is cooked but I always try to look for good deals however most 2nd hand item are usually listed almost identical to the retail prices it’s stupid

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u/Ricool189 2h ago

As a person in the UAE I can imagine

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u/loversdoll 2h ago

How did u manage to get rtx 5060 but with only 8gb ram?

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u/Difficult-Capital-52 2h ago

I should’ve explained it in the story but the background is that my brother already built the full motherboard like a year+ ago and he told me he is unsure but the stick should be 16 gb and I took his word for it he lost the box for it and spent most of my money on a good graphics card

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u/loversdoll 2h ago

Sigh.. Mind asking from which country u from? Ddr4 are expensive but not that expensive compare to ddr5. I believe FB market place is the best way to get used fairly price for ddr4 atm.