32GB of RAM Overkill for this build?

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I'm building a PC very soon, and I'm trying to find ways to save money right now so I can get this thing faster. I wanted a lot of RAM, and people kept giving me 2x8GB of RAM, and I kept saying "No that's not enough" Now I'm starting to wonder, is 16GB enough for this build, or should I stick with 32GB? My budget was $3600. This build was intended for high overclocking, and being able to Max out games at 1440p. I wanted 2-Way SLI, and I was also going to have 2 monitors, and I already have 1 of them.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($196.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($334.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($759.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($759.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($154.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($489.99 @ Mac Mall)
Total: $3471.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-25 11:16 EDT-0400)

 
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I personally don't know what people do to utilize 32 gb of RAM. I think nearly all games you don't need more than 8gb so I join the masses and say just get 16 gb and keep two DIMM slots free to add more in the future.

Honestly, you could max games out with one 780 ti. If you haven't purchased the second one you could wait until it's a little cheaper and then SLI but the choice is yours.
I personally don't know what people do to utilize 32 gb of RAM. I think nearly all games you don't need more than 8gb so I join the masses and say just get 16 gb and keep two DIMM slots free to add more in the future.

Honestly, you could max games out with one 780 ti. If you haven't purchased the second one you could wait until it's a little cheaper and then SLI but the choice is yours.
 
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lowriderflow

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everyone is telling you not to get 32gb b/c everyone is correct. lol

16gb is fine... in reality, for gaming, you wont even use 8gb!
I'd probly get some faster RAM since your computer is so high end... 2400 should work well

the GPUs are also overkill for 1440p at 60hz. you could save a bundle by switching to 770 4gb gpu's and still max out games at 1440p/60hz.
 

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Alright, thank you! I just always thought more was better. As for the two 780 Ti's, I'm just future proofing my computer for the latter releasing games like The Division, Star Citizen, Dragon Age: Inquisition, etc etc.
 

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8 gb of ram is what a game needs at most, 32 gb is way too much, might as well get a higher clock speed ram which will help more in gaming than the amount of ram. Am I wrong? :p For example maybe get something higher such as 1866 mhz :)
 

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8 gb would work. 16 would be better. Barely using my machine I use over 12 GB of RAM. Personally I just got 32 GB of RAM because that's how I roll. You're not building just an ok machine... you're building a high end machine. I say why not (zoidberg)