“Should I add 2 more sticks of RAM to my PC if I already have 32GB of RAM?”

(Answer requested by Alejandro Calle)

For any “should I add more RAM?” questions, regardless of the amount, let Windows’ Task Manager be your guide.

• Open Task Manager (info), select More Details, and then open the Performance tab. Position the Task Manager window so it’s out of the way, but visible.
  
• Use your PC normally for several days, and watch the Memory graph.

The graph will fluctuate a lot, but if it mostly looks something like this…

… you don’t need more RAM.

But if it routinely looks something like this…

… then yes, you might be able to productively use additional RAM.

I have a 32GB system (the above graphs are from my own PC), and although I can still max out the RAM once or twice a month in routine use, that’s an unusual circumstance related to a few specific tasks that most people never encounter. Most of the time my Memory graph looks like the first one; meaning that adding more RAM mostly wouldn’t help me.

Unless you’re also doing nonstandard stuff with your PC, odds are you won’t see a lot of benefit from adding RAM above 32GB — that’s a lot of RAM! But you don’t have to guess: Task Manager can tell you for certain.

More RAM info here.

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