Old Hardware: upgrade memory to 32 GB still worth it?

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Hi everyone,

I need some advice. I am using my old hardware to run Truenas Scale Dragonfish-24.04.2.2 as a homeserver.

Specs as follows
AsRock B250M Pro with i5-7400
DDR4 2x 8GB Kingston Fury
Fujitsu PSAS D3327-A12 (flashed)
including 6x HDD and 2x SSD

Apart from shares the system runs a media server and one vm.

My question: Should I upgrade my memory to 32 GB? is it worth it? Or should I invest the roundabout 50 bucks rather elsewhere? What do you think?

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IMHO, yes. It will provide better performance, and RAM to run apps and allocate to VMs/docker containers.

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It depends on what vm you are running and if you are short on memory. You can take a look at your Swap space usage. If it reports no usage then you have not run out of RAM. If you see any routine use, then adding RAM is a good thing and I’d say a must.

With that said, adding a little more RAM allows you more freedom to do a little more if desired.

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IMHO, having pay last 2x8gb ddr4 literally 16€… Absolutely yes.

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Seems my CPU is only good for dual channel though. I think, I have to buy a new 2x 16GB Kit.

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if you put 4x8gb, they run in dual channel as 2x8gb.
What you shoud avoid is put 4 stick with double density (sorry, prob the wrong name, but i don’t know how usually is in english :grin: ), because depending on mainboard they can be rejected.
If your actual kit is 1rx8, with another similar kit you shoud be fine

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Thanks for the feedback everyone! I went for a 32 GB Kit I found in the QVL list.

I read about compatibility issues running two 16GB kits on this board. Since this is my home NAS it’s better to be safe than sorry. :sunny:

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