[Vultra]

It does depend on one's overall usability, both now AND with future happenings.

If you believe 16GB will suffice for many years ahead, stick with It. Having said that, If you're looking at running simultaneous VMs, having enough Ram Is paramount.
Here's mine with 7 VMs running and (not shown), countless active browser tabs.

Spoiler:

One word:
Damn
You have so much operating systems on the left bar.
Can I ask why?

Due to the nature of tasks performed on my VMs, they go down quickly (Infected etc), so by the time I locate, mount and configure the backup VHD, I continue my work on the other(s).

You'll notice that one VM Is my IDS- actively monitoring my network/traffic for potential Intrusions.

Just from reading that, I'm already hooked. Do you build a VM, then clone it?
For your IDS VM, is it running win 10 or?

[mothered]

One word:
Damn
You have so much operating systems on the left bar.
Can I ask why?

Due to the nature of tasks performed on my VMs, they go down quickly (Infected etc), so by the time I locate, mount and configure the backup VHD, I continue my work on the other(s).

You'll notice that one VM Is my IDS- actively monitoring my network/traffic for potential Intrusions.

Just from reading that, I'm already hooked. Do you build a VM, then clone it?
For your IDS VM, is it running win 10 or?

Everything Is configured from scratch- security rules defined, permissions set, threat & Intelligence monitoring, voice-activated alerts (and generated via SMTP gateways) and the list goes on.

The IDS Is CentOS based.

[Vultra]

Due to the nature of tasks performed on my VMs, they go down quickly (Infected etc), so by the time I locate, mount and configure the backup VHD, I continue my work on the other(s).

You'll notice that one VM Is my IDS- actively monitoring my network/traffic for potential Intrusions.

Just from reading that, I'm already hooked. Do you build a VM, then clone it?
For your IDS VM, is it running win 10 or?

Everything Is configured from scratch- security rules defined, permissions set, threat & Intelligence monitoring, voice-activated alerts (and generated via SMTP gateways) and the list goes on.

The IDS Is CentOS based.

I personally love CentOS due to the security it holds then the other OS's.

[mothered]

Just from reading that, I'm already hooked. Do you build a VM, then clone it?
For your IDS VM, is it running win 10 or?

Everything Is configured from scratch- security rules defined, permissions set, threat & Intelligence monitoring, voice-activated alerts (and generated via SMTP gateways) and the list goes on.

The IDS Is CentOS based.

I personally love CentOS due to the security it holds then the other OS's.

Agree.

However, this IDS Is not a straightforward Installation & setup, particularly when It running via a VM. Various network bridges need to be configured, along with mapping IPs (non-routable/Internal/local) and then the fun part of configuring permissions, rules (blacklists & whitelists) etc specific to your network.

[Percent]

9/10 because your processor is way better than my AMD one.

[DragonicRek]

9/10 because your processor is way better than my AMD one.  

What's your CPU?

[singlehandlogic]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TZ2s8Y

The 7700k is delidded and overclocked to 4.98 (rip 5.0 dream)
Got 980ti for 325

this may not be fair but i have nothing to go by other than my windows machine and its rating at 7.8 for overall... and i have a 960 and an i5... so id have to say you are at least an 8.5 idk if thats really a good ballpark though.

[DragonicRek]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TZ2s8Y

The 7700k is delidded and overclocked to 4.98 (rip 5.0 dream)
Got 980ti for 325

this may not be fair but i have nothing to go by other than my windows machine and its rating at 7.8 for overall... and i have a 960 and an i5... so id have to say you are at least an 8.5 idk if thats really a good ballpark though.

Thanks, i5 and 960 is respectable

[singlehandlogic]

Thanks! I kinda wish I went for the extra 100$ for the i7 though, I can cap out or nearly cap out with daily tasks like bf4 and youtube and a few other things going like a hack and some music but i cap out around 80% ... the only time i was pegged to 100% was in benchmarks or hacking with the cpu. I couldnt imagine the 8 core with HT though... omg, that would be so sweet!!! and the gpu... a 980 or 1080 would be a dream!

[mothered]

my windows machine and its rating at 7.8 for overall.

If you're referring to the Windows Experience Index rating, It's not an accurate measure of your overall system performance.

It's best to benchmark your system.