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>My 16-core epyc is running smoothly with 128GB of largely unutilized memory.
I could not imagine such power. Not sure if that should be taken with a grain of salt though as my primary machine was a 32 bit single core Pentium M with 2 GB of ram till 2019. I had access to a more powerful but beat up core duo laptop with 4 GB of ram and remember being impressed with that. My current machine on loan is something more respectable, i7 (albeit a older mobile duel core variant) and 16 GB of ram. Still a few steps down.

>The VR machine has the slowest 2.5" hdd I've ever personally encountered but at 4TB I can just ... download stuff.
Some would scream at you to get a SSD but I think if you can bear the speed it really doesn't matter too much. From a cost standpoint I would definitely much rather have two or three 4TB for backup over paying for a ultra expensive SSD for the same capacity.

> But that's a game I know nothing about so I'm kinda diving off the deep end here.
I know a little from my brother and sometimes peaking at discussions within the fandom but not a whole lot more than you I imagine. From my understanding game is solid and Equestria at War is solid but the modding community otherwise can be a little bit tiresome and drama filled. Going through a cycle of fun goofy mods doubling down on realism and seriousness with some infighting on the side.