Why? You made a claim that was demonstrably false, about it being very difficult, almost impossible to get 128 gb to run, when it’s just a question of opening the case, inserting the ram, closing the case, turning on the power, and changing the bios settings to use XMP2 to get the most out of it (which I don’t really have to do, but why not, I paid for that extra capability, might as well enjoy it), so you’re the one lacking credibility. Also, if it ever uses the entire 128 gb, you’re heading for trouble - you should always have some extra slack ram.
I’d like to see some support for your claim secondary claim that it will somehow “stress the memory controller”, which is utter nonsense, especially if you’re using matched pairs from the same manufacturer. “Stress the memory controller” … I actually did a search on that term and most people dismiss the claim out of hand, and with some motherboards supporting 8tb or more of ram, the idea of stressing the motherboard is utter nonsense in 2023.
BTW - I’ve run into scenarios when if I was running another process and using MSFS that using only 32 gb of ram would have definitely caused everything to crash. It’s the same situation we saw with video ram - at one time a 15gb card would have been utter nonsense - but that was 20 years ago. And 4k displays were only a dream - and now I’m running an 8k video wall, and waiting for 2 more 4k displays. Times change. Same as I need to look for a pair of 4k webcams - for some uses, anything less is just nonsense nowadays.
Maybe I’m just more up-to-date on what works and what doesn’t because it’s my money I’m spending? Or as Steve Jobs said “Artists ship.” I don’t speculate, I DO, then I report on what works and what doesn’t.
Like I said, if anything over 32 gb (your claim) why did Microsoft ship a developer’s edition of the XBox with 40 gb of ram, instead of just 32 gb? Even Microsoft admits by their actions that 32gb is not always enough, even for MSFS.
And I’ll anticipate your next reply - “That’s not the same thing, that’s for DEVELOPERS.” It’s the same thing - many people are running in developer mode from time to time, and developer mode takes a lot of system resources. So for them, more than 32 gb of ram is a good thing.