Does 32GB of RAM help with heavy mods in open-world games?

Yes, noticeably. Open-world games are memory hungry, and high-res texture mods can push 16GB to its limit, causing micro-stutter from data swapping to storage. 32GB gives breathing room for massive texture files to stay in fast memory. It’s not a magic bullet—a weak GPU or slow storage will still cause stutters—but for heavy texture mods, it’s the difference between smooth and annoying hitches.