is 8GB enough for video editing or gaming while playing youtube videos and tabs open

[zebo]

so im gonna run new games and since i missed the awesome sale of 16GB for $58 now i need some other ram butt should i get one stick of 8gb or 12gb. and ill be playing a game while watching youtube or video editing but what about playing games hile video editing (it seems like a over stretch).

[connorpiper]

You will only really have problems when doing the editing and and games. I think 12GB (3x 4GB) would be the best for that. 

[Samfisher]

8GB? Nope.  With just Chrome open I'm left with 2GB left which is pushing it these days for games.  Thinking of getting a 16GB kit soon.

[connorpiper]

8GB? Nope.  With just Chrome open I'm left with 2GB left which is pushing it these days for games.  Thinking of getting a 16GB kit soon.

 

Then stop using Chrome, because it is a RAM hog.

[Geekazoid]

so im gonna run new games and since i missed the awesome sale of 16GB for $58 now i need some other ram butt should i get one stick of 8gb or 12gb. and ill be playing a game while watching youtube or video editing but what about playing games hile video editing (it seems like a over stretch).

Well, 16GB is pretty much the standard these days or at least the second standard. I have had trouble myself wondering as to whether or not I should go with 16GB or 8GB with my planned videography build, but I've petty much decided upon going with the 16GB because applications, amongst other things, are becoming increasingly RAM/memory hungry these days and I think 16GB is the sweet spot TBH.

I hope that helps.

[Samfisher]

Then stop using Chrome, because it is a RAM hog.

 

Firefox on the other hand is a CPU hog.  There's no win win situation so I just close all browsers when gaming.

[connorpiper]

Firefox on the other hand is a CPU hog.  There's no win win situation so I just close all browsers when gaming.

 

Opera? IE 11? 

[brandishwar]

Well, 16GB is pretty much the standard these days or at least the second standard. I have had trouble myself wondering as to whether or not I should go with 16GB or 8GB with my planned videography build, but I've petty much decided upon going with the 16GB because applications, amongst other things, are becoming increasingly RAM/memory hungry these days and I think 16GB is the sweet spot TBH.

I hope that helps.

 

In a previous thread, there was someone wanting to budget for a video and photo editing build, and I started by saying to budget for 16GB of RAM first, then decide on processor and mainboard after that, because memory will always be more important in that circumstance. I've said the same to engineering colleagues who are building a computer as well for home usage to code at home -- start with memory then go from there. A super fast processor doesn't mean jack if you're choking off your system with a poor amount of memory. On my engineering laptop for work, I have 8GB, but my next laptop will have 16GB and I'm really wanting that to happen now and not in a couple weeks when it's expected because I can't run everything I need to simultaneously without slowing my computer to a crawl.

[Dredgy]

For any serious work, 8GB will not suffice.

It will get the job done, so if you're only editing every other month, it will be alright. But if you edit regularly, you will soon get very frustrated. 16GB would be my bare minimum, but it's still very easy to push the limit of that. Then again, it depends on how many layers and effects are going into your composition, the resolution of the video and the format it's in.

I use 64GB now and it's very rare - though not unheard of - that I come across RAM limitations.

I would recommend 16Gb (2x 8Gb sticks) and be ready to upgrade to 32 if you need it.

For gaming, 16 will cover everything and then some.