Is 8GB of RAM Enough In 2018?

[AlexTheGreatish]

The commonly held wisdom is that you can get by with 8GB of RAM, but with how much Chrome and Windows 10 use does this still hold up in 2018?

 

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[emosun]

I suppose it depends how much of a beating your wallet can take and how much you like working extra shifts.

[Guest]

My laptop seems to think so. It was so nice of them to solder it so I wouldn't even have the urge to upgrade.

[MrMcMuffinJr]

Sort answer without watching the video...........NO

 

Edit: solution to the lack of RAM that some people have https://downloadmoreram.com/

 

[Hiitchy]

2 minutes ago, Legendarypoet said:

My laptop seems to think so. It was so nice of them to solder it so I wouldn't even have the urge to upgrade.

It's actually quite the opposite for me. I have a laptop with 12gb of ram unsoldered and I was considering upgrading to 32gb to drive my VM woes but then I'd be broke.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Hiitchy said:

It's actually quite the opposite for me. I have a laptop with 12gb of ram unsoldered and I was considering upgrading to 32gb to drive my VM woes but then I'd be broke.

I know that feeling all too well. In 2017 I bought no less than 240GB of RAM across the the builds I did. Seemed like a ton of money until the recent hardware spikes.

[XR6]

I have 8GB and use Chrome as my main browser and it gets me by fine.

[Windows7ge]

My desktop has 64GB DDR4. Startup alone I'm using around 2~3GB. Opening up, Chrome with a few tabs, Notepad++, Visual Studios, 3D modeling software, LibreOffice, while streaming a video on VLC from my network server memory usage pegs around 6.5GB...yep...

[Thermosman]

I think that 12gb would be the ideal ram size for most people but not many companies make kits that size

[ignaloidas]

And here I sit with petty 2GB of ram. Haven't seen chrome for years. Thank god there is such a thing as Firefox.

[LoganTNZ]

I mean, dont really want to pay the price of a 1050ti just for 16gb

[emosun]

6 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

My desktop has 64GB DDR4. Startup alone I'm using around 2~3GB. Opening up, Chrome with a few tabs, Notepad++, Visual Studios, 3D modeling software, LibreOffice, while streaming a video on VLC from my network server memory usage pegs around 6.5GB...yep...

then try doing something difficult how bout

 

 

[Larssjensen]

About excel, doesn’t the program have a limit of 4 gb of RAM usage?

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

then try doing something difficult how bout

 

 

XPlotter? That'll use as much as you can throw at it.

[Silentprototipe]

And yet I have 8 GB of RAM in both my aging PC and brand new laptop. Its enough to get by comfortably but not the best  

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

XPlotter? That'll use as much as you can throw at it.

so your original comment was what then..... bragging that you use no ram? bragging that you have lots of ram? implying that notepad and vlc are good examples of normal ram usage?

 

I't almost as if you commented without watching the video. ugh. some people here i tell ya

[Murasaki]

I like how this video came out and I upgraded to 16GB last week.

In general ymmv depending on what you do, I survived with 8 gigs for years, now ram eating games in alpha just pushed the boundaries.

[Daniel644]

as someone who regularly has over a 100 tabs in Firefox, no 8GB is not enough

[aezakmi]

32 minutes ago, Legendarypoet said:

My laptop seems to think so. It was so nice of them to solder it so I wouldn't even have the urge to upgrade.

your rig has more RAM than the DOTA 2 NA server

[Thermosman]

Just now, Daniel644 said:

as someone who regularly has over a 100 tabs in Firefox, no 8GB is not enough

do you have an ultrawide monitor? or something

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

so your original comment was what then..... bragging that you use no ram? bragging that you have lots of ram? implying that notepad and vlc are good examples of normal ram usage?

 

I't almost as if you commented without watching the video. ugh. some people here i tell ya

You're right. I didn't watch the video and my point was the average (if not slightly above average) user can still get by fine with 8GB

 

Also, I enjoyed Black Lagoon a lot. Revy was one tough SOB.

[Daniel644]

2 minutes ago, Thermosman said:

do you have an ultrawide monitor? or something

no, thats why I use Firefox and NOT chrome, I can still see enough of the tab to atleast ID the website the tab is

[Thermosman]

1 minute ago, Daniel644 said:

no, thats why I use Firefox and NOT chrome, I can still see enough of the tab to atleast ID the website the tab is

oh yeah, firefox doesn't try to squish them all up there at once, forgot about that

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

your rig has more RAM than the DOTA 2 NA server

Gotta keep Chrome happy.

[DoctorWho1975]

Personally I love my 16gb... I think i would be ok with 12, I think when streaming with OBS is when I hit that 12GB number. I'll check next time i race.