Pc for heavy browsing

[chitranjan]

I have a i7 980x

With 8gb of ram

80 gb ssd

And still my browser (chrome) gets slow down and hangs for 2-3 secs and then suddenly load. And this happens to every tab.

Shall I increase my ram and if yes which ram and how much gb of ram

I am a heavy browser user, I use almost 40 to 50 tabs at a time.

Thanks in advance.

[13CA350]

So you should probably ask linus, but I guess he uses 6gb of ram web browsing? 40 or 50 tabs id recomend 16 gb

 

It could be your internet though

[Member]

MOAR RAM! 

 

Upgrade to 16 GB.

[Enflics]

With 50-60 tabs I'd suggest 16GB's

[Squabba]

It might be the memory but 8GB should be fine even for that many tabs. I use a lot all the time and no problems with 8GB.

[chitranjan]

So you should probably ask linus, but I guess he uses 6gb of ram web browsing? 40 or 50 tabs id recomend 16 gb

It could be your internet though

I have a 4mbps connection, Internet is not the problem.

[chitranjan]

It might be the memory but 8GB should be fine even for that many tabs. I use a lot all the time and no problems with 8GB.

That is what I am unable to understand, I used to browse fine but now a days I don't know what is going on.

[ReadyToGame]

Have you cleared your cache recently? If not, that could be your issue. You need to completely wipe your Google Chrome cache. If you haven't, I'll give you a quick tip. @chitranjan

[CoolaxGaming]

I have a 4mbps connection, Internet is not the problem.

4? Then it might, cause I had problems with 4. Now with 60mbps im rocking it

[DarkEnergy]

The question is, are you using up your memory? If so then the answer should be obvious. 

[Guest DollarPC]

32Gigs

and more storage spacce

[iPhoenix]

Before you go out and buy hardware, try another browser. Opera and Firefox have been known to use MUCH less ram than Chrome does. 

[GoodBytes]

Before you go out and buy hardware, try another browser. Opera and Firefox have been known to use MUCH less ram than Chrome does. 

I agree. Opera has also a reputation of being good with slow internet as well.

[awesomes8wc3]

Stop using chrome. Get more memory.

I have >300 tabs open concurrently and I use over 24gb

[chitranjan]

Stop using chrome. Get more memory.

I have >300 tabs open concurrently and I use over 24gb

What's the limit after which adding ram to the system won't help browser.

[awesomes8wc3]

What's the limit after which adding ram to the system won't help browser.

Depends on your browsing habits, really there is no limit, the more RAM the more tabs you can have without it exploding.

[chitranjan]

Depends on your browsing habits, really there is no limit, the more RAM the more tabs you can have without it exploding.

But linus made a video where 64 gb ram was not utilized properly by many softwares.

Will chrome also do that or will it use all of that ram.

[awesomes8wc3]

But linus made a video where 64 gb ram was not utilized properly by many softwares.

Will chrome also do that or will it use all of that ram.

if its a 64-bit app then it probably will. i don't know if chrome does, but opera 64 does and waterfox does.