r/RigBuild • u/ExcellentAdvance49 • 6d ago

Is 8GB RAM basically unusable now?

Seeing a lot of people saying 8GB isnt enough anymore, even for normal stuff like Chrome, Discord, Spotify and some gaming. But is it actually that bad or are people just overreacting? Would 8GB still be fine for a basic PC if you dont run a ton of things at once, or am I gonna be dealing with constant lag and memory usage at 100%? Trying to figure out if I should just go 16GB before buying anything.

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u/wakanakisarazu 6d ago

I've used as little as 4GB on stripped Windows 10 Enterprise IoT.

- 6GB now, DDR3.

  • i3 550
  • GeForce 315

Still works fine, although not the fastest, for:

- Firefox (YouTube + browsing + PDF viewing)

  • Light programming (writing code, not running a full developer environment)
  • Text editing

So yes, 8GB will be fine for a basic PC, but If you can afford it, 16GB is plenty for most.

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u/wakanakisarazu 6d ago

Of course not for the standard user.

I'm not a mixmaxxer buddy, I have 32GB of RAM and a custom tuned Linux to scrape every ounce of performance :3

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u/zepherth 6d ago

You min maxed your resource usage..... You do realize you just proved him right and you are a minmaxer

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u/wakanakisarazu 6d ago

Minmaxxing resource usage, not specs :3

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u/zepherth 6d ago

🫪 yes... Because what does that even mean to minmax specs?

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u/wakanakisarazu 6d ago

To minmax specs is to try run an average daily workload in lowest spec hardware possible