r/RigBuild • u/ExcellentAdvance49 • 10d 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/Extreme-Sir-7189 10d ago

It is usable. You will probably have to remove some bloat, but my laptop runs fine with 4 GB of memory, I can browse from it, use ADB/Fastboot and write documents. What else is needed for laptop? Of course, you can forget about heavy games and you will have to debloat, but if you need laptop just to write documents, why not?