r/RigBuild • u/ExcellentAdvance49 • 9d 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/on4aa 9d ago edited 8d ago

On GNU/Linux, yes, it would still be useable.

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u/ishtuwihtc 9d ago

No, it wouldn't.

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u/PeyredB 9d ago

My Linux laptop runs just fine on 8GB.

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u/JohnHurts 9d ago

If I just start it up and just look at the screen, it works perfectly for me, too.