How much RAM are you having in your build.? If you ask me. First of all i am not a Gamer or graphics designer for instance Photoshop. I am using my build that has only 8GB DDR3. Using it for listening to music, and web surfing with Chrome.
I reckon 8GB RAM is about right these days, even if you don't need it it's nice to have some headroom.
I've got 8GB in my main laptop, as I have many programs installed and always have around 20+ tabs open in my browser. I went from having 4GB of RAM to 6GB, but found that 6GB wasn't quite enough. On the laptop I use when DJing I just have 4GB of RAM, as that really is more than enough is you're not doing too much at once.
I would say 8 to 16GB of RAM is about the norm for today. I have 2 Laptops and both have 16GB of RAM and I have Multiple VM's running at the same time so the extra RAM comes in handy for that reason.
Good thing RAM sticks are easy to install and remove, you can experiment. Eight gigabytes is the "ideal minimum" I think This machine has two 8gb DDR4 dual channel Ballistix modules @ 2400mHz, more than enough to do whatever needs doing, with nice headroom for future expansion.
I have 16 GB installed. I don't need it for regular usage but it's great when I start virtual machines. I also use it for RamDisk. 8 GB seems fine to me, for your usage scenario.
I agree with this. But it really depends on what you do. If all you do is surf the net, update Facebook, check your email, 4GB is probably plenty as long as you have a 64-bit OS to take advantage of the full 4GB. A nice graphics card will go a long ways for over all performance too - as there's no stealing... err... ummm... "sharing" of system RAM when you have a card installed. Then a SSD will top it off.
IMO 8 is minimum I would go now days. Like mentioned above a little extra in reserve is always a good thing you never know what future programs will be installed.
Yep. SSD goes a long way. Forgotten to mention watching HD vid. They don't eat-up much RAM, unlike Games. Also browser extensions could be a little RAM huge as well.
Yes! Provided that your used and elderly motherboard is intact and your last BIOS update was considerably later than the year 2012. Everything must cook in the same pot! Has anyone noticed with their own eyes a bona fide improvement in performance when upgrading the RAM's specs in Windows 10 AE specifically? Actually, in any Windows.
I think a good way to figure it out is to open Task Manager and look at the memory usage in the performance tab. You can easily see how much ram is being used there and how close the committed amount is to the total installed. I also have 8 gigs and typically have just under 5 gigs committed; that leaves enough free to avoid swapping.
Dam. That's a lot of shared memory with Intel HD Graphics 3000. If you would ask me. Have Intel HD 4600 Chipset and it's uses 13 MB of shared memory.
I have 16GB and I've never seen Linux use half, even with multiple VMs running. Qubes I've seen break 8GB though. My mobo on this laptop is capped at 2 slots and I think only capable of registering 16GB, so I'll have to make due
1.6-1.7 GB is the maximum graphics memory that the integrated Intel system can use. In normal operation it doesn´t uses that amount. And 13 MB can be the integrated graphics memory in the CPU chip.
Need for what? This is such a broad question and concept, the answer can be anything between 4 GB and 1 TB. That said, I try to have my casual boxes 4-8 GB, my production boxes 16+ GB. Mrk
In the good old days. It's being said that 32 bit OS the max amount of RAM it could suport is 4GB. So how come the OS would report 3.2 GB and not full 4 GB with dedicated GPU. Maybe XP was using it as reserved to paging?.
My main laptop running Windows 10 only has integrated Intel HD graphics, and Windows shows that all 8GB of RAM is uable.
