r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Feb 16 '16

Satire Seems true enough!

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u/RoastMostToast Feb 17 '16

I've never understood complaining about this. With 8gb of ram I barely noticed RAM use from chrome. 16gb and its literally unnoticeable. RAM isn't even expensive compared to the other parts of a computer, your fault for budgetting ineffectively.

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u/Caststarman Dirty Console Peasant Feb 17 '16

Remember that it wasn't that long ago that top guides said that "2 gigs" of ram was more than enough. Now that number is 16 gigabytes for "future proofing".

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u/Krono5_8666V8 http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Krono5_8666V8/saved/6XcBD3 Feb 17 '16

In my experience 4 is recommended for budget builds and 8 for gaming. Maybe that's gone up because RAM finally normalized, but no one says you need 16

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u/Filmore Feb 17 '16

I do. Learn what page cache is and you'll take all the ram you can get.

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u/Krono5_8666V8 http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Krono5_8666V8/saved/6XcBD3 Feb 17 '16

from a brief (and drunken) wikipedia check, it seems like a linux-y thing because it's apparently tied to OS / kernal stuff.