How Much RAM Do You ACTUALLY Need? (2020)

How Much RAM Do You ACTUALLY Need? (2020)

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What’s a good amount of RAM for your PC and graphics card?

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50 Comments

  1. Abdullah ARI on January 21, 2022 at 4:37 pm

    I’m happy with my 12 gb ram.



  2. Megahex on January 21, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    8gb is enough as i play minecraft and roblox which gives me a smooth experience not much of lag it gives me about 90-100 fps which is way enough if ur even recording



  3. J A M on January 21, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    Okay I’m so dumb. Bcuz I just got a desktop for XMAS. I don’t play games at all on desktops.
    But I do browse, use Chrome, do homework and use TEAMS for work a lot.

    Will a 8GB be good for me??? Thank you.



  4. Jaren Cascino on January 21, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    I have 4gb and that’s fine.

    I don’t use windows though



  5. Dr Dust on January 21, 2022 at 4:41 pm

    Bruh I thought my laptop was good with 4 gigs apparently I have a pinky finger of a laptop



  6. John Robinson on January 21, 2022 at 4:41 pm

    My 2015-era Lenovo Tiny has 8GB and when I monitor RAM usage, it easily goes over 5GB if several windows are open. 8GB is really the minimum for smooth running.



  7. Jordan Vernon on January 21, 2022 at 4:42 pm

    Min requirement
    4gb 1080
    6gb 1440
    8gb 4k



  8. Colderdose on January 21, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    Dude Im watching this Video because I need a laptop for Virtualization and some Networking because Im moving and cant take my rig and you legitimately reminded me to cancel my gym membership before I leave tomorrow. Legend



  9. TableTopToast23 on January 21, 2022 at 4:45 pm

    I have 16 gigs of ram.



  10. Wann2r on January 21, 2022 at 4:46 pm

    i have 10gb of ram lol



  11. Morning Glory on January 21, 2022 at 4:46 pm

    One thing I didn’t know is how the ranks of memory can actually negatively impact your games. I had 4 sticks of duel rank memory at 64!gigs and it actually crashed my games. When I removed two sticks everything worked fine. So, for me, having 64 gigs was actually too much



  12. NicolaiLevashovBooks · KenFM on January 21, 2022 at 4:47 pm

    1:39 Armenian flag 😅 🇦🇲



  13. Spots Corner on January 21, 2022 at 4:48 pm

    I was a master at stuffing all the startups into that leftover upper memory space…



  14. ABIGUS on January 21, 2022 at 4:51 pm

    4gb for windows 11



  15. Lol on January 21, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    It’s painass if you’re a windows user that still thinks that Chrome is the fastest browser and going for 4GB. You definitely don’t want that, huh.



  16. rdkay on January 21, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    2:08 "Many motherboards have 2 ram slots"
    Me with one: "Why is my computer so slow?"



  17. Eve on January 21, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    I got 32gb of ram in my pc because…well idk I’m bad with money.



  18. Zeek M on January 21, 2022 at 4:56 pm

    It’s not about what I need Lambo, it’s about what the computer needs.
    The computer is happy if I stick in 64GB of DDR4 3200 cl 14 G.Skills Trident Z B-Die.



  19. nitrorift on January 21, 2022 at 4:58 pm

    16 is fine



  20. BwieBannerlord on January 21, 2022 at 4:58 pm

    Always remember to download more ram for free if needed



  21. Zsh on January 21, 2022 at 5:01 pm

    bad video to be a gamer you need atleast 64 gig



  22. Lilies Sims on January 21, 2022 at 5:02 pm

    I just want to play the sims 4 with 10 packs and custom content



  23. RillFX Gaming on January 21, 2022 at 5:02 pm

    Cut me some slack I have one stick of ram 8GB and 8GB in my amd 580 carf



  24. angelo the rascal on January 21, 2022 at 5:04 pm

    I have 4gb planning on upgrading to 8gb



  25. biswajit tripathy on January 21, 2022 at 5:05 pm

    Can I use 1stick 4Gb single rank and 1stick 16GB dual rank on Dell G5 Ryzen 5 4600h?



  26. Andrew Yu on January 21, 2022 at 5:06 pm

    512 megabytes



  27. Seal on January 21, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    i just have corsair 16gb rgb ram its good also not to expensive like $120



  28. Mr Bardel on January 21, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    i prefer to have 4 x 4 whit higher speed .



  29. LazorEffect on January 21, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    4 gb- be ready to struggle
    8 gb- good but not amazing
    16 gb- the sweet spot for gaming
    32 gb- multitasking/intense editing all at once
    64 gb- overkill



  30. reid Harrington on January 21, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    What’s the weccomended amount of detototaded wam I shud havfr server?



  31. SA158 Playz on January 21, 2022 at 5:09 pm

    Thanks Techquickie. I now know what I require for my RAM so I can game pretty easily (8GB RAM should do me fine!)



  32. Duy Ngô on January 21, 2022 at 5:11 pm

    Hello. I have nitro acer 5 wwith i5 11th, rtx 3050 4gb, 8gb Ram. I play Rise of the tomb rider when change view with max setting its lagging. But Frame alway more than 50fps. Wwhat exactly happan to me ?



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  34. Jon Are Sættem on January 21, 2022 at 5:12 pm

    you need to update this info to 2021. i have 3 monitors, a Samsung Oddysey G9 and 2 G3s. i have discord on one screen and chrome and twitch streams etc on the other. Currently have 2 8gb of Corsair 3600hz and i just bought 2 more. got a ryzen 9 5900X 12 core.



  35. Maarten S on January 21, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    That moment when overwatch was still relevant and used as B roll.



  36. Siddhant Mashalkar on January 21, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    640K-64MB is enough for me to do basic MS/PC-DOS , or Windows GUI tasks
    4GB is enough for basic tasks, that is amount of ram my 2in1 laptop has
    8GB is good for basic gaming, basic streaming and basic tasks
    16GB is best choice for gaming and streaming
    32GB or higher is overkill



  37. Fershnibbity on January 21, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    "You don’t have to, but you can"
    Let me rephrase this for you, Linus – YOU MUST.



  38. TastyBrownie on January 21, 2022 at 5:16 pm

    I like to have 32 GB for Win 11 and 32 GB for running multiple Virtual Machines with multiple instances of Linux simultaneously. I also like to keep all that running so that I never have to take a few mins to get everything up and running. My laptop can have everything that I am currently working on running in the background while I am on the task at hand.



  39. Rfly - Robert Rypuła on January 21, 2022 at 5:19 pm

    What is the game name at 1:29?



  40. RonkoDDR on January 21, 2022 at 5:21 pm

    4:07 !!
    🙂 hehehe



  41. u Ok on January 21, 2022 at 5:23 pm

    How can i contact you i need you to make video for me? Please reply?



  42. Samuel Jensen on January 21, 2022 at 5:23 pm

    How much RAM do I need for editing 1080p video?



  43. dave fromIowa on January 21, 2022 at 5:26 pm

    i HAVE A HP DESKTOP VS0921 , CAN THIS BE UPGRADED , AND IF SO SHOULD I AND WHAT SHOULD I UPGRADE



  44. 88Proud_Eldian88 on January 21, 2022 at 5:26 pm

    But i have 6gigs of ram on my fujitsu ah531,i5 2400M 2.30 Mhz laptop,is that enough?🤔



  45. issa dreko on January 21, 2022 at 5:28 pm

    Good thing I have 64GB



  46. Madcato YT on January 21, 2022 at 5:29 pm

    So, is it good if I use 8gb gaming ram dual channel and then and the 8 gb dual channel with normal ram?



  47. SlabAllStarz #ChoppedAndScrewed on January 21, 2022 at 5:31 pm

    I Upgraded My LAPTOP To 32GB Today
    I produce music and also Game/Stream



  48. X on January 21, 2022 at 5:31 pm

    Ram is so cheap right now I bought 32gb just cuz



  49. D Kat on January 21, 2022 at 5:33 pm

    This needs a redo 16 vs 32 in Nov 2021



  50. Akhoon Faheem on January 21, 2022 at 5:33 pm

    He is fooling people i download as much as i want from playstore