

But compare the 1 and 0.1 lows vs the 12 and 16 GB.
8GB VS 16GB RAM MULTITASKING FREE
Go to the memory tab and take a look at how much is free and on standby. I suggest looking into the Resource Monitor (you can find it using the Start button search). Looking at the kilobytes per second data we see that the 8GB configuration is 11x.

As for gaming, 8GB RAM can deal with most games except those that need a decent graphics card.

If you edit photos, 8GB RAM allows you to edit 10+ photos at one time. If you use a browser, 8GB RAM allows you to open 30+ tabs simultaneously. Submit Build Help/Ready post Submit Troubleshooting post Submit other post New Here? BuildAPC Beginner's Guide Live Chat on Discord Daily Simple Questions threads Also unless you do some rendering or video encoding you wont see much improvement from 8GB to 16GB. With 16GB of RAM the system is still able to produce 9290 MIPS where the 8GB configuration is over 3x slower. If you just do some basic work like editing documents, 8GB is fine and supports multitasking.
