How Much RAM is Needed
For Your Windows 10 PC
Here show the list of RAM support for
Windows 10
1) 16 GB Plus (RAM)
You're deep in the heavy lifting domain now. A
workstation is going to be a do-anything system with more than 16 GB of RAM.
This is the kind of scheme that can operate concurrently various resource-heavy
apps or virtual machines.
Remember that up to 2 TB of RAM will support 64-bit
Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education, while the 64-bit version of Windows
10 Home is limited to only 128 GB.
2) 16 GB (RAM)
Is there a case for RAM over 8 GB?
The time when more than 8 GB of RAM becomes helpful
and begins to pay for itself is when you run a number of resource-heavy apps
concurrently, particularly image or video processing (including 4 K video),
CAD, or 3D modelling.
It's also handy to have more than 8 GB if you make
comprehensive use of virtualization instruments like Microsoft Hyper-V or
VMware Workstation, particularly if you operate various virtual machines at the
same time.
3) 8 GB (RAM)
We're now in the performance area. If you take you
PC seriously, I think this is the new rule. If you buy or build a photo or HD
video editing and rendering machine, or just want a quick system, then 8 GB of
RAM is the minimum you should consider to prevent frustration.
For customers running Creative Cloud applications,
this is the quantity of RAM suggested by Adobe. 8 GB is the minimum quantity of
RAM ships with fresh Macs.
It doesn't cost 8 GB of RAM. Of course, get the OEM
to fit it into a fresh scheme and you're probably paying a premium
(particularly if that OEM is Apple), but it can be under $40 from an
aftermarket provider.
4) 4 GB (RAM)
If you run a 32-bit operating system then you can
only access around 3.2 GB with 4 GB of RAM installed (this is due to memory
constraints). However, you will have full access to the entire 4 GB with a
64-bit operating system.
The performance difference between a 2 GB RAM system
and a 4 GB RAM system is like night and day. The performance boost is well
worth the price even on a 32-bit system that reduces the RAM to a little over 3
GB. Not only does the application run quicker, but you can operate more apps at
the same time, which is very useful when running suites such as Microsoft
Office or Adobe Creative Cloud (say you want to run Microsoft Word and Excel).
5) 2 GB (RAM)
2 GB of RAM for the 64-bit variant of Windows 10 is
the minimum system requirement. You might get away with less, but opportunities
are it will make you yell at your system a bunch of bad words!
With 2 GB, you should be able to do fairly much
everything that a computer can do with your desktop, such as gaming, picture
and video editing, running suites such as Microsoft Office and having a dozen
or so browser tabs open, everything becomes feasible. Of course, the RAM
shortage on your system will be a limiting factor, but 2 GB is enough to do
some true job.
2 GB is also sufficient to run a hardcore suite of
software like Adobe Photoshop (or Adobe says I don't want to attempt it).
In the end, if you have a 2 GB RAM system and it
feels slow, add more RAM! If you can't add more RAM, you won't be able to
accelerate anything else.
6) 1 GB (RAM)
1 GB RAM is the lowest possible system requirement
for Windows 10's 32-bit version, and while I have Windows 10 running on that
much RAM, I don't really suggest it.
1 GB of RAM is sufficient for basic operations such
as web browsing (although you don't expect to operate a browser with dozens of
open tabs), email, word processing, and light image editing.
And even these fundamental duties will be difficult.
Do yourself a favour and if possible avoid 1 GB of RAM.
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