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I have 16GB of RAM in my computer but I only use about 7.8 - 7.9GB most days. Looking at task manager, seems like a good 7GB chunk of it is being used as cache to help frequently used programs load faster.
If I were to get another computer that only had 8GB RAM, would it feel noticeably slower, given that it's still an excess over the ~7.8GB or so that I actually use?
In other words, is RAM used as cache significant in making a computer feel snappier? I already have an SSD, if that makes a difference.
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Interested in answer too
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>>18660317
If you are close to 8gb already, your system will spike over it from time to time . You will notice it is worse either way. Can you afford to buy a stick or 2 more? RAM is one of the cheaper parts.
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That depends quite a bit on the system.
Older computer would benefit quite greatly from it. Modern systems, not so much. You wouldn't notice anything more than a few milliseconds difference on a modern platform. I tend to disable prefetching and superfetch.
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>>18660370
I'm getting a ryzen system which only uses DDR4 RAM, for which the prices are inflated due to smartphones using the same RAM and increasing demand. Also, ryzen systems love fast ram, so I'm looking for 3000MHz or better.
As a result of the above, getting 16GB vs 8 would cost me £70 more (about 90 US dollars)
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>>18660317
RAM and cache are two separate things. If you want better performance stop using microsoft shit
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>>18660317
If you have an SSD its gonna be kinda negligible.
Just because Windows is using your RAM as cache doesn't necessarily mean that cache is being utilized or coming in handy, it's just going it because it has nothing better to do with that RAM
So no, it's not going to be a very noticeable difference unless you were actually using programs that use a lot of memory
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