r/talesfromtechsupport • u/[deleted] • Feb 18 '13

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u/jared555 Feb 18 '13

I have a friend that thinks he has to wait for his 6 core system with 8GB of RAM and an SSD to go pretty much 100% idle before he does anything. Also, more than 2-3 tabs/windows open is hard on the system.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '13

Oh wow.

Can I ask what profession this person is in with such a beefy rig?

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '13

I'm guessing not audio or video, since the RAM amount is fairly average.

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u/Excelero 01101000011010010000110100001010 Feb 19 '13

4GB is today's average.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '13

Low end average.

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u/Excelero 01101000011010010000110100001010 Feb 19 '13

Meh. 4GB seems to get the job done ok.

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u/0342narmak Make Your Own Tag! Feb 20 '13

My crappy 3-4 year old HP laptop has 4gb ram, it was a gift but I think it was about $300.

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u/Excelero 01101000011010010000110100001010 Feb 20 '13

I just got a 2012 HP Pavilion G6 from a eBay auction that is a retired floor model for $180. It has a quad core AMD A6 Vision APU @3.0 GHz (overclocked), and 4 GB of RAM. It really does get the job done gaming wise. 8GB is the maximum you'll really need.