CPU/Mobo When do we add/upgrade RAM?

32gb if more than sufficient!

nightHawk12 said:

Is memory in my current system insufficient? Is it bad to have like 80% memory already occupied most of the time?

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If you feel its bottle-necking then increase it!

simple rule, disable virtual ram and when things start crashing or closing on their own, you need to upgrade. otherwise, no.

I might be wrong on this, but you should get about 30% of RAM free after your "normal" or "routine" apps have opened. If you are left with just 10% free RAM then you must add more RAM.
16GB RAM with 4GB RAM free seems normal. However, 32GB should end ease your worries about ever maxing out RAM.

I have 32gb in my new laptop. I would say get 64gb honestly not even 32gb. 32gb will work ofc for what you need it but 64gigs will just give peace of mine, and futuristic and most imp, that joy when you see your ram usage in taskbar and it will probably be around 20-30% in most cases used.

Free RAM is wasted RAM, the OS's now are smart enough to efficiently manage RAM, prioritizing foreground, high-priority tasks by reallocating memory from background, low-priority tasks as needed. Additionally, operating systems often utilize unused RAM for caching, improving performance by storing frequently accessed data.

You'll notice apps restarting/refreshing when you go back to them, if you are low on RAM. This behavior is normal, as the OS frees up memory for new tasks by evicting less critical data from RAM. The cause minor delays but the system continue to work smoothly.

However if you are doing something weird with your RAM like running lot of VMs or creating a high speed disk drive out of the available RAM, then the above rule doesn't work. In that case you actually need more RAM.

32 gb is plenty fo now unless you are doing high end video editing or animation stuff. i am now idling with chrome open and consuming 10gb ram