windows7 minimum ram..

Matt82 · 27 Jan 2010 at 10:32

hi there.

if i was getting a new laptop (and they all seem to have windows7 now) whats the minimum amount of ram you really need for it to run properly?

Django x2 · 27 Jan 2010 at 10:54

Personally, 2Gb as a minimum, although it does run fine on 1Gb as a plain OS (web browsing and web mail)

pimper · 27 Jan 2010 at 13:04

2GB is the min if ur runnin win 7 x64 if ur only runnin x86 then 1gb maybe fine just for general use but cango upto 2GB if ur gonna be playin sum games

ajstan · 27 Jan 2010 at 13:21

Matt82 said:
hi there.

if i was getting a new laptop (and they all seem to have windows7 now) whats the minimum amount of ram you really need for it to run properly?

2gb is ample to run everything you need

Django x2 · 27 Jan 2010 at 13:54

pimper said:
2GB is the min if ur runnin win 7 x64 if ur only runnin x86 then 1gb maybe fine just for general use but cango upto 2GB if ur gonna be playin sum games

going 64bit will have no bearing on the PC at 1Gb or 2Gb. You could run x64 with 1Gb and see no difference between the 32bit version also running 1Gb

Hoodlum · 27 Jan 2010 at 14:05

2gb for office / web / music use. 4gb for anything more intensive.

theheyes · 27 Jan 2010 at 19:04

For me, 1GB is the absolute minimum really. 2GB is fine. 4GB is better.

I have 2GB in my main machine and the only time I wish for more RAM is when I'm mucking around with VMs.

Ur round next · 28 Jan 2010 at 00:55

Iv just upgraded my packard Bell netbook from 1GB to 2GB runing windows 7 starter

The extra 1GB for me has made playing AVI,s and MP3,s a lot more smoother

Kennysevenfold · 28 Jan 2010 at 01:16

2 minimum, 3/4 is ideal for an "enjoyable" experience using W7

dbmzk1 · 28 Jan 2010 at 01:30

Works good with 1gb but of course is much better with 2-4gb

Ratbag · 28 Jan 2010 at 06:35

I have 1GB in my old desktop PC and 7 runs fine, a lot better than vista with 1GB. Though I don't play games on it.

bledd · 28 Jan 2010 at 08:59

2gb for music/internet/office
4gb for anything else

FoxEye · 28 Jan 2010 at 13:47

bledd. said:
2gb for music/internet/office
4gb for anything else

I'd have to agree.

I took some ram out the other day (to test some old kit I had lying around), and with just 1gb left I noticed a *lot* more disk activity in w7, just browsing the net. Whilst it wasn't unusable, it was annoying.

Pawnless Endgame · 28 Jan 2010 at 13:58

640kb is all you'll ever need :-)

MikeHunt79 · 28 Jan 2010 at 14:09

1.5gb is fine when running it on my netbook.

Priapus · 28 Jan 2010 at 14:30

I have 2GB with my notebook and Windows 7 Ultimate x64. (Soon to go to 4GB) and it is running perfectly fine. :cool:

Phil2008 · 28 Jan 2010 at 14:59

Lucero said:
going 64bit will have no bearing on the PC at 1Gb or 2Gb. You could run x64 with 1Gb and see no difference between the 32bit version also running 1Gb

I read on here ages ago that a 64bt os uses more ram then 32bit os?

bledd · 29 Jan 2010 at 01:17

Lucero said:
going 64bit will have no bearing on the PC at 1Gb or 2Gb. You could run x64 with 1Gb and see no difference between the 32bit version also running 1Gb

Pretty sure that's wrong mate, 64 uses more ram than 32

Zerolimitz · 29 Jan 2010 at 01:21

honestly i would run it with a min of 2Gb

but your best bet would be to stick with 4Gb nowadays that shouldn't be to hard to get.

Hoodlum · 29 Jan 2010 at 01:21

I believe it's (64bit) between a 10-50% increase in ram usage depending on the app in question. In reality it seems to average around 20% (compared to 32bit) more ram used for most things.