A bit of history

Around 8 years ago, I upgraded my computer. That time, I went for a budget build, and buying 16 Gb of memory was quite adequate and very reasonable. But around the end of 2024, 16 Gb became a huge pain.

I typically use 2 browsers: one for serious stuff like banking, and the second one for entertainment. Both browsers had many tabs open, and together they consumed a crazy amount of memory. Many times I’ve seen 8 Gb or more memory usage just for 2 browsers combined. Add Windows, any tasks I started, and you will probably understand that my computer was constantly swapping memory back and forth.

And after that story, I left