# Should I Upgrade To 16GB RAM?

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**Created:** [March 25, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/should-i-upgrade-to-16gb-ram/25354 "2015-03-25T07:09:48Z")\
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Having at least 16GB RAM seems to be the prevailing wisdom on this site.

Does anyone have any links to the benefits of this? Epic’s recommended hobbyist specs are a minimum of 8GB RAM (although their workstation spec is 32GB RAM).

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