By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-05-05 04:21:00
Summary
- Microsoft called 16GB a practical baseline, 32GB the ‘no worries’ upgrade for gaming PCs
- Gamers balked – many mocked, advising spending hundreds more on RAM.
- Microsoft removed the article after backlash; no Wayback snapshot preserved.
How much RAM does a gaming PC need? I would say it’s a ‘how long is a piece of string question, but there really is a limit on the minimum amount of RAM you can use when gaming. It’s just that you’ll likely get different answers depending on who you ask and their tolerance for performance issues.
Microsoft made its own stance clear: that it believed that 16GB was the starting point,…
