# Ram question **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [September 21, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930 "2021-09-21T10:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bantoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@bantoot](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bantoot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930/1 "2021-09-21T10:31:02Z")
I would like to know how much ram is needed to run Plex. Currently have a 12 ram unit. But need too buy another. So please tell me how much ram you have. Thank in advance ---
**Author:** ![dduke2104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@dduke2104](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dduke2104)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930/2 "2021-09-21T13:12:41Z")
12 GB of RAM should be plenty for Windows PMS assuming you aren’t trying to run a lot of other apps as the same time. Any 32-bit app can nominally address 2GB though some Windows 32-bit apps can possibly 4GB though I don’t know if Windows PMS uses that “large address space” option. ---
**Author:** ![enduser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/enduser/32/3723_2.png) [@enduser](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enduser)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930/3 "2021-09-21T14:20:44Z")
For consideration: I create a RAM disk for transcoding to aid with performance and spare my SSD. While the performance difference is negligible, stacking those tweaks make a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Blkbyrd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/blkbyrd/32/251758_2.png) [@Blkbyrd](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Blkbyrd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930/4 "2021-09-21T14:23:50Z")
Plex is fairly RAM light. I run my Plex Media Server on a NAS that has 8GB of RAM in it and have never had Plex exceed about 1GB of RAM usage even with 5-6 concurrent streams going. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930/5 "2021-09-21T14:35:17Z")
If we are talking about a new Windows computer, go with at least 8 GB RAM by default. If you are planning to primarily use 4K “Remux” rips or want to use software RAID or “disc pooling”, you want to go with 16 GB. ---
**Author:** ![Joe4992](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Joe4992](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Joe4992)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930/6 "2021-09-22T04:26:19Z")
I have 24 GB of ram for my server but Plex itself uses maybe 2-3 GB and that’s it. It uses more the more users are watching at once. I run my security camera Blue Iris software on the same server and that thing takes up 10 GB easily. ---
**Author:** ![bantoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@bantoot](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bantoot)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930/7 "2021-09-22T07:08:06Z")
Thanks all for the help ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ram-question/744930/8 "2021-12-21T07:08:29Z")
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