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Yes, modern operating systems use free RAM as cache for the HDD. If you have an I/O intensive process, having a large amount of RAM is really helpful.
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Yes, modern operating systems use free RAM as cache for the HDD. If you have an I/O intensive process, having a large amount of RAM is really helpful.