[benbristow]

I realise that this might sound privileged/gate-keeping but if you're a developer in 2020 I'd expect you to at least have 8GB of RAM. I'd say it's the minimum you should have for a decent computing experience nowadays. I have 16GB and usually idle around 50% usage with just a general task load. Especially with Windows 10. Not that it's a good thing but it seems to be the way things are going.

1/8th of your memory for your IDE doesn't sound too bad?

I've seen native tools use more.