I'm not missing the point. The author is purely speculating and has no data to backup his claims. Also RAM does not use much power. See here - http://www.build

I'm not missing the point. The author is purely speculating and has no data to backup his claims. Also RAM does not use much power. See here - http://www.buildcomputers.net/power-consumption-of-pc-components.html http://www.buildcomputers.net/power-consumption-of-pc-compon... This is very old data. Newer RAM will use even less