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 ## Building High Fidelity
 Note: We are now using Visual Studio 2017 and Qt 5.9.1. If you are upgrading from Visual Studio 2013 and Qt 5.6.2, do a clean uninstall of those versions before going through this guide. 
 
-Note: The prerequisites will require about 10 GB of space on your drive.
+Note: The prerequisites will require about 10 GB of space on your drive. You will also need a system with at least 8GB of main memory.
 
 ### Step 1. Visual Studio 2017