Do I need additional RAM?

Hello to all,
Though I am not presently facing any trouble while editing, yet I am feeling discomfortable seeing the free space remaining on my 8 GB RAM which sometimes drops to less than 500 GB when I have just my internet and FCPX on. Do I have to go in for additional RAM?
Any guidance in this matter is most welcome.
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