Chrome shows Aw Snap not enough memory with one tab open

Worth checking it isn't the 32-bit version. Go to chrome://settings/help - it should say (64-bit) after the version number. The 32-bit one runs out of memory way earlier. If it says 32-bit, download Chrome again from Google and install over the top, your profile stays. Low free space on C: can cause it as well.

with one tab open it's almost never actually your RAM. Press Shift+Esc inside Chrome to open its own task manager and look at what's eating memory - nine times out of ten it's an extension, not the page. Things to try in order: - turn off all extensions (three dots > Extensions > Manage extensions) and see if it stops - Settings > System, switch off "Use graphics acceleration when available" and relaunch - make sure Chrome is fully updated - try a fresh profile, if that works fine your old profile is corrupt Some antivirus suites that inject into the browser also trigger this. Which one are you running?