@der_bud - According to my system:
tuxic@sid-box:~$ inxi -F
System: Host: sid-box Kernel: 3.15-5.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2
Distro: siduction 13.2.1 December - nox - (201401272149)
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 v: Rev 1.xx
Bios: American Megatrends v: 1503 date: 01/11/2013
CPU: Octa core AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core (-MCP-) cache: 16384 KB
Clock Speeds: 1: 1400 MHz 2: 4000 MHz 3: 1400 MHz 4: 1400 MHz
5: 1400 MHz 6: 1400 MHz 7: 1400 MHz 8: 4000 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]
Display Server: X.Org 1.15.99.904 driver: radeon
Resolution: 1680x1050@59.95hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV770 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.2.3
Audio: Card-1 2x Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV770 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4850/4870]
driver: snd_hda_intelsnd_hda_intel
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: ALSA v: k3.15-5.towo-siduction-amd64
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
mac: *****************
Drives: HDD Total Size: 2120.4GB (20.2% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_840 size: 120.0GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ST31000528AS size: 1000.2GB
ID-3: /dev/sdc model: ST1000DM003 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 41G used: 3.9G (10%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 31.9C mobo: N/A gpu: 75.0,70.5
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 209 Uptime: 6 min Memory: 804.7/7890.5MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.28
Maybe I'm wrong but with 8 Gb of ram , swap si not needed.