Generally a good idea about closing down browsers and other memory hog apps, but in my experience the DX11 WoD client definitely takes up notably more RAM than previously. I used to be able to box MoP on 8GB but I find myself getting the Low Memory warnings on 12GB now. YMMV...
Example: after about 10 minutes of the portal quest, they're already creeping up to 1.2GB each from ~1MB at launch:
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