Can too little Random Access Memory in your computer make your browser crash?

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I am running with only 6 gigs of Ram in my computer. I have room to upgrade. The reason I am asking this question is because just yesterday, after a Windows 10 upgrade, I was online and browsing using my favorite internet web browser, SeaMonkey and that browser crashed. I reopened it and closed an open tab, as I run the browser with approx. 14 open tabs 24/7. Is having all those open tabs a problem? I haven't really had a crashed browser issue for months until just yesterday, after a Windows 10 update. I am a Windows Insider and get some of the builds also, so that might be relevant to this issue as well. I have been reluctant to try to install a 4 gig chip because another 4 gig chip was fried during a power surge, when the power turned back on after a storm caused a blackout that lasted about an hour. The system was still plugged in and the surge protector should have done it's job, but after I discovered the system worked only when I found and removed the fried 4 gig chip, I realize that there might be a problem at the point of chip insertion. On the motherboard itself, perhaps a circuit on the mother board is also damaged although I have been running my system on only 6 remaining gigs of ram. What I a asking is, should I go get another new 4 gig ram chip and put it in and risk it? Is there any possible risk to just trying to do this with a new chip? Just want to get some feed back from a tech savvy person who has experience with replacing RAM chips in a desktop computer system. YouTube instructions video to add memory to your desktop computer