Is it safe to reduce the number of CPU cores and the amount of RAM configured by default for the Whonix Gateway?

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Hello guys

Is it safe to reduce the number of CPU cores and the amount of RAM configured by default for the Whonix Gateway?

I have an XPS 15 I bought last year with an i5 8th generation and 8GB of RAM on a solid state drive and onboard GPU.

My operating system is Windows 10 (fresh instal / zero problems).
I am using the latest version of Wonix Gateway + Workstation for Virtual Box (fresh instal / zero problems).

However, since I installed the newest version of Whonix I have been experiencing freezes and overload in CPU usage.

I had never experienced these problems with previous versions so I decided to check what was going on.

At that point I discovered that the new Whonix Gateway is configured by default to use 3 colors of my CPU and 1920MB of memory.

But I only use Whonix Gateway to disguise my ip. It even stay most of his time minimized. That way I don’t understand why it requires such high specifications by default.

So my main question is:
It is SAFE to go to the virtual machine settings in the Virtual Box interface and change the settings to 1 core CPU and 256 RAM.

Can this type of change cause some internal ‘break’ in Whonix Gatewat and decrease its effectiveness in camouflaging my IP?

Thank you!

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Won’t break routing traffic over Tor. Worst case in theory would be to not route any traffic at all. Zero connectivity. Or slow speed.

Safe. During upgrades (as in apt dist-upgrade) more RAM may be required. (512 MB)

Dev/Gateway - Whonix

We have a lot reports of people having issues on Windows 10 hosts which had no issues once they used a Debian based host such as this one:
Gateway startup Error: Not Syncing: no working init found - #13 by BlueDevil

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Thank you so much @Patrick
We are very grateful for your dedication and your work!