8GB RAM vs 16 GB RAM?

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Farsala said:

MajorMalfunction said:

@Farsala Go 16 GB. If you have a game running while, say you were browsing VGchartz, your system will need more than 8 GB of RAM, and system requirements are only going to go up. If you build, you can get a 7600K and 16 GB of RAM and a decent motherboard for 800 CAD. I don't know where you live, so prices may vary. Do you have a PSU/Case? If you do, building is a much better, cheaper offer, esp if you live in the States. Computer parts are generally much cheaper there. I looked it up, and the GTX 1060 is $249 USD. The Intel i5 is also $249, an ASUS Z270-A (MB I got) is only $179 and 16 GB of 2400 RAM is about $190. What's your budget? I got $870 between all the components I mentioned. If it doesn't have to be a laptop, you can get a much better desktop for the same price.

After pages of convincing, I am leaning more to 1060 and 8gb RAM > 1050 and 16gb RAM.

When my 6 year old laptop was fresh I could easily do Vgchartz and game at the same time with a pathetic 460m.

I feel like the 1060 upgrade alone will make all the difference at this point.

As for your numbers you get $870 but that is without OS and SSD or HDD, and I assume other things like cooling and PSU.

I can get this laptop for $855:

Processor

• 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ Quad Core (6MB Cache, up to 3.5 GHz)

Memory

• 8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz; up to 32GB (additional memory sold separately)

Hard Drive

• 256GB Solid State Drive

Video Card

• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5 graphics memory

Display

• 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display

Windows 10 and PSU. As is noted in the Memory part, it seems it would be easy to upgrade to 16GB or even 32GB in the future. It is looking like the best deal for me atm, my budget was going to be $700 but people insisted on the 1060 so this is the next cheapest with 1060.

I'd go with that then. Getting a good PSU cost me $140 CAD. I got my copy of Windows 10 by other means. One thing to add is a hard drive. That's another $80-$100. The only bad thing about laptops is that they need special memory and generally have poorer cooling than a desktop and don't do multiple HDDs usually. If you're interested, a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is $30 USD. It's the best cooler in it's price bracket. One last thing: The 7600K is a 3.8 GHz CPU at stock frequency and can be overclock to 4.5 GHz easily, and the 212 EVO is enough cooling for it. The 1060 is a damn good card though. Hopefully they didn't neuter it in making it a mobile chip. The only thing that will bite you is that laptops generally aren't upgradable besides RAM and sometimes HDD. What I like about having a good desktop is that I can sell parts once it's time to upgrade. If I didn't already give my cousin my old 650W Corsair PSU and CM HAF 922 Case, I'd give it to you.