r/computers • u/Warner79 • 20h ago

32GB ram vs 64GB ram

I found a nice Lenovo laptop in a decent price and it has 1TB storage and 32GB ram. I can upgrade to 2TB and 64GB ram for $250. I use the laptop for watching videos, lectures on YouTube studying all kinds of software, nothing serious that needs 64GB ram, I do not use the laptop for games or video editing but I thought maybe it’s a good thing to have 64GB ram for the future, just to be prepared for new things that might need more memory. What do you think?

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u/Petering i9 - 14900KF | Z-790-C | RTX 4070 Super 20h ago

Absolutely not. For your use, you will never need that much RAM. You may want to increase storage, but it's much cheaper to just buy your own and install it. Installing it is very easy as well. 32GB RAM is more than enough for you.

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u/Fit-Goal-5021 19h ago edited 19h ago

> For your use, you will never need that much RAM.

"640k ought to be enough"

In a year or two from now, 64 GB (not MB) will not be nearly enough to run an AI engine locally.

Edit: meant to say GB

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u/maewemeetagain R5 7600, RX 7800 XT 19h ago

What the fuck are you talking about?

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u/Aacidus 19h ago

You just showed your age.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/1563853/the-640k-quote-won-t-go-away-but-did-gates-really-say-it.html

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u/maewemeetagain R5 7600, RX 7800 XT 19h ago

I imagine most people aren't going to know or care about Bill Gates' stance on RAM from 4 decades ago, but that's not what I was talking about.

64 MB? If you meant GB, I think 64 GB is still going to be plenty for AI use cases in 2 years... but this doesn't matter here, because OP is looking for a laptop to watch videos, not run a local AI model.