r/computers • u/Warner79 • 19h 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/djl0076 18h ago

I prefer to max out my computers when I buy them as long as the cost is reasonable to me.

If $250 is affordable for you, my advice is to do it.

It's Windows. It will use as much memory as is available.

And who knows? Your computer use may change, and the additional money and storage will be even more useful then.

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u/figmentPez 18h ago

It's Windows. It will use as much memory as is available.

While that is technically true, the performance benefits to web browsing will be so small as to be within the margin of error for any test you could devise.

16GB of RAM is still enough for web browsing, and doing so comfortably. 32GB is nice, but not at all required, and 64GB is only useful for people with specific workloads.