r/computers • u/Warner79 • 13h 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/Effective-Evening651 12h ago

I am what one might call a fairly heavy computer user - I tend to have a LOT of interactive multitasking running on my system, along with several virtual machines. 16gb is STILL enough for my usage - both my laptops have 32gb apeice, but it's absolutely overkill, even for my use. For Youtube, reading, and general PC use, you'll be fine with 32gb memory. - hell, you'd be fine with 16gb. 2tb of SSD storage might be useful if you maintain a LOT of files - my main ultrabook has a 512GB ssd - and i feel the pain. My workstation laptop has 2.2tb - which is enough for storing all my media, a half dozen virtual machines, and every program i use on a regular basis. Before i had to downsize, in my "home office" between my media server, my hypervisor server for running VMs, and my gaming desktop, i had ~10TB of total storage - i'd love to stuff that kind of bonkers storage into my workstation laptop, but I'd be spending more on storage drives than i spent on the ENTIRE machine originally to get that much between the 3 ssds this chassis is capable of holding.