Is it worth upgrading?

[Mr.CookieMonster]

Hi,

I was thinking of upgrading the RAM on my laptop. I currently have 6GB of RAM DDR3 (1 X 2GB) + (1 X 4GB) on my notebook. I was thinking of getting a 4GB DDR3 RAM stick, taking out the 2GB stick in my notebook and replacing it with the 4GB stick.

Is it worth upgrading my RAM? My laptop is about a year old and it has a 4 year warranty. (Check my laptop specs on my signature).

Also, would it void my warranty if I do so?

 

[killadoob]

What do you do on your laptop, my work pc has 6 gb and i have no issues. I doubt it's worth the hassles unless you are running out of ram.

i would rather invest in a ssd but it depends on the use of course.

 

[Mr.CookieMonster]

What do you do on your laptop, my work pc has 6 gb and i have no issues. I doubt it's worth the hassles unless you are running out of ram.

i would rather invest in a ssd but it depends on the use of course.

I Mostly use my laptop for gaming, and entertainment (video's, music, etc). I plan to do a BSc (IT) degree in varsity. I have the Adobe suite CS5.5 Master.

Would an SSD work on my laptop? I have Dell XPS L502X

 

[Chunkyfeather]

SSD was the single best thing I did to my pc, it went from chalk to cheese

No seriously, it now runs smoother than butter.

 

[kolaval]

Hi,

I was thinking of upgrading the RAM on my laptop. I currently have 6GB of RAM DDR3 (1 X 2GB) + (1 X 4GB) on my notebook. I was thinking of getting a 4GB DDR3 RAM stick, taking out the 2GB stick in my notebook and replacing it with the 4GB stick.

Is it worth upgrading my RAM? My laptop is about a year old and it has a 4 year warranty. (Check my laptop specs on my signature).

Also, would it void my warranty if I do so?

You might be voiding your warranty.
As for the memory here goes...

Windows 7
Unused RAM is wasted RAM because if data is not read from RAM it has to be read from disk.
We all know disk is horrendously slow compared to RAM. Windows 7 is clever enough to load as much as possible into RAM, so if it looks like a lot of RAM is being used, it is, but to your benefit and not because you have to little.

Games & Apps
The maximum memory a single 32bit process can use is about 2GB. Even if you are running 64bit windows, any 32bit app/game can still only consume up to 2GB memory and even if you run a 64bit game executable it will not suddenly use double the memory, because it probably will have been compiled for 64 bit but not explicitly coded for 64 bit

So unless you're running a virtual machine and visual studio and flash builder and outlook and winamp and a database server and chrome (with 5 tabs open).
I am, and I'm on 4GB RAM, and it shows 75% physical memory is being used, the answer is NO don't waste money on more RAM.

My lappie specs: Core 2 duo P8700, 4GB DDR 2, ATI HD 4500 series <-lekke oud!

However what I would recommend is an SSD, I have an OZC agility 3, even though my mobo is only SATA 2.
It was like buying a new pc!

LOL if I was a retailer, I would offer you a money back guarantee right now on a SSD, cause you wont be disappointed

 

[kolaval]

I Mostly use my laptop for gaming, and entertainment (video's, music, etc). I plan to do a BSc (IT) degree in varsity. I have the Adobe suite CS5.5 Master.

Would an SSD work on my laptop? I have Dell XPS L502X

And SSD is just an HDD, so yes it will work, win xp might require a driver but not win 7

 

[kolaval]

I Mostly use my laptop for gaming, and entertainment (video's, music, etc). I plan to do a BSc (IT) degree in varsity. I have the Adobe suite CS5.5 Master.

Would an SSD work on my laptop? I have Dell XPS L502X

Lol are you selling it on carbonite?

 

[Pada]

You might be voiding your warranty.
As for the memory here goes...

Since when do you void your warranty when installing RAM?!

For gaming you don't need more than 6GB of RAM at this moment. Having more RAM can help with certain stuff, especially if you're going to play around with RAM drives, but then you'll need more like 12 - 16GB of RAM.