Upgrading Memory Question


Skeet1983

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Hi guys. I have a laptop with Windows 11 on it, that I primarily use for gaming. It currently has 16GB for RAM (2x8GB), and I am wondering if I should upgrade to 32 or 64GB. Is that worth doing? The currently installed RAM is 3200MHz. I saw some RAM kits on bestbuy site, but they are lower 2666MHz. Thoughts and help appreciated :)
 

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My personal opinion, games are only just starting to appear in development requiring more than 16GB of system RAM, and very few at that.
A Plague Tale and Silent Hill 2 are the only two I am aware of and their system requirements may well be extremely exagerated for clickbait titles on gaming sites.
By the time you will want a game that actually needs 32GB to run, the rest of your laptop (especially the graphics system) would probably be woefully inadequate.
If you are running into issues with system RAM at the moment then an upgrade may be worth it if you can do it cheap enough otherwise wait.
I would save the money and put it towards a newer laptop/ desktop for gaming when system requirements have exceeded your current setup, or invest in a modern console.
 

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Have you checked that you're actually able to change the RAM for the motherboard? Some laptops have the RAM soldered onto the board itself and therefore can't be changed (or at least easily).

As @DigitalGoat mentioned, it's very unlikely you're ever going to need more than 16GB of RAM, especially 64GB RAM which you'll only really need if you were running a server.
 

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