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Is This Specs Enough For Everyday Use?

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Either find a laptop with 8gb already installed, or if you find a really good deal on one with 4gb, you can buy another 4gb for like $20 and add it in yourself.

The rest of the specs look ok for casual use. The ssd will make loading times faster, while the faster cpu and ddr4 will make general use faster.

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Hi,

 

I was planning to buy a budget laptop (Acer Aspire 5 or Acer Swift 3, or some other laptops similar) with these specs:

 

- i5-8265U processor
- 256 GB SSD
- 4 GB DDR4 RAM
- Nvidia MX250 GPU
- 15.6-inch display (IPS)

 

Are these specs will enough to me for everyday use (especially the RAM)? Can the SSD and the new generation DDR4 RAM will reduce memory usage? (In my plan, I'll try for some 8 GB DDR4 RAM instead if I can find.)

 

I think I'll use the laptop mainly on web browsing, a little gaming (mainly games between 2010-2016 like some NFS games) and some photo-video editing.

 

Thanks.
 

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SSD will have no affect on ram ussabe.

DDR4 does nothing to how much ram is needed.

 

It is likely fine with a ram upgrade, most people would say 8-12 for daily usage mattering on habits.

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I'd say go for it if you can at least double the RAM.
4Gb is really tight for Win10 but the other specs should be totally fine.

  

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Either find a laptop with 8gb already installed, or if you find a really good deal on one with 4gb, you can buy another 4gb for like $20 and add it in yourself.

The rest of the specs look ok for casual use. The ssd will make loading times faster, while the faster cpu and ddr4 will make general use faster.

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