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Still, you can just intall a dimm in his computer if needed, but you cant change the CPU...

 

You can get 2nd hand 4GB dimms quite cheap

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Hi all,

Im looking for a laptop for a friend, whos budget its 300€, though upto 350€ is allowed ONLY if he gains significant preformance or a 1080p display.

Now i have seen some good ones but since i never made or bought pcs for general microsoft office, internet and movie use only (he wont game at all on it) im unsure what will give him bestter preformance an i3 4030u w 4gb ram or an i3 3217u w 6 gb of ram.

Now i know 4gbs is generally enough, though so should be the slower 3217u. Main question is, which will help more? The fastet cpu or the extra 2gb of ram?

My rig. Case & psu: evga hadron air. Cpu: Intel i5 4690k. Gpu: MSI gtx970 4gd5 OC. Mobo: Gigabyte GA-z97n gaming 3. Ram: 2x4gb Crucial Balistics Tactical @ 1866mhz. Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B se2. Ssd: Crucial mx100 512gb.

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get the faster CPU, if he needs any more ram, its easy to upgrade it.

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get the faster CPU, if he needs any more ram, its easy to upgrade it.

Well thats not true, he doesn't even know the difference between a mobo and a gpu.... Plus he does fulltime folluntairy work so he has like 0 income :/

My rig. Case & psu: evga hadron air. Cpu: Intel i5 4690k. Gpu: MSI gtx970 4gd5 OC. Mobo: Gigabyte GA-z97n gaming 3. Ram: 2x4gb Crucial Balistics Tactical @ 1866mhz. Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B se2. Ssd: Crucial mx100 512gb.

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Still, you can just intall a dimm in his computer if needed, but you cant change the CPU...

 

You can get 2nd hand 4GB dimms quite cheap

Planning on trying StarCitizen (Highly recommended)? STAR-NR5P-CJFR is my referal link 

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Thats true, well ill go with that then. Hes probbably gonna be fine with 4gb for now.

Thanx ;)

My rig. Case & psu: evga hadron air. Cpu: Intel i5 4690k. Gpu: MSI gtx970 4gd5 OC. Mobo: Gigabyte GA-z97n gaming 3. Ram: 2x4gb Crucial Balistics Tactical @ 1866mhz. Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B se2. Ssd: Crucial mx100 512gb.

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