NEED HELP... which is better UPGRADE/ADD New RAM

[XeneAsh]

Good Eve.

 

Can you guys help me about my ACER ASPIRE 5742G Intel Core i5-480M with 4GB DDR3 Memory and NVIDIA GEFORCE GT540M 2GB.

I want to UPGRADE/ADD New RAM. And Which is much better for it 4GB or 8GB? Tnx so much for the reply i really appreciate it...

[Wind]

of course 8GB will be better. but you will need to release the old RAM, cause it may cause incompatibility if it mix and matched. so if u pick 8GB your total RAM is still 8GB.

[AlTech]

Upgrade your whole laptop is a better idea. Not trying to be a troll but that's some ancient hardware and time for a real upgrade.

[Deaco]

8GB is obviously better, but it's easy to live without it.

just don't open too many chrome tabs.

your choice.

[AlTech]

8GB is obviously better, but it's easy to live without it.

just don't open too many chrome tabs.

your choice.

Your hilarious . I couldn't survive with 8gb. I have 16gb.

[zanthros]

Good Eve.

 

Can you guys help me about my ACER ASPIRE 5742G Intel Core i5-480M with 4GB DDR3 Memory and NVIDIA GEFORCE GT540M 2GB.

I want to UPGRADE/ADD New RAM. And Which is much better for it 4GB or 8GB? Tnx so much for the reply i really appreciate it...

You can't go wrong with a ram upgrade and 8GB is the max for the laptop. It is the most cost effective way to have more processes running and it is far less expensive that getting a new laptop. Some people just think that there is no value in having something that works the way you want it, does what you want in an acceptable amount of time. Some people just have to have the latest, greatest, fastest thing. Ask yourself what do I use it for? will this do the job. Just my 2 cents

[Kratos]

You can find Kingston ValueRAM for laptop (DDR3 8GB 1600 MHz CL11 at 1,35V) for aprox $40 and as valdyrgramr said, add an SSD (recommend 240+- GB, can get the samsung 850 series or kingston ssd now for 80-100$ worst case) and you'll have for 120-150$ a beast laptop.

Seriously, an SSD will gain more speed than 16 gb of ram or a laptop upgrade, you'll notice very very quickly and it's not that big amount of money, just something to keep going for I'd say 5 years more, you've got a good CPU, so all you're components will be fine, GPU wouldn't recommend gaming or 3D reendering, but taking that, you'll still have a badass laptop; of course it's old hardware, lots of laptop i5 are better now, but the little gain on performance doesn't justify the price

[AlTech]

You can't go wrong with a ram upgrade and 8GB is the max for the laptop. It is the most cost effective way to have more processes running and it is far less expensive that getting a new laptop. Some people just think that there is no value in having something that works the way you want it, does what you want in an acceptable amount of time. Some people just have to have the latest, greatest, fastest thing. Ask yourself what do I use it for? will this do the job. Just my 2 cents

You picked the wrong hobby/interest if your trying to put off a needed upgrade.

 

The 500 series won't receive driver updates from Nvidia starting 2016.  ANd by the way if your running obsolete hardware don't encourage others to do the same. Why not upgrade his laptop? He'll upgrade within a year anyway. Seriously people, lapotps are supposed to last 3 years (currently that would be from 2012) but his laptop is from 2010/2011. Time for a real upgrade is the appropriate action.

 

It's people like you who force Microsoft to update Windows automatically and it's people like you who are stifling innovation. What you are engaging in is what's known as "Confirmation bias", your being unreasonable even though you know he needs an upgrade. Don't ever come to me for help if your like this

[AlTech]

You can find Kingston ValueRAM for laptop (DDR3 8GB 1600 MHz CL11 at 1,35V) for aprox $40 and as valdyrgramr said, add an SSD (recommend 240+- GB, can get the samsung 850 series or kingston ssd now for 80-100$ worst case) and you'll have for 120-150$ a beast laptop.

Seriously, an SSD will gain more speed than 16 gb of ram or a laptop upgrade, you'll notice very very quickly and it's not that big amount of money, just something to keep going for I'd say 5 years more, you've got a good CPU, so all you're components will be fine, GPU wouldn't recommend gaming or 3D reendering, but taking that, you'll still have a badass laptop; of course it's old hardware, lots of laptop i5 are better now, but the little gain on performance doesn't justify the price

His laptop is antiquated. His laptop's CPU is mediocre at best. Coming from 1st gen to current (6th gen) would have a massive upgrade. He doesn't have a badass laptop.  A badass laptop has dual GTX 980Ms , desktop CPU , 32gb ram etc. He needs to upgrade.

[manikyath]

Upgrade your whole laptop is a better idea. Not trying to be a troll but that's some ancient hardware and time for a real upgrade.

honestly, its still a really good laptop spec-wise.

 

and if you can squeeze out a few more years for $30 worth of ram sticks...

[AlTech]

Good Eve.

 

Can you guys help me about my ACER ASPIRE 5742G Intel Core i5-480M with 4GB DDR3 Memory and NVIDIA GEFORCE GT540M 2GB.

I want to UPGRADE/ADD New RAM. And Which is much better for it 4GB or 8GB? Tnx so much for the reply i really appreciate it...

Can you cough up $500-600? My secondary computer is a laptop that would be perfect for you. It is up to date, gonna be performing well for 3-4 years. Far better battery life and more.

 

Honestly your laptop needs an upgrade. I didn't know some people were still stuck on nehalem.

[AlTech]

honestly, its still a really good laptop spec-wise.

 

and if you can squeeze out a few more years for $30 worth of ram sticks...

Keep up with the times mate! This isn't 2011.

[manikyath]

Keep up with the times mate! This isn't 2011.

$30 to add more ram to keep an old, still capable machine working.

or $1000 for a new machine.

 

i'd know what to pick...

[AlTech]

$30 to add more ram to keep an old, still capable machine working.

or $1000 for a new machine.

 

i'd know what to pick...

Hey My secondary computer (laptop) cost $500 nobody said anything about $1000 except for you.

[manikyath]

Hey My secondary computer (laptop) cost $500 nobody said anything about $1000 except for you.

if you find a $500 laptop with an i7 and a semi-respectable GPU, please let me know...

 

EDIT: i5.. my brain is derp..

[manikyath]

I personally don't think that upgrading RAM from 4 to 8GB with this GPU will make any difference at all.

my GT540m still plays some recent games just fine if i turn down some graphics settings.

 

also, are we all straigth forward guesstimating it's for gaming only?

for all we know he just needs more ram for chrome tabs...

[BurgerBum]

Your hilarious . I couldn't survive with 8gb. I have 16gb.

*could live with 6 gigs system memory and a 32gig boot drive with no secondary drive*

hm?

 

i see you live on the other side of the fence. x'D

whats it like over there? XP

 

 

if you find a $500 laptop with an i7 and a semi-respectable GPU, please let me know...

 

EDIT: i5.. my brain is derp..

still. even in the mobile side CPU is far less of somthing to worry about if it has i5 or i7 plastered somewhere.

[BurgerBum]

my GT540m still plays some recent games just fine if i turn down some graphics settings.

 

also, are we all straigth forward guesstimating it's for gaming only?

for all we know he just needs more ram for chrome tabs...

for all we know he could need another 4 gigs of ram for the sake of fitting in.

peer pressure.

its real.

[AlTech]

my GT540m still plays some recent games just fine if i turn down some graphics settings.

 

also, are we all straigth forward guesstimating it's for gaming only?

for all we know he just needs more ram for chrome tabs...

Great Idea, I'll do just that and ask him. And my first thought with a  GT 540M was gaming but I also considered:

Cadwork

3D modelling (somehow on that awful machine)

Photo Editing

Video Editing

Office work (Really though? Cos GT 540M ain't for office work)

 

Good Eve.

 

Can you guys help me about my ACER ASPIRE 5742G Intel Core i5-480M with 4GB DDR3 Memory and NVIDIA GEFORCE GT540M 2GB.

I want to UPGRADE/ADD New RAM. And Which is much better for it 4GB or 8GB? Tnx so much for the reply i really appreciate it...

What is the use case for this laptop? TO give you the best possible answer I can, I need to know the use of it

[AlTech]

for all we know he could need another 4 gigs of ram for the sake of fitting in.

peer pressure.

its real.

I know peer pressure is real, *looks at phone* "Ah well, I spent money to fit in and for practical uses".

[manikyath]

Great Idea, I'll do just that and ask him. And my first thought with a  GT 540M was gaming but I also considered:

Cadwork

3D modelling (somehow on that awful machine)

Photo Editing

Video Editing

Office work (Really though? Cos GT 540M ain't for office work)

well, the GT series (10-40) is mostly "media oriented"

- cadwork: i've done it on a desktop not much more powerful than this laptop, and it went along pretty well

- 3d modelling - not everuyone can afford an MSI titan...

- poto editing can as well run on a netbook...

- video editing - likewise as 3d modeling

- office work *may* actually be the reason here, i picked up my laptop (with a GT540m) for this, with some light gaming on the side.

mine still suffices, aside from well.. its samsung so its derpy as all hell at times, and 6GB ram just isnt cutting it anymore.

 

i've considered picking up some ram myself as well, but i just am not on the road a lot anymore, so its not worth it.

[AlTech]

*could live with 6 gigs system memory and a 32gig boot drive with no secondary drive*

hm?

 

i see you live on the other side of the fence. x'D

whats it like over there? XP

 

 

still. even in the mobile side CPU is far less of somthing to worry about if it has i5 or i7 plastered somewhere.

Well I play games and recently 16gb is quite necessary for Decent performance. (This applies most for badly optimized games and windows itself lol)

 

And as a gamer and also a programmer (hobby) i need large amounts of storage as well as a fast CPU and GPU.

 

Mobile side - Dual core i5 vs Dual core i7? i5 wins for me. Quad core i7 mobile is a different story entirely.Not that i'm suggesting you need a quad core i7 for laptop. To the contrary, Laptops should use i5s unless it's a mobile workstation.

[AlTech]

well, the GT series (10-40) is mostly "media oriented"

- cadwork: i've done it on a desktop not much more powerful than this laptop, and it went along pretty well

- 3d modelling - not everuyone can afford an MSI titan...

- poto editing can as well run on a netbook...

- video editing - likewise as 3d modeling

- office work *may* actually be the reason here, i picked up my laptop (with a GT540m) for this, with some light gaming on the side.

mine still suffices, aside from well.. its samsung so its derpy as all hell at times, and 6GB ram just isnt cutting it anymore.

 

i've considered picking up some ram myself as well, but i just am not on the road a lot anymore, so its not worth it.

I love how some people (like you) have nerves of steel and test the minimum requirements? Also BTW I need to point out stuff to you since you seem a bit like computer noob.

 

1. 3D modelling requires decent graphics (920M suffices)

2. Photo Editing requires decent graphics for no lag when editing (also CPU and RAM are important for this)

3. CAD work - A) What CAD software are you using?  B) Only basic CAD creation would work on that.

4. You buy an ultra book for office work, not a freaking thick media laptop.

[BurgerBum]

I love how some people (like you) have nerves of steel and test the minimum requirements? Also BTW I need to point out stuff to you since you seem a bit like computer noob.

 

1. 3D modelling requires decent graphics (920M suffices)

2. Photo Editing requires decent graphics for no lag when editing (also CPU and RAM are important for this)

3. CAD work - A) What CAD software are you using?  B) Only basic CAD creation would work on that.

4. You buy an ultra book for office work, not a freaking thick media laptop.

whoa there.

 

i know as a fact photo editing can run on shit graphics x'D

i do it with my laptop, not that the 7660G is bad, more that its clocked at 140~160Mhz. (with ddr2 video memory. just remembered that fuckup HP made. )

 

CAD work i have nothing to say, same for 3d modeling. i have yet to spent enough time in those areas to truly understand. i'd rather not just look at numbers and give a ''looks good''

 

he also wanted to game. if he got an ultrabook for that he would have only been able to do the office work.

[zanthros]

You picked the wrong hobby/interest if your trying to put off a needed upgrade.

 

The 500 series won't receive driver updates from Nvidia starting 2016.  ANd by the way if your running obsolete hardware don't encourage others to do the same. Why not upgrade his laptop? He'll upgrade within a year anyway. Seriously people, lapotps are supposed to last 3 years (currently that would be from 2012) but his laptop is from 2010/2011. Time for a real upgrade is the appropriate action.

 

It's people like you who force Microsoft to update Windows automatically and it's people like you who are stifling innovation. What you are engaging in is what's known as "Confirmation bias", your being unreasonable even though you know he needs an upgrade. Don't ever come to me for help if your like this

 

The OP did not ask if he should buy a new laptop, rather he asked about memory upgrade. You seem to have overlooked the obvious. I am sure that your option has value to someone. You seem to be on the cutting edge of tech opinions. I'm gonna throw you a bone. Don't make accusations about people you do know. FYI: I have been building PC's since the early 1980's. I am fluent in BASIC, BASIC66, CBASIC ,COBAL and variants,SPL (look it up) Altair BASIC,FORTRAN & variants, C, C++, C#, Cocoa, DOS and variants, Linux, and sever others. I worked in the industry for over 3 decades made my retirement with Y2K and I am still a CURRENT Microsoft TECH NET member as well as a developer.. Don't imply to me that I am the reason Microsoft has automatic updates. You are obviously caught up in the newer is better. I have realize that I have perhaps violated 2 of my personal rules with this post (Don't respond to trolls and never get into a battle of the wits with an unarmed opponent) but you went where someone with you apparent intelligence should not have gone. I apologize to the other forum users for my rant. P.S. I don't think that I would EVER need your help kid. :-)