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Worth Paying for SSD and RAM Upgrades When Buying a Laptop?” (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Override4414@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.ml

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Is it worth paying 90 AUD to upgrade the laptop’s 512 GB M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC SSD to 1 TB, or would it be better to buy a 1 TB SSD myself and and save the 512 GB for future use?

Also, is it worth paying $150 to upgrade from the included 16 GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (SODIMM) to 32 GB (2 × 16 GB) when buying the laptop?

I’d also appreciate any recommendations on where to buy the cheapest RAM and SSD.

Thanks in advance for any advice or input!

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[–] vas@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends on your use, just check what your system uses right now. Realistically, your habits on your new system will be somewhat alike to your habits on your old system.

If you fit in 512 Gb SSD before, you may fit still. If you needed 1Tb before, you probably will need it still.

Unless you want to do local LLM inference or run many virtual containers / operating systems, you don't need too much memory.

[–] Override4414@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yes I would really need 1Tb SSD and 32GB RAM