More ram vs. SSD?

TheRyBobster347 · Jun 23, 2015

For my computer, I can either get 24GB of ram and 128GB SSD, or 16GB RAM and 2x 128GB SSD. It's mainly for gaming, and browsing the internet with a lot of tabs open. Skype and Spotify will probably always be open, and I do want to get into 2d/3d modeling. Will 16GB of RAM be enough or should I go for more. And if getting more SSD's would better, should I put them in RAID?

Iamsoda · Jun 23, 2015

TheRyBobster347 :

I would hit off on a single 256/512gb ssd and 16 gig of ram.

bootcher · Jun 23, 2015

If you are starting to get into 2d/3d, I would say even 8gb will be enough. You can always put more RAM later if needed. It is easier than reinstalling/cloning your harddrive to a SSD.

For SSD drives raid is not really recommended, it can actually perform worse than a single SSD drive. If you can, get a single SSD drive of ~250 gb or just put both as single drives, not combined as RAID drives.

ss202sl · Jun 23, 2015

16GB of ram, and a 256GB SSD. SSD's don't do well in raid, and a single 256GB SSD would be cheaper than 2 128gb.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

TheRyBobster347 · Jun 23, 2015

Well the standard 256GB solid state drive is out of stock theres a micron m600 SSD. It's still and m.2 but it talked about reading and writing speeds? Is that one alright?

TheRyBobster347 · Jun 23, 2015

And keep in mind the laptop has 2 HDD slots and 4 SSD slots

rcald2000 · Jun 23, 2015

Between your choices: 16GB RAM and 2x 128GB SSD, assuming you want two drives to place them in a RAID 0 array. Once you get use to high SSD performance, there is no turning back.

TheRyBobster347 · Jun 23, 2015

rcald2000 :

What about the 2x128 SSD not in RAID cuz I've heard some bad things about RAID

dudeman509 · Jun 23, 2015

If you ever use the laptop on battery power, I'd much prefer 1 x 256 or 512 GB SSD.

8 GB RAM in a laptop is usually enough for most things. I work with heavy amounts of satellite imagery and modeling at work and there are only a few times I wish my machine had > 8 GB RAM, but I REALLY wish it had a SSD, as the processor can handle WAY more tasks at once than the stupid hard disk can feed it.

Iamsoda · Jun 23, 2015

dudeman509 :

Yeah 2 ssd will use twice the power of one.

jitpublisher · Jun 23, 2015

16 gig of memory, and a single large SSD is all you need. The bigger, the better. Forget about RAID. With an SSD, you don't need it. You will benchmark bigger transfer rates with RAID, but in actual use, you'll never see a difference using the system.

bjsm · Jun 23, 2015

ssd > ram

Iamsoda · Jun 23, 2015

bjsm :

As long as you have at least 8gig that is true.

TheRyBobster347 · Jun 23, 2015

Well upgrading the built in 128GB SSD to 256GB costs the same price as just getting a completely new 256GB SSD, so what about 1x128GB SSD and 1x256GB SSD

bystander · Jun 23, 2015

TheRyBobster347 :

Order the SSD or just don't get one until it is in stock.

TheRyBobster347 · Jun 23, 2015

Alright thanks!

bjsm · Jun 23, 2015

Iamsoda :

agreed

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