Then look for one with integrated graphics. There's many good deals on those for $6-700. Will post something in a few
COMPUTER QUESTION: The Amount of RAM needed for a Non-Gamer.
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hopefully you aren't killing your battery by leaving it installed and connected to the charger always tooFunny thing is, I never take my damn laptop off my desk
Apple said 8gb
They are fuckin’ raping people on the ram upgrade.
Haven’t used OSX in years for my personal. PC/Windows is just better in my opinion. Even with a Hackintosh setup it was cool but they have so much proprietary stuff that I’d rather just go with Windows since practically every program I use is on Windows. Get more bang for your buck especially with GPU’s and processors. Only time I use apple is for my iPad.
Yup, I had a AMD laptop and it was fucking up as soon as I turned it on and I had enough time to take it back to get a refund.
I always make sure all my computers are Intel from now on. That's why I pay close attention to the specs. The higher the Intel the better it will be for your computer to last long.
They lied to you. Intel is overpriced. AMD is a cheaper alternative. I only use AMD in my PC's.
As far as AMD is concerned they are great chips and are more of a "bang for buck" option from overpriced ass Intel.
All my desktop gaming builds are AMD platforms. Current is AM4 with a Ryzen 5 5600x. Great chip and a bargain.
The laptops NOW are decent if you stick to the Ryzen 5s or 7s if you are doing heavy work. Ryzen 3 is for very casual users who just surf and lighweight stuff, but still capable for daily office work. Older AMD laptops left a lot to be desired, especially if you're using a program that requires low latency.
There has always been a back and forth with INtel and AMD but AMD shines best with multi threaded applications while Intels always beats AMD at single threaded processes.
All my desktop gaming builds are AMD platforms. Current is AM4 with a Ryzen 5 5600x. Great chip and a bargain.
The laptops NOW are decent if you stick to the Ryzen 5s or 7s if you are doing heavy work. Ryzen 3 is for very casual users who just surf and lighweight stuff, but still capable for daily office work. Older AMD laptops left a lot to be desired, especially if you're using a program that requires low latency.
There has always been a back and forth with INtel and AMD but AMD shines best with multi threaded applications while Intels always beats AMD at single threaded processes.
This is a gaming laptop, low end vid card but for future proofing, should last you a good number of years. I'd upgrade the hard drive to a 2TB drive minimum, they are like $130 or so for NVMe or if you're ok with 512gb then cool.
But I'm sure by next week and through Dec prices will be better on laptops. But giving you an idea.
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I'd avoid Dell and HP, but other brands out there are pretty good, plus consider customer service. Like MSI, Asus are pretty good.
Appreciate the info man....This is a gaming laptop, low end vid card but for future proofing, should last you a good number of years. I'd upgrade the hard drive to a 2TB drive minimum, they are like $130 or so for NVMe or if you're ok with 512gb then cool.
But I'm sure by next week and through Dec prices will be better on laptops. But giving you an idea.
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I'd avoid Dell and HP, but other brands out there are pretty good, plus consider customer service. Like MSI, Asus are pretty good.
This is outdated, AMD have caught up with intel in terms of cpu and gpu.
not really.
i have a asus rog from 2012 that will still run anything i throw at it.
i also am typing on an asus rog from 2017 that will still run anything i throw at it.
i also still have my main desktop workstation that i built in 2012 with a 3770k that will handle anything i throw at it and two HTPC's that were built in the mid to late 00's that still run and now play 4K, HDR10+ and Atmos. i just upgrade parts. but they still have the original chipsets.
it really comes down to the internals.
if i was the OP I would be looking at upgrading internals before spending on a new machine. for his usage upgrading to a SSD and doubling his RAM will be more than enough.
for $100 to $150 bucks it would feel like he has a new computer.
I really just found something I need more RAM to be able to use. That is video editing.
My computer completely bogs down trying to use stand alone video editing software.
Web based software is somewhat usable, but there can be enough lag using the programs to make it a little frustrating to use.
My computer completely bogs down trying to use stand alone video editing software.
Web based software is somewhat usable, but there can be enough lag using the programs to make it a little frustrating to use.
Most sites are saying 16GB minimum for video editing.
indeed times have changed. the advancement in hardware has been beneficial. back in the day you would leave your video to render overnight lol.
to piggy back off of this, go into task manager and look for the startup tab. can disable running programs from there if needed.
edit - i see someone already mentioned that.
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DaVinci Resolve will use H.265 or AV1 if you have hardware that supports it.
You can use Handbrake to greatly reduce the file size while not sacrificing much quality.
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Appreciate the follow-up. I got handbrake and dropped a 1.4gig movie in and it only took it to 1.2 gigs. Anyone know the right setting to make it much smaller?
What's the source? You can lower the bitrate but it will affect quality.
TBH, for mulitmedia you need both a fast drive and a good amount of ram, namely to avoid bottlenecks from over taxed ram or slow hard drives.
In your case, Photoshop relies heavily on scratch disks to function properly that's why the NNVME was a good upgrade.
For the other stuff you said you wanted to do, the extra ram will come in handy.
what settings are you using?
Off the top of my head, to make smaller files
1.720 instead of 1080 or more
2. lower the average bitrate for the encode
3 Handbrake has a web video setting that may knock it down some
Is this a 1080p movie? 1.4gb for a 2-3 hour 1080p movie doesn't leave a lot of room to reduce the file size further without reducing quality.
Like was previously mentioned, you can try dropping down to 720p, reducing the bitrate, and also use a lower quality audio.
Also, which codec are you using? H.264 is old and takes up a lot of space. At a minimum you want to use H.265. It can give you the same image quality with half the file size of H.264.
AV1 will make the file even smaller than H.265 but you could run into compatibility issues if you play it back on a device that doesn't support it.
Keep in mind that lossless Blu-ray rips tend to be 20-30gb, so the movie was already reduced from that to 1.4gb.
I use a free front end for Handbrake called Vidcoder. It has an option in 'Video Encoding' called 'Target Size' where you can enter what size you want the video to be.
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You'd need a new motherboard. Socket won't work
Alright man.....
My damn laptop started fuckin' up when I was trying to increase the RAM w/ a 16GB RAM card. Installed the RAM and then the laptop would not boot. Turns out it I just needed to re-stall Windows 10 w/ a boot USB. My hard drive is fine and I didn't lose any data.
What I ended up doing while I was trying to figure out what the hell was wrong w/ my computer was buy a damn desktop....lol.
Here are the specs:
Dell Optiplex 9020 Small Form Factor Desktop with Intel Core i7-4770 Upto 3.9GHz, HD Graphics 4600 4K Support, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, DisplayPort, HDMI, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth - Windows 10 Pro
It's like night and day compared to my slow ass laptop. I didn't relize what I was missing!!!!
Bought a 24in moniter and now I'm in computer heaven. EVERYTHING runs so much faster and smoother.
Gonna keep my laptop for whatever or might just sell it to some kid as a first computer. It's a decent laptop, just needs more RAM.
I hope you didn't pay too much for that. The 4770 is an incredibly old CPU and only uses DDR3 Ram.
I didn't. I got a reconditioned one off Amazon for $220. The seller had a really high 4-5 star rating and it comes w/ a 3 month warranty I believe.
It's been flawless out the box so far. I'll report back in a month or so and post how it's doing.
Bought the monitor off FB Marketplace for $40.
I was budget shopping like a mutha!!
I'm glad you finally realized how much firepower a desktop has compared to a laptop which is why desktops are better especially the specs. I'll never buy another laptop again.
I would say 8 for a mac
I would say 16 for windows, because it would help future proof it more with Copilot/AI