Yeah, that's pretty much how things turned out.
So yeah, with this unexpected overflow of money, I'm purchasing a gaming/engineering pc for class… and games.How is this, guys?CaseBattalion 101 W150HNQ 15.6" HD+ 1600x900 Widescreen LED TFT Laptop w/HDMI Port, eSATA port, fingerprint Reader, Li-Ion Battery, Universal AC Power Adapter - Original Metallic BlackProcessorIntel® Core™ i7-2630QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.00GHz/6MB L3 Cache)Memory8GB [4GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory] Corsair or Major BrandVideo CardNVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 1GB GDDR3 3D Video [W150HNQ]Primary Hard Drive500 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Super Slim Laptop Hard DriveOptical Drive8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW Combo Drive [W150HNQ]Flash Media Reader / WriterBuilt-in 9-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Laptop]Sound Card3D Premium Surround Sound OnboardNetwork CardBuilt-in 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN [Laptop]Internal Wireless Network AdapterIntel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Combo Half MiniOperating SystemMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-BitUSB PortsBuilt-in 2x USB 2.0 Ports + 2x USB 3.0 Port [Laptop]Free Deluxe Carrying CaseVideo CameraBuilt-in 2.0 Mega Pixels Digital Web Video CameraWarrantyStandard Warranty Service - Standard One(1) Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical SupportAdditional Software1 x Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote includedMouse1 x iBUYPOWER Internet MouseExtras1 x CoolerMaster SF-19 USB 3.0 Gaming Laptop Cooler Black
For $1182 +S&H(I'm asking for help/comments because, though I'm halfway competent about hardware specs, I'm not up to date on the latest, greatest, and newest like some of you are.)Also, stuff that's happened recently:Bachelor partyXbox 360 +lotso gamesCollege - I love my schedule, now I gotta wait to actually attend (I got bumped up to a sophomore calc class. due to my placement test scores :D)WEDDING IS SOON I AM SO EXCITE
No. It's your money and your computer. For my needs and most other people's, 4 GB is plenty of RAM and anything above 6 is essentially useless. Other components are much more deserving of upgrade considerations, including getting a SSD or a HDD/SSD hybrid instead of a plain ol' HDD. That's one of the most noticeable bottlenecks in computer performance today, and upgrading to SSD would also help out with memory requirements since the pagefile will be able to be read and written to much faster.
Yeah…. I think the 8 gigs I got is REALLY more than enough… and that's why I got it. I don't really see the point in any higher… unless you're a hardcore mmo-er who wants every texture for every game available the second the game is loaded. LOL
Well then what you want is faster memory, not more memory. lol