welp, went on with the alienware... the place i could buy the acer predator didn't help with installing more ram so i was stuck with 32 anyway, fuck them. Alienware baby her i come :3
I know you've already bought it, but..
And from what I know RAM is the more important factor when it comes to running a code.
Hell no, RAM is more important when COMPILING applications (SSD helps too since there's a lot of HD I/O) but for straight up running the code, CPU power is waaaaaaay more important.
The only way RAM is prioritized in running code is when you're doing some serious data processing (data mining is especially exhaustive) and would prefer to keep as much data in the RAM as possible, but even then you are greatly limited if your CPU has shit cache. In this case, however, too much RAM is also shit if you don't have a SSD.
TL;DR: Make sure you have a good SSD, get the best processor you can, and get as much RAM as you need, it is easy to use 100% of the processor when using some sort of batch processing, but your processor will not be able to effectively use 32-64 GB ram if it is shit and can't keep up with practical RAM I/O. The same thing goes for HD, if you aren't using an SSD, 32-64 GB RAM in data intensive situations won't do shit. There's no way you're effectively using even half of that 64 GB of RAM in most cases.
That being said, if money is not an issue, get as much RAM as you can, just try not to prioritize it over a good SSD or CPU. I have only 16gb of RAM and I'm data mining a lot, RAM was never the bottleneck, it's always my processor.
Welp, done is done i suppose but i'll havr it in mind for future purposrs and for family and friends
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I am inbetween the following so far:
Acer Predator G9-793 17,3" FHD G-SYNC, Alienware 17, the Asus ROG G752VS or the MSI GT72VR Dominator
I've read that the acer one's battery runs out pretty fast - no info about the rest
Atm I'm inclined to buy either the Acer or the Alienware but for the alienware I'd have a max of 32 GB ram as opposed to 64 on the acer. I'll buy the max specifications anyway.
What I'll use it for? running codes, differential equations and the life, playing dota, browsing, watching series/moves, maybe streaming idk. And from what I know RAM is the more important factor when it comes to running a code.
Any ideas?
Other alternatives?