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Should you upgrade your ram?

Ram is a very important part of a PC or a laptop. Whether you should upgrade your ram or not, it totally depends on what type of work you mostly use your device for. Ram is the fastest storage ( after CPU cache ) in a PC. It is used to store those data which are frequently used by your processor or needs to be accessed frequently. If you are a casual gamer or if you just use your device for coding then you might not need more RAM. If you have 8 GB DDR 4 RAM then it would be enough to handle your gaming and coding workload. If you are competitive gamer then you might consider upgrading your RAM to 16 GB for a way better experience. It is better to use 2x 8 GB RAM than using 1x 16 GB RAM. By doing this you can distribute the workload between two RAM. In my opinion you should not consider upgrading to more than 16 GB RAM as this amount is enough to support all your workload. But if your work is mainly based upon video editing or animation rendering and you have very limited time to comple...

How to know if your laptop storage can be upgraded or not?

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Knowing your maximum storage device support is easier than you might expect. First you have to restart your laptop and then you have to enter the boot menu. Each laptop has different key to enter to boot menu. For many of the laptops it is generally delete key. As your laptop starts enter the boot menu, that should look like this: In the boot menu you would see various options to navigate. Somewhere in the menu you should see the option of storage information, if you click there, it would open another window like this: As you can see in the image that it will show all information about storage of your laptop. You can check here how many empty SATA slot your laptop have. Each SATA slot can be connected to a hard disk or to a SSD. The laptop used in the picture can be upgraded with another storage device as it has another empty Serial ATA slot. If your laptop had M.2 slots then it would be also visible there. Now once you have checked that you can upgrade your storage and hence you upgra...

How to keep your laptop battery healthy?

Battery is one of the useful components of your laptop. The overall health and life depends upon your laptop battery. The following points you should keep in mind to maintain better health of your battery.      1. Don't keep your laptop plugged in always:  You should not keep your laptop plugged in always, this will never put load on your laptop battery. So your battery won't get used optimally and your battery life will deduce with time. If you are not having huge workload like gaming, video rendering or computing then you should not keep your laptop plugged in. 2. Don't put huge load on your battery:  You should keep your laptop plugged in if you require more power than your battery can provide. For an example while you play AAA games like GTA V or RDR 2, your laptop's CPU and GPU has huge workload thus they require more power hence you should plug in your laptop. If your battery could not provide enough power then you will know that by the performance of your...

Do you really need an RTX GPU?

Whether or not you really need an RTX graphics card depends on what you plan to do with your computer. RTX graphics cards are designed to handle real-time ray tracing, a rendering technique that simulates the behavior of light in a scene to create more realistic lighting and shadows. If you plan to use your computer for tasks that require real-time ray tracing, such as high-end gaming or professional 3D modeling and rendering, then an RTX graphics card will provide significant benefits in terms of performance and visual quality.  However, if you're not planning to use your computer for tasks that require real-time ray tracing, then you may not need an RTX graphics card. In that case, you could consider a less expensive graphics card that can still handle your specific needs. For example, if you're a casual gamer, a mid-range graphics card from the previous generation may be sufficient for your needs. Ultimately, the decision of whether or not you need an RTX graphics card will ...