I have questions on the "guts" of a laptop.

[Skateaton]

Gets a desktop.

It's easier, and faster.

My new one is being shipped with A Nvidia GTX 480, an i7 processor, and 6 gigs of ram that I am
going to update to 24

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[dkamm65]

Gets a desktop.

It's easier, and faster.

My new one is being shipped with A Nvidia GTX 480, an i7 processor, and 6 gigs of ram that I am
going to update to 24

You do NOT need 24GB of RAM.

[Inv3rted]

Gets a desktop.

It's easier, and faster.

My new one is being shipped with A Nvidia GTX 480, an i7 processor, and 6 gigs of ram that I am
going to update to 24

I'm going to assume you are not assembling your desktop. If that is the case, it is just as easy as purchasing a laptop.

[Skateaton]

You do NOT need 24GB of RAM.

My dad found a website with VERY cheap RAM prices.
So I'll be getting it off there.

[dkamm65]

My dad found a website with VERY cheap RAM prices.
So I'll be getting it off there.

So? That still doesn't mean you need it. No matter what you're running, I highly doubt you'll ever break 25% RAM usage.

[Zaran]

Skate's computer is still worse than mine.  A lot of the pieces are probably stuff brands.

[Sandvich]

Gets a desktop.

It's easier, and faster.

My new one is being shipped with A Nvidia GTX 480, an i7 processor, and 6 gigs of ram that I am
going to update to 24

The forget
I have 4gb of RAM and I'm quite happy.

[Inv3rted]

My dad found a website with VERY cheap RAM prices.
So I'll be getting it off there.

That doesn't make it a good idea?

Also only servers need that much RAM.

[Yeojsav]

I'm building a desktop too. :p

[Miga]

Gets a desktop.

It's easier, and faster.

My new one is being shipped with A Nvidia GTX 480, an i7 processor, and 6 gigs of ram that I am
going to update to 24

I doubt someone like you needs even an i7 processor or a GTX 480, let alone 6 GB of RAM.

[TheBlackParrot]

32-bits only support 8GB+ on Windows 7, I believe. If he has 64-bit, I think he can go below 32GB of RAM. Getting 18GB more RAM isn't going to do any difference. Just upgrade to 12, and set 2GB as a ramdisk. :P

[Miga]

32-bits only support 8GB+ on Windows 7, I believe. If he has 64-bit, I think he can go below 32GB of RAM. Getting 18GB more RAM isn't going to do any difference. Just upgrade to 12, and set 2GB as a ramdisk. :P

Woah, what. You confused me a lot.

32-bit allows for UP TO 3.25 GB of RAM.
64-bit allows for UP TO 128 GB (I think?) of RAM.

Also, you don't need more than 4 GB of RAM.

[TheBlackParrot]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_vista
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_xp