Without that 8GB X 2, if possible. My current task is physics simulation of light. Well, it is my fault that I've chosen to buy notebook instead of building my own PC. RAM is not really the bottleneck, but my notebook has slowed down to a crawl... Help?
If you don't find answer here maybe try. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ And you should probably give out more info on your notebook cause maybe some things aren't compatible. idk though
Well, if its just upgrading ram, something from a reputable company is good. There's little variation between computer parts. Yeah, an ssd as a boot drive is a really good idea too. You don't really need an m.2 or nvme slot (there are SATA ssds), but if you have those slots, then it's better
currently i'm using this https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144 . It's cheap and dependable. edit: if laptop, you can try this https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2x8GB-Laptop-Memory/dp/B0076W9Q5A
If i had to guess, i would say your computer's processor is just not good enough. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+N2940+@+1.83GHz cause 1700 is just a very low rating. and im pretty sure you need good processing power for phsyics stuff lol. I once used a https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A4-6300+APU AMD a4-6300 with a 2200 rating. and it would lag just from minimizing and maximizng youtube videos albeit just for a second. What i did for school was buy a very cheap Chromebook just to take notes and then buy a desktop for hardcore stuff.
ussually, laptops doestn have free slot for upgrading an extra SSD, the only choice you have is to either, change your hard drive to purely ssd (bad idea) or sacrifice your dvd/cd drive for rendering however, you need video card for that and an i7 core, -having a video card would give you great performance, adding the newest i7 kabylake core on it, would boost it to a much more greater performance, but if the project is small, it's overkill haha. so jus go with video card ps: if you are rendering ssd isnt the solution, although ssd would do help you load application /games and your windows faster, it doenst mean your game/application will be faster. it will just load faster but the framerate will still be shit
Uhh. rendering... requires more processing power pretty sure Oo. seems like you made a typo cause you said i7 cor elol
Does your light simulator make of GPU acceleration (e.g. CUDA)? It's a task I would expect to be able to leverage GPU calculations. Does the simulator just crank out numbers or is there a 3D visual aspect to it?
Getting more ram, better cpu (might help), or an ssd won't help. Your primary issue is that the "simulation" which I am assuming is some kind of graphics simulator is bogging down your computer speed. This is probably due to the fact that you have a GeForce GT 820M. This is basically an entry level GPU. I am not sure what kind of simulator is running but if the simulation is graphic intensive type, then it is better to get either a "gaming laptop" or a MacBook. I think it is a better option for you to build a small size "gaming unit". A budget gaming computer can equal to $300 to $500. Plus the size can be pretty small depending on what kind of motherboard you choose. ---Update--- Here are some urls that you can use as a reference if you decide to go on a build route. http://pcpartpicker.com/b/Cqq48d http://pcpartpicker.com/b/7Q3Ff7 The price will fluctuate based on what parts you decide to use. Usually, the CPU and GPU will change the overall build cost dramatically.
Eh... Well. I'm using Intel i7 4510 or something, 2.0 GHz (up to 2.6 GHz), NVIDIA GeForce 840M 4GB? More to the Graphic card, to be honest, if I want to upgrade, I have to change that first.
I would suggest you to build a desktop because if you are noy using at least a gtx mobile series graphics card then any kind of stimulation will suck big time on a laptop and you should use a dual stick 16 gb set rather then a 16 gb one stick