Was recommended this laptop by a Best Buy employee:

I plan to use it about 50/50 for video editing and games. Having 1TB of SSD, 16gb of RAM, and a 4070 at this price *seems* to be a great deal compared to other options. I looked into it and found out that the RAM is DDR4, not DDR5.

Should that be a dealbreaker, or is the rest too good to pass up for the price?

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  • ZanyTBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    As far as DDR4 vs DDR5, don’t assume you can buy a DDR4 laptop and upgrade to DDR5, the CPU determines if your system can run DDR5 or only DDR4. If it comes stock with DDR4 it’s likely the CPU can’t utilize DDR5, but Google the CPU and check before you buy.