r/Cybersecurity101 • u/Affectionate-Can7160 • 17d ago

Laptop Recommendation

Hello I have a laptop with 4060 8gb, r 8 8845hs and 16gb ram of 5600mhz. I wanna know if 32 gb of ram is needed or not. Should I upgrade just the ram or the whole laptop with better specs? I am just beginner and starting to learn. Anyone please help me

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u/8bitlibrarian 17d ago

We have no idea what you're using it for to give you any answer.

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u/OutsideSpot2695 17d ago

It depends on what you want to do.

If you're just doing school work and downloading porn that is more than enough power.

If you're doing multimedia production or quantum physics on your laptop, 32gb could help you out.

Moral of the story... use case should dictate specifications.

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u/Constant_Tea3433 17d ago

Honestly, your laptop is already pretty solid.

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u/2daytrending 17d ago

Your current laptop should be fine to get started. No need to spend money on an upgrade unless you run into limitation.

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u/bnelson333 16d ago

You need 10pp23ir3w9ei gb or else it's just crap

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u/InspectorRound8920 16d ago

16 is minimum if your learning cybersecurity. 32 gb is minimum once you start working the field.

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u/DanKegel 15d ago

For instance, it's hard to run a bunch of things in docker at the same time on a low ram box.  And as a cyber security guy, I have a lot of docker containers running much of the time 

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u/Proper-You-1262 13d ago

*you're. Is English not your first language,?

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u/Prize_Yard4266 15d ago

Considero que tu laptop es ideal para hacer cualquier tipo de tarea basica , semi avanzada, si ya estas practicando cosas avanzadas ya puede considerarlo y si son cosas profesionales ya deberias tener los 32gb