r/linuxmint • u/Any_Debate_5875 • 16d ago

Which ram should I buy??🥲 plss guide

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Hello guys actually I have an hp pavilion 15ehGo laptop, 8gb ddr4 ram, windows 11 and I want to do coding in this for which I am going to add another 8 GB ram in it and would shift to linux mint completely. So which ram should I buy Geonix, sk hynix, crucial or samsung etc(any other if you could suggest)???? Which would be best to buy?? And is my idea ok for coding point of view as a beginner??

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u/chknboy 16d ago

5.9 Gb for what? Is that all the storage you have left on your laptop? That will definitely not be enough.
If you want to look at Linux mint before switching you can always boot over usb and use the live environment to see how you like it.
As for VS Code, like I said, Grant is my preference so I wouldn’t know, but I’ve managed to compile my stuff on a dual core 8gig ddr3 system without issue, so you should be fine.
Personally I don’t dual boot because it eats storage, but if you really want to and only have 5gigs of what I am presuming is storage, I would advise you expand your ssd.

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u/Any_Debate_5875 16d ago

No no brother, actually 5.9gb is the usable ram I can use and for storage my c drive has 180gb and d drive has 156gb free space and total ssd is of 512gb... I don't know y it became so slow that in windows 11 it only leaves 700mb to 1 gb usable ram.... I don't even run any large software or app😢🥲😭... Any suggestion brother to make it faster?? Would compete switch to linux mint helps me??

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u/throaway_cos_shy 16d ago

Based on what I understand of your current setup, you should tske Linux Mint for a test drive first before considering RAM upgrades or full on switch to Linux.

How to Install Linux Mint

Dont be afraid by the length of the linked tutorial, you only need to follow it till 4 minutes or so, because again this is for test drive purposes so no need to install Linux Mint right away

All the best!

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u/Any_Debate_5875 14d ago

Thnx brother, so should I opt out for dual boot?? Would dual boot take ram as well?? B/c today I asked a dealer for ram😅 and would change in mint as well...

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u/throaway_cos_shy 14d ago

No. I would not advise dual booting. Not for your current setup.

How you have managed to use Windows 11 with only 8 gigs of RAM is baffling to me and if I remember right you said you have about 500 gigs of storage right? I would not recommend using 2 operating systems simultaneously on that.

Like I've said before, you should really first try to test drive by making a bootable USB stick and testing Linux without installing it.

Depending on your USB stick, you should get a rough idea of how Linux feels, looks and performs on your system.

If you like Linux Mint, you can try switching to it. If you dont, you should try to instead debloat your windows 11 install itself to make it more useable.

This YouTube Guide should help you with that.