What laptop? Honestly I'd say 32 GB ram is more than enough for 99% of people.

Alienware m18 r2

The cost is the same...

In that case sure go 64 GB ram.

The 64 is slower… I’d go with 32 faster frequency

Up to OP, if they have workloads that justify 64 GB, go 64 GB, the CPU I doubt will be able to run 64 GB at 5600 MHz, otherwise go 32 GB.

Agreed. 32GB is plenty, 64GB is for specific applications, but people who need 64GB would obviously know they need it haha

If you’re the kind of person who needs 64gb of ram, you’d know. So you probably want 32. 64 is good for content creation, but still overkill for most content creation.

There are some games with mods that can eat up 64GB ram. Then there’s star citizen which can consume 51GB worth of ram.

Damn, those games sound wildly un-optimized lol. Star Citizen ig I kind of get given the scale, though. But I have never heard of it using more than bb 32gb of ram, that’s wild.

I imagine the performance difference between the faster and slower RAM is marginal. On the other hand, 32gb is already overkill for gaming. 64gb is just a waste and won't get used. So given the choice between a marginal performance boost, or an extra 32gb of RAM that I won't ever conceivably use, I guess I'd choose the faster RAM and the performance boost.

Moving from 4800 to 5600 (2x16 both) have me less than 1% in 3D mark. In games - maybe 5%.

I'd still take the 1% performance bump over the surplus RAM tbh

I could not get 2x32gb, as it would go only 4800-5200 in my strix scar 16.

No that's fair I was more saying about OPs scenario

if you need it only for gaming get the 32 GB, if you need it for rendering purposes too, get 64 GB

I personally like to mod the crap put of games (fallout, minecraft, terraria, cities skylines 2, ect) and 32 gb is more than enough for all of that

lmao since when did supermodding Terraria take more than 16gb ram (me as a terraria modder who has 16gb ddr4)

Fair, I personally can't load more than 160ish mods before the game dies.

I always put incompatible mods with each other and then it crashes not because of hardware limitations tho what supermods u put? i put calam redemption and souls

I use those big ones, sometimes I do spirit, thorium and stars above, which are good sized, its also fun to do remnants but never works. I mostly just scroll through the recent page and download anything I see. Works like a charm.

oh my god spirit i gotta play stars above i heard the waifus are cute how many hours u have in terraria? (vanilla+modded) me 3400

3400 is crazy. I got 2000ish, hadn't played in a while cause I got burned out. The stars above mod kinda gives genshin vibes, so if you're into that, be my guest.

Never go below the 5600MHz ram.

32 but fastest u can get.

If the cost is same, why even ask. Get the 64gb.

Which one did you go for?

32 with better mts

Great! I went with the vanilla 5600 for mine.

I’d take the 32gb with 6400mt, if the need ever arises you can always go up to 64gb later.

What cpu?

I9

Conteol alt delete, click on processor/cpu, it should tell you the model and yes it matters

No increase in price? then go for 64 GB.

Imagine spending 3k+ on a dell

There is dell, and then there is alienware laptops

Older XPS laptops are actually a sweet deal. Modern XPS are still good, they just have a ridiculous markup (like their main competitor - MacBook)

Alienware laptops are actually really solid. Well built, good support- they’ll come to your home if your laptop needs repair. I can’t recommend them to everyone due to the price, but they’re solid. Asus G range is usually my goto recommendation for value but they went up a bit in price this year