Laptop for DAW: RAM Vs CPU

[Piing]

I'm going to replace my old Asus ROG GL552VW that is becoming obsolete. It is a Game laptop, but I don't game. I've just found that they are great for DAW.

I am considering:

Acer Nitro V15 ANV15-41-R488	Acer Nitro V16 ANV16-41-R724
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 3.3 GHz 16MB	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 3.8 GHz 16MB
32GB DDR5	16GB DDR5
15.6" FHD (1920x1080) IPS	16" WUXGA (1920x1200) IPS
Nvidia GeForce RTX3050 6GB GDDR6	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6
HDD 512 GB PCIe/NVMe M.2 SSD	HDD 512 GB PCIe/NVMe M.2 SSD
$742	$890

Considering RAM Vs CPU, is the V15 a better option for DAW because of the 32GB RAM? If I'm not wrong, I believe that the extra RAM is preferable to that extra CPU power.

p.s.: buying 32GB RAM for the V16 would be out of budget.

 

[Blix]

I'll be that guy, get a Mac, the cheapest MacBook Air will outperform those by a mile.

 

[laxu]

I'll be that guy, get a Mac, the cheapest MacBook Air will outperform those by a mile.

You would double the cost of those and still only have the option for 24 GB RAM.

While the 8845 seems to outperform the 6600H by a good bit, for your uses likely the extra RAM is going to be more useful.

 

[newholland]

yeah- ive surely found that RAM is much more helpful over the years than some colossal processor. i just upgraded to a xeon 2950, which is absolutely outrageous- but 64 gigs of ram just hold down the fort for vsts and mixing. recording you could basically do with anything cause 8-16 tracks of unmolested 24 bit 44.1 your processor isnt workin that hard.

 

[JasonE]

I would go with the 32 GB ram and neither have enough hard drive space for my liking. I wouldn't go with anything less than 1 TB these days. 1 GB is the minimum amount of RAM for me, 32 GB is preferred. With these things bumped up the system would probably last you for a good while.

 

[newholland]

meantime- i dont think 512mb hard drives are an issue- i always record masters to offboard usb3 plate drives for safekeeping and isolation from the system. hopefully you have the ports- but suspect nowadays youd end up routing most of yer perpipherals through a powered hub anyhow.

 

[DrewJD82]

If you’re using VST’s with sample libraries ya definitely want to put some focus on the RAM, those things eat RAM like pieces of shit for breakfast.

 

[newholland]

If you’re using VST’s with sample libraries ya definitely want to put some focus on the RAM, those things eat RAM like pieces of shit for breakfast.

laughed aloud at the happy gilmore reference

 

[Piing]

I would go with the 32 GB ram and neither have enough hard drive space for my liking. I wouldn't go with anything less than 1 TB these days. 1 GB is the minimum amount of RAM for me, 32 GB is preferred. With these things bumped up the system would probably last you for a good while.

I am going to miss the 3 drives of my current Asus GL552VW:
- 256TB M.2 SSD (for Windows only)
- 1TB SATA SSD
- 1TB SATA SSD at the CD Tray

I will have to move the Kontakt and Omnisphere libraries, Band in a Box Real Tracks, Backing tracks, projects, movies, and all the shit to a NAS