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Personally, I always go for more RAM than the OS needs. I hate page files. Yes NVMe is fast, depending on the generation.
But if you have enough SSD space for your file system, and you are thinking about upgrading, go with RAM.
On the other hand, if you are running out of SSD space, and you have to buy only one, get more SSD space.
Both, inflation is only going to make things worse.
You always want more RAM, if tuck at 8 GB.
RAM disc memory is nice, but of limited use in the card format you listed. It is non-volatile, but so is an SSD, which is more flexible in its use.
a fool’s errand.
NVMe is 100x slower (at least) than DRAM.
Are you OK with your computer slowing by 100X?
Go with linux which is 2-3x more efficient than windows, or buy at least 16 GB of DRAM. You are paying the Windoz tax of inefficient use of DRAM.
get the m.2 ssd
while your laptop might maybe work with 16gb ram, the manufacturer says 8gb is max.
Crucial says 16gb will work
https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct16g4sfd824a/ct11935334
but I got a 1tb crucial m.2 drive for 64$ the other day
I think this would speed your experience far more overall
Yes the flash memory does ‘wear’ but it does do ‘wear leveling’. Access to a specific block is only a logical block not the physical block, the translation is done by the controller. So the ‘wear’ is spread and the flash memory should last quite a while. As blocks become bad they don’t get used, as the drive ages more and more blocks go bad because there’s fewer blocks to read/write to...so they tend to go downhill very quickly once the ‘cascading failure’ begins - but can last a long time before that happens.
But, of course, as with any drive, always have your data backed up :)
I’m assuming that you run Windows. 8GB is marginally acceptable for daily use. You are already making heavy use of a paging file and degrading your SSD. Seriously move to 16GB or perhaps more. Increasing your page file will only make a very marginal difference and contribute to its early failure.
Very few things help windows as much as extra RAM. It really is part of the design of windows that makes it a memory pig.
The more RAM, the better. Typing this from an 8TB SSD machine with 64 GB of RAM. As always, you *must* make backups.
Max out your RAM, and invest in a good SSD. The increase in performance will astound you.
Always increase the RAM first, even SSD virtual memory has overhead and added latency. 8GB is low these days.
Also, I would search for Advanced System Settings and Performance, Visual Effects, Adjust for Best Performance, Apply. Think you will like that a lot.
If you can’t upgrade your ram, a gen4 mvne will be very fast & have a good amount of cache.
https://www.amazon.com/SK-hynix-Platinum-Internal-Compact/dp/B09QX6SL2Y?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1
If you want to create a partition just for RAM and set it as a custom size (Windows key + Pause, hit Advanced>Performance>Advanced>Virtual memory). Wise system monitor is low resource and handy to tell you via a small moveable bar what % RAM etc. you are using.
But install the free Autoruns for Windows from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns and run is as an Admin, and nuke whatever runs at start up that is not necessary.
More customization helps here, thank God. To be used for Good in God.
What version of Windows are you using?
If Home then you are limited to 16gb. If Pro then the limit is 128gb or what your motherboard can accept.
Mine is Windows 10 pro now and the Gigabyte motherboard from 2015 allows up to 32gb of ram. I have a Samsung 2TB SSD. Desktop pc.
I still have the mechanical hard drives for backup. Any new pc I put together will have a smaller form factor as the size of the hard drives are now little circuit boards so the pc case will be much smaller. The prices are dropping to so you can lots of storage.
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Get a bigger hard drive and more ram memory:
Dell says this depending on the model:
NOTE Depending on the configuration you order, you will see either a HDD, M.2 SATA, M.2 2280 SATA SSD or M.2 PCIe/NVMe SSD in your system.
M.2 2230 PCIe/NVMe SSD limit is 512gb
M.2 2280 PCIe x2 NVMe SSD limit is 1TB
Your computer supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/latitude-14-5490-laptop/lat_5490_om/hukommelse?guid=guid-21ab5c57-f7d6-4ff9-9c67-ef3b39fa3a48
Latitude 5490 system supports DDR4. However, it depends on the processor what type of DDR4 will work. Here are the memory specs which are supported : DDR4 2400 MHz Non ECC for 8th Gen Processors, DDR4 2133 MHz for 7th Gen Processors.
https://www.dell.com/community/Latitude/DDR4-ram-16GB-is-not-supporting-in-dell-Lattitude-5490/td-p/7370243
Swap is extremely slow compared to RAM - even on a SSD/NVMe - and can cause a noticeable performance drop when in use. Whenever possible, it’s best to have enough RAM installed to reduce Swapping whenever possible. Keep in mind that Windows will use swap even when there is more than enough RAM available, but it’s barely noticeable in that case. If you can still get a memory module that is larger than your current one (or add a second - very rare option on most Dell laptops) then I recommend you do so.