Windows 10: SSD or RAM upgrade?

I have an old Asus i5 laptop with 4gbs of RAM that sort of struggles with Windows 10. It runs sluggish overall and programs take a while to load. It usually works fine but when i give it more hardware demanding tasks like moving big files around it almost becomes unusable until it's done. If i had to choose what to upgrade..should i go for 4 more gbs of ddr3l ram? Or a sata 2.5 ssd? Which one would make a bigger impact?

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Video card or RAM need upgrading?

Memtest: no errors after 10 hrs.
I'm going to perform the Primetest, later on. Get back to you on that.
I'm going to take it step by step, guys. I need to find the problem with this current computer. I might have to upgrade some components, so that it is still runnable. As for the new one, yes....i will build on it later. I need to find something decent 'gaming experience', all suggestions appreciated. THanks.

 

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That's what the auto setting will do since you're over the 1333 mark it jumps to the next step which isn't listed or officially supported I assume by that ram.

At this point though I would suggest dropping the multi one step or .5 so that we can get something stable and possibly take the heat issue out of the picture for now.

 

To RAM or not to RAM...

Hey genesis what hardware have you bought, you might be able to save on the ram and step up the rest of the hardware a little...

Or you could go out on the town as suggested... *Big Grin