We always say it's important to do your research before making a purchase. In today's day and age, you need at least 8GB of RAM to get any work done comfortably on a laptop. Although, we would say that you need at least 16GB. However, 8GB of RAM will suffice for someone who needs a device just for day-to-day use or for someone who is on a tighter budget. Basic productivity tasks, including browsing the web, using office software and consuming any kind of media content take up RAM. Doubly so when you do multiple of those at the same time, so investing in a laptop with decent RAM is essential to multitasking. We have a list of the best 8GB RAM laptops you can buy in India right now, across budgets, from general productivity laptops like the Honor MagicBook X16, the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i, and the HP Pavilion 15, to budget offerings like the RedmiBook Pro and the New Dell Inspiron 15, and gaming laptops like the Acer Aspire 5 Gaming, the HP Pavilion Gaming 15 and the Acer Nitro 5. These laptops can even come with expandable memory slots, so you can expand your RAM to 16GB or even more in the future, thereby increasing their overall lifespan.
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Acer consistently offers solid entry-level gaming laptop options with their Acer Nitro 5 series of laptops. This model of the Acer Nitro 5 is the newest entrant, featuring the latest Ryzen 7 7735HS octa-core processor, which is paired with the NVIDIA RTX 3050. The laptop comes with 8GB of DDR5 RAM, however, it supports up to 32GB RAM; so you could have two 16GB RAM sticks if you choose to make an upgrade in the future. This is a great entry-level gaming laptop. Even with 8GB of RAM, this laptop will give you great numbers on most modern AAA games at medium to high settings and you will be able to breeze through older titles with ease. We recommend increasing the 16GB as soon as you are able, or simply spending more for the 16GB variant.
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The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i comes with several options when it comes to processors, ranging from the 12th gen Intel Core i3-1215U, all the way up to the 12th gen Intel Core i7-1255U. You will naturally get the best performance out of the i7, but keep in mind that these are U variant processors, which are not as powerful as the H or P variant processors. They will still be able to handle most office and student workloads with ease. All that is paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 3200 MHz, which is expandable to 16GB if you so desire and you also get 1TB of NVMe SSD storage. At just around 1.6 Kg, this laptop is also quite portable, making this a great laptop for someone who needs a powerful and light machine on the go to tackle every productivity tasks and for general office usage.
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If you were looking for a gaming laptop with 8GB of RAM, then you should consider the HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15. It comes with the Ryzen 5 5600H processor, which is paired with the NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti. You get 8GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 3200 Mhz and 512 GB of PCIe NVMe SSD Storage. The RAM is expandable if you plan on increasing it to 16GB in the future. For the display, you get a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display with a refresh rate of 144 Hz. The combination of the Ryzen 5 5600H and the RTX 3050 Ti is great for an entry-level gaming laptop, and will allow you to tackle modern AAA games at FHD resolution with medium to high settings. Games like Valorant, and GTA V will easily give you above 60 FPS consistently, allowing you to fully utilise the 144 Hz display that comes with this laptop.
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The Acer Aspire 5 Gaming has been our go-to recommendation for whenever anyone asks for a budget gaming laptop suggestion. This laptop comes with a 12th gen Intel Core i5-1240P, which is paired with 8BG of expandable DDR4 RAM, 512 GB of PCIe NVMe storage, and an NVIDIA RTX 2050. This is the cheapest RTX gaming laptop in the market and has been for a while now. 8GB of RAM is the least we would recommend for a gaming laptop, and with the specs on this laptop you can easily tackle everyday productivity tasks as well, making this an ideal laptop for students or office workers who want a laptop for general and student workloads during the day, and to wind down with some gaming at night.
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The RedmiBook Pro features an 11th gen Intel Core i5-11300H, that is paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 3200 MHz, and 512GB of NVMe PCIe SSD storage. 11th gen processors are still solid processors, especially if you’re on a tight budget. With the specs on board you should have no trouble using this laptop as a daily driver to tackle your everyday productivity tasks. The laptop offers good build quality and aesthetics with its polycarbonate build and brushed metallic finish, and at 1.8 Kg it is lightweight as well, making it easy to carry around. You get a standard 15.6-inch FHD display for your content consumption needs and the company promises 10 hours of battery life, which will easily last you the day.
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There are two variants of the New Inspiron 15 from Dell, one with a 13th gen Intel Core i3-1305U, and one with a i5-1335U. The i5 variant comes with double the cores, i.e., 10 cores to the i3’s 5 cores. Meaning you will have a much better time multitasking on the i5 variant of the New Dell Inspiron 15. Keep in mind that the i3 variant is a lot cheaper, so keep that in mind if you’re on a tight budget. 13th gen processors offer a decent leap in performance over the 11th and 12th gen intel processors, so you will definitely have no trouble tackling everyday work and student workloads on this laptop. The laptop comes with 8GB of DDR4 RAM, and up to 512GB of PCIe NVMe SSD storage. You get a 15.6-inch FHD display, with a refresh rate of 120 Hz, which is the highest on the list so far. The laptop features an aluminium build, and weighs only 1.65 Kg, making it easy to carry around.
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The HP Pavilion Laptop 15 is another laptop on this list featuring a 12th gen Intel Core i5-1240P processor. You already have a good idea at this point of how capable the processor is. As far as everyday productivity tasks are concerned, this processor will have no trouble. That is paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM, in the form of two 4GB sticks running in dual channel. RAM running in dual channel will always be better than RAM running in single channel, which is why having two RAM sticks is always advisable. This doesn’t apply to newer 13th gen laptops however. Other than that, you get 512 GB of PCIe NVMe SSD storage. Coming to the display, you have a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display, and the whole package weighs less than 1.8 Kg, making it a fantastic laptop for portability.
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This model of the Dell Inspiron 15 is the AMD variant. Instead of an Intel processor, you get the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U processor, which significantly reduces your costs if you’re looking for a budget daily driver laptop with 8GB of RAM. This is a very good budget processor; basic everyday productivity tasks work without any hitches. The RAM on this laptop is very fast, you get 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM clocked at 5500 MHz. For storage, you get 256 GB of NVMe SSD storage, and for the display you have a 15.6-inch HD display; that’s a resolution of 1366x768p. Considering all the specs on board, and the price, this is a great budget option if you’re looking for an 8GB laptop for your basic everyday needs.
