Which Is Easier To Upgrade Later?

This is what im getting on my laptop.

Hard Drive
500GB SATAII 7,200RPM

Memory
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz

Video Card
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M

LCD Panel
15.6-inch WideFHD 1920x1080 (1080p) WLED

Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Quad Core Processor 1.6GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache

Internal Optical Drive
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW

Which of thease are the easiest to upgrade later on. and arent necessary right away for my laptop. i heard the memory or hard drive so...
These are memory choices
1066Mhz Memory
3GB DDR3 at 1066MHz
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
1333Mhz Memory
3GB DDR3 at 1333MHz
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz

These are hard drive choices
250GB SATAII 7,200RPM
320GB SATAII 7,200RPM
500GB SATAII 7,200RPM

is hard drive more important or is memory more important in the time being. (sorry not smart with computer specs)

 

Typically, that would be whichever one you need the most. And only you (and your applications) can decide that. Both of theses are quick, easy and inexpensive upgrades.

 

In my personal opinion since i gather that your going to use that notebook for gaming i at this point in time would go for a larger drive since youll be needing that for a growing library of games. especially now that more games are starting to break the 10Gb install size. I think 4Gb of ram is enough for now so i think you should upgrade that later.

as for whats easier this depends on what you have easy access to and whether or not you laptop has space for more then 1 Hdd. Simply because it would be much harder to upgrade the primary Hdd that has the Os Installed then adding/upgrading a secondary storage drive.

So I would go with the hdd but i would go for a much higher capacity then 500gb.

 

I'd go for a 500 GB HDD...specifically the Seagate Momentus XT (order your laptop with the cheapest drive and buy the upgrade from Newegg). It's a 7200 RPM with 4GB flash, so it performs between a standard HDD and a solid state drive. Newegg lists it at $130 once they come in. As ryokowashu said, 4GB RAM is enough for current gaming, and DDR3 prices will come down in the long run so you can upgrade later if you find you need to. I like the performance of a solid state drive, but I am assuming you are looking at the M15x based on your specs, so you only have room for one drive, and the price is high for SSDs and the capacity is low. You'd have to spend an arm and a leg for a good 256 GB SSD right now. If you are looking at a laptop with two drive bays, a small SSD and a large HDD will give best performance.

 

What is the cost difference between the options? Memory speed doesn't make a difference, so I'd probably stick with 3GB DDR3-1066 unless the 4GB DDR3-1066 wasn't much more (I wouldn't pay more than $20). Similarly, 250GB is fine for me. Hard drive upgrades are really cheap if you need more space, or depending on your budget, you can scale up to the hybrid drive or even to a SSD.