More ram or higher CPU MacBook Air 2013

Hi everyone, looking to purchase the 11inch MacBook Air... Would you go with the 8gb of ram or the 1.7 CPU....I can only afford one, no...no plans on saving to buy both if that's your advice *\(^o^)/* thank you all for the opinions and help. God bless.
Jason

Thank you! That's along the lines of what I was thinking but I am unfamiliar with this new CPU so the question did crop up. It's just going to be used for school and watching video.

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PCB Lot Code:          0
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Hardware Revision:          000a
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Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
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