Installing ram on a laptop.
2 sticks of ram or 1.
Hey there and welcome to another quick post this time i m going to explain the difference between having 2 ram sticks vs 1 this question often comes to your mind when you want to build a new pc or when you think of upgrading the ram to get better performance for things like gaming and video editing etc anyway i ll mention the advantages and disadvantages of both options and how to.
I would suggest getting the two sticks of 8 instead of the single 16gb.
Check to make sure your memory is oriented the right direction.
Which ram configuration is better.
Failures with two sticks in one channel are particularly common.
Ram should not be difficult to snap into the socket.
If you are facing a lot of resistance stop.
T solved pc turning on and off with 2 ram sticks.
Question pc won t boot with 2 ram sticks.
So if you installed one stick with 1600mhz and other with 2400mhz the latter will.
If you install two ram sticks of different frequencies both of them will be working on the lowest frequency.
Ram works in pairs you ll find that two sticks of similar ram with the same clock speed and cas rates or latency will perform as much as 12 better then a single stick of ram.
While you might not notice much performance difference lesser modules result in a more reliable system.
In practice ram compatibility is often marginal or bugged so it s not rare that two sticks will work in 1 3 but not 2 4 or 1 2.
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