Is this better to have 2x2gb DDR3 RAM in both of the slot or single 4GB DDR3 RAM in single slot in laptop? Which way is right to increase my laptop perfromances, what should I do for best and fast performances?
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1@root: No, I don't think so. The question you pointed to was "Is it better to have four times 2 GB or two times 4 GB of RAM?" and the accepted answer: "2 x 4 GB would be faster then 4 x 2 GB". In the current case quite the reverse is true: 2x2GB is better then 1x4GB – Leo Chapiro Sep 29 '14 at 13:16
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@dude - I don't see a difference. There is no performance difference between `4x1` or `2x2` and `4x2` and `2x4` – Ramhound Sep 29 '14 at 15:12
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@Ramhound: From the 110031: "Four sticks would cause more strain on the memory controller and motherboard chipset. It would take slightly longer for the CPU to add and retrieve data from four sticks as opposed to two.". So to say, 2 sticks are better as one (DDR3) AND better as 4 (of the same common size certainly) – Leo Chapiro Sep 29 '14 at 15:14
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@dude - You disagree this should be a duplicate but don't explain the why its not a duplicate. – Ramhound Sep 29 '14 at 15:53
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1@Ramhound: I thought I did it :) – Leo Chapiro Sep 29 '14 at 16:40
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@duDE in their current form they are different questions..but nothing to do what what you speak of about one answer being a reverse of another. They're diffferent questions because 4*2GB vs 2*4GB Is a different question to 2*2GB vs 4GB. For example, it looks a bit like one question involves potentially quad channel, and no single channel configuration. Whereas this question is dual channel vs single channel. Though perhaps a question could be generalised.. quad vs dual vs single channel architectures/configurations, though general qs aren't always popular here, neither are too specific ones – barlop Sep 29 '14 at 19:28
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@barlop: I agree, "reverse" may be a wrong wording ... Nevertheless you see the difference of this two questions and that was the point. – Leo Chapiro Sep 30 '14 at 05:36
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I would go for 2 x 2GB slots - If 1 dies then you still are left with 1 stick which works but as well as that it works out cheaper for 2 slots and 1 slot, and the final thing I would point out is that some articles have worked out you get better output with 2 slots than using 1
Hope this helps
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in the past we kept reading that dual channel was better than single channel.. but maybe the jury is out. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/Everything-You-Need-to-Know-About-the-Dual-Triple-and-Quad-Channel-Memory-Architectures/133 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/326321-30-single-memory-dual-channel http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1349-ram-how-dual-channel-works-vs-single-channel – barlop Sep 29 '14 at 19:30
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If you are using dual channel ram (ddr2, ddr3) theoretically your RAM will run twice as fast with 2 sticks of 2gb.
The difference here is that with 1x4 you can only hit one channel at once, but with 2x2 you can hit 2 channels at once making your RAM twice as fast (it will of course not twice as fast, but it will be noticeable and good way to increase performance).
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