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H3nrik V!
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 Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 7:14 am Post subject: Sandy Bridge memory controller |
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I'm upgrading a laptop for a friend, sporting an i5-2410M. It has 4GiB of RAM, but only as one module. I have loads of 2GiB laying around, so I considered popping in one of those. But will this enable a somewhat higher memory speed as they will be on two different memory channels, or will it run it as a single channel as modules are different in size?
Primary upgrade will be an SSD, though, so memory might not matter that much  |
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CHips
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H3nrik V!
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Brilliant link, thanks!  |
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| Ideally you'd want two identical 4GB modules, 4GB is rather anemic these days. |
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H3nrik V!
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| Wasmachineman_NL wrote: | | Ideally you'd want two identical 4GB modules, 4GB is rather anemic these days. |
I absolutely don't disagree, but biggest leap for this particular laptop will be replacing the mech harddrive with an SSD. The memory was just because "I have some spare" so 6 GiB will still be better than 4 |
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