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Good evening,
I am going to receive my 8gox2 RAM sticks, but I have one extra stick left. I'm wondering if it is necessary to add it to make it 24GB of RAM.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
I am going to receive my 8gox2 RAM sticks, but I have one extra stick left. I'm wondering if it is necessary to add it to make it 24GB of RAM.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
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Hello,
There is no point in adding a third stick: you will break the dual channel operation at worst, or at best you will handicap performance.
It is always recommended to work in pairs of sticks (which means, 2 sticks systematically) to take advantage of the added performance from dual-channel.
Moreover, you need to make sure that your machine supports more than 16GB of RAM, both in terms of the motherboard's capabilities, the processor's, and even the operating system (indeed, some versions of Windows do not recognize more than 16GB at maximum, with certain licenses).
Finally, we need to put things in their proper place: no, an SSD does not speed up a system and does not necessarily make it faster.
The SSD does speed up certain tasks (such as booting, where many files are read quickly) but it does not make a machine slow because the hardware isn't keeping up. If the processor and RAM are not up to par, an SSD won't perform miracles.
~ To know how to listen is to possess, besides one's own, the minds of others... said Leonardo da Vinci.
There is no point in adding a third stick: you will break the dual channel operation at worst, or at best you will handicap performance.
It is always recommended to work in pairs of sticks (which means, 2 sticks systematically) to take advantage of the added performance from dual-channel.
Moreover, you need to make sure that your machine supports more than 16GB of RAM, both in terms of the motherboard's capabilities, the processor's, and even the operating system (indeed, some versions of Windows do not recognize more than 16GB at maximum, with certain licenses).
Finally, we need to put things in their proper place: no, an SSD does not speed up a system and does not necessarily make it faster.
The SSD does speed up certain tasks (such as booting, where many files are read quickly) but it does not make a machine slow because the hardware isn't keeping up. If the processor and RAM are not up to par, an SSD won't perform miracles.
~ To know how to listen is to possess, besides one's own, the minds of others... said Leonardo da Vinci.
Alright, thanks, my motherboard supports 64GB but yeah, that's what I was thinking, dual channel is better than putting 3...
Thanks a lot for your answer, now I know what to do.
Not to mention that Windows also has limited capabilities depending on the licenses/versions used.