Stick with Kingston? 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L (PC3-12800) 1.35V

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bbhaag

bbhaag

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I didn't see this thread when you posted it other wise I would have made some suggestions. Glad to here the ram you bought is working well. Did you buy it as a dual channel kit or just 2x8gb modules? The only reason I ask is because I want to make sure your new ram is running in dual channel mode. It will help feed that new i7 you got coming.:D

If you're not sure you can dl a simple program like CPU-Z and will gather some system info for you and display whether or not your memory is running in dual channel mode.

EDIT: Here's an example of what cpu-z should look like. I just took this shot from my HP 8460P laptop.
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VirtualLarry

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Oh man, 16GB is going to give you some serious elbow-room for browsing, on a laptop.

I have a pair of Lenovo B50 laptops, with AMD Puma+ core quad-core APUs, and SSDs, but they only came with 4GB of RAM. I found that I was often exceeding that, as I left my browsers running for days, and accumulated tabs.

So I eventually bought a 2x4GB kit of DDR3-1600 SO-DIMMs, and put both in one laptop, and took the factory SO-DIMM out and added it to the other one in the other identical laptop.

Now things are SOOOO much better. I can basically open as many tabs as I want (thus far), without running into severe (well, not horrible with SSD) RAM limitations.

I even bumped up my desktop Ryzen CPU rigs to 32GB of RAM. I was even running out of RAM on my desktop. (350+ browser tabs might do that to you with 16GB).

Edit: I think my APUs are single-channel, so I guess that I could have purchased 2x8GB SO-DIMMs, and then put one 8GB SO-DIMM in each laptop, giving each of them 12GB. Something to consider.
 
GoodEnough

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Yup, tabs tabs and more tabs!

I get a lot of daily email digests from various forums and websites.
So, when I go through my daily email, I can end up with dozens of browsers open.
Then I go through them and close them one by one, after reading.
I do pin the RAM during this process, so that's why I splurged for the 16GB.
 
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bbhaag

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VirtualLarry said:
Edit: I think my APUs are single-channel, so I guess that I could have purchased 2x8GB SO-DIMMs, and then put one 8GB SO-DIMM in each laptop, giving each of them 12GB. Something to consider.
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You should really consider getting those APUs in dual channel mode. Depending on what generation of APU they are it could really help feed the cpu and gpu with the bandwidth they need to be at peak performance.

I don't know how much stock you put in GamersNexus but they did a fairly comprehensive review regarding single channel vs dual channel ram on Amds APU platform and the results seemed to lean toward dual channel. Of course that depends on what you use them for but you might want to check out the link.

I read the boards enough to know that moneys tight right now for you so getting them into dual channel might not be an option but just thought I would give you a little more info.
 
bbhaag

bbhaag

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GoodEnough said:
Yea, I never saw that option for various CAS anyway.
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I wouldn't sweat it man. From your described workload in your other thread having a lower CAS won't make a noticeable difference. Even in certain heavy workloads like gaming lower CAS rarely makes a difference.
Now if you're using your laptop to find the cure for cancer or solving global climate change using a highly optimized program that has been specially coded then I would probably recommend you return the ram and find something with a lower CAS.

EDIT: One thing to remember is this forum is filled with enthusiasts who want the absolute best or expect the absolute best when is comes to performance. So sometimes they say things that while true don't really make much sense for the average user or for the average workload..

I'll admit that I am guilty of doing this every so often. I told you about upgrading to an i7 when in reality the i5 that you currently have is just fine and would serve you well for many more years. But the enthusiast in me just couldn't resist telling you about how to upgrade to the i7 so you could eek that much more performance out of your laptop.
 
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GoodEnough

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Yup, not sweating it at all.
I'm not a gamer, just basic office use (with a lot of tabs)

I hear you on the enthusiast thing.
I did not truly need either upgrade.
But, as I get older, I like having nice stuff.

So, part of why I upgraded the $120 RAM was just because I can. LOL.
Same thing with this CPU. $35? Why not. I love a bargain.

Plus, in researching and installing, I learn something, however small.
I'm glad I am now on 16GB and i7.
 
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