Will adding more ram into a NB decrease battery life?

[Asnrefugee]

Just wanted to know. I want performance, but I also like portability. OHh and I love my new toshiba tablet m205-s810.

 

[CTho9305]

No. It means less accessing the hard disk, which has moving parts... and draws a fair amount of power. More ram means more disk cache and the drive can spin down more.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
No. It means less accessing the hard disk, which has moving parts... and draws a fair amount of power. More ram means more disk cache and the drive can spin down more.

I think he ment "more RAM mean *less* disk caching (virtual memory)" which = less drain on the battery

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: warcrow

Originally posted by: CTho9305
No. It means less accessing the hard disk, which has moving parts... and draws a fair amount of power. More ram means more disk cache and the drive can spin down more.

I think he ment "more RAM mean *less* disk caching (virtual memory)" which = less drain on the battery

No, more caching. More data accessed from ram rather than from disk. Less swapping, more caching.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Adding more sticks of RAM does consume more power, but as CTho9305 said having more RAM will result in less disk access giving you slightly longer battery life.