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    Memory - fill one or two slots???

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by suntracker69, Mar 21, 2012.

  1. suntracker69

    suntracker69 Newbie

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    Just purchased an ASUS X53E-RH Notebook... The Crucial site scaned a single 4G stick. I ordered a Pair of Crucial DDR3 PC3-12800 • CL=11 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.35V • Part #: CT2294841 to replace the single 4 G stick. Will I see any benefit of having two matched sticks ( to increase to 8G) and will this take advantage of the dual channel capability of the Intel I5-2430M processor? Thanks in advance for any input..Hank
     
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    i have the same question for my U36SD-RBK5 laptop. 1 empty slot according to crucial.
     
    Jerry_03, Mar 21, 2012
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    It will improve performance with dual-channel but not really noticeable, also with with i5 CPU the DDR3 1600 will down clock to 1333MHz.

    The slowest component in your laptop is the platter hard drive.
     
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    Thanks for the reply's... Using Crystal Mark 09, found that the alu, fpu, and memory speed almost doubled - kinda as thought. Got a backup drive (WD6400 bvpt) to experiment with, using this NB at work keeping the work programs intact, I'm able to experiment with a clean install... Question
    : What are the opinions as to "system speediness" with running a bare bones win 7 HP install vs the crap loaded at the factory... Comments welcomed and appreciated..

    Hank
     
    suntracker69, Mar 26, 2012
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