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    8gb 4 SODIMM or 8gb 2 SODIMM

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Ancraarty, Mar 4, 2012.

  1. Ancraarty

    Ancraarty Newbie

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    Just wondering if it matters to have either one of those instead of the other performance wise. Does one speed up data recall faster than the other?
     
    Ancraarty, Mar 4, 2012
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  2. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Performance should be nearly identical. 2 DIMMs would be easier to upgrade and would offer marginally lower power usage, though, so I would recommend that if the price is the same.
     
    Fat Dragon, Mar 4, 2012
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  3. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Performance is identical in real world usage. Prices of 2x4GB kits are cheap now, easily $40-50 on sale. 8GB sticks are still pretty expensive though.
     
    sgogeta4, Mar 4, 2012
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  4. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    As sgogeta4 mentioned, in real-world usage, performance is identical.
    If you have 4 RAM slots, then I would sooner recommend you upgrade to 16GB if your cpu supports it.
    4GB sticks are cheap, and while 2GB sticks should be cheaper, they won't be by a lot.
    Rather go with 2x4GB sticks so you can upgrade to 16GB later on.
     
    Deks, Mar 5, 2012
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  5. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    2x4GB would be ever so slightly faster as the memory timings are usually slightly tighter with 2 sticks, but its barely measurable let alone noticeable.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 5, 2012
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  6. ramgen

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    If your memory is dual-channel, buy the 2 SO-DIMM. If it is quad-channel (not sure if it exists tho), buy the 4 SO-DIMM.


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    ramgen, Mar 5, 2012
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  7. Meaker@Sager

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    Only quad channel notebook is the Clevo P270WM (based on the desktop X79) which is not on sale yet IIRC.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 5, 2012
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