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    Will this RAM work in this laptop?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by sorrownightshade, Jul 10, 2011.

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    sorrownightshade Notebook Consultant

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    sorrownightshade, Jul 10, 2011
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    Yes it will work, but I double it'll make any difference performance wise assuming you are a regular user. 6GB is more than enough for anything, you'll only probably get to 3GB of use, 4GB when gaming and have multiple windows open at the same time..8GB is useful when rendering videos or pictures but not much else..
     
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    i do a lot of photoshop etc. honestly i just wanted to max specs, going to throw my old chip in dads laptop bc he has 1gb in his old dinosaur of a pc, so i took oppertunity to upgrade to max
     
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    But be aware that the "old dinosaur" is unlikely to use DDR3 RAM which has only been in widespread use in laptops for about 3 years.

    John
     
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    awh.. your right, it wont work.. tried to stuff them in there, does he need ddr1? its like 5 years old. should be cheap memory upgrade for his laptop.
     
    sorrownightshade, Jul 12, 2011
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    If the RAM nearly fits then you need DDR2 (which is 200 pin: DDR3 is 204 pin and almost the same sized modules but the key is located differently). Otherwise it is DDR1 (144 pin) that should be cheap if you find some on ebay.

    You should be able to check by Googling for the computer specs.

    John
     
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    Quick question, the stock 6gb ram in this, its an i7 2630qm, i read somewhre that the stock ram is tri channel, and theres a difference between tri channel and dual channel? is the 8gb sticks i put in there tri or dual channel, is 6gb of tri better than 8gb of dual? explain please,,and what did i buy? tri or dual.
     
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    If it is tri-channel, then you will have 3 RAM modules. AFAIK notebooks usually have two RAM slots (except for a few workstations which may have 4 slots).

    6GB is accessed using assymetric dual channel. 8 GB (with 2 x 4GB) uses full dual channel which is slightly faster but you won't notice the difference in everyday usage.

    I'm actually using 6GB at the moment. I need more than 4GB but 8GB results in much longer hibernation and resume times.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 18, 2011
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