Which RAM is better???

[Mahir Istehad]

So I am giving my old laptop to my brother but I am a bit ashamed with the amount of RAM that machine has. So I decided to go RAM hunting and man was it a hunt. There were stuff to hunt everywhere. So for less confusion I switched to local stores and found three convincing ones. 

GeIL DDR4-2133MHz 8GB Laptop RAM

Link if you want more details-https://www.startech.com.bd/geil-ddr4-2133mhz-8gb

G.SKILL RIPJAWS 8GB DDR4L 2133BUS SO-DIMM LAPTOP RAM

https://www.techlandbd.com/laptop-ram/g-skill-8gb-2133bus-ddr4l-ram

 

Also I want one good as I don't want my brother to haunt me somedays after for a better one.

Thanks

[5x5]

which laptop are you upgrading? Specific model

[Mahir Istehad]

Just now, 5x5 said:

which laptop are you upgrading? Specific model

It's an Asus X407U model.

[5x5]

3 minutes ago, Mahir Istehad said:

It's an Asus X407U model.

Unless you have a quad-core CPU, don't waste money on more RAM. The bottleneck is likely not memory.

As for what memory to get - doesn't matter. That laptop doesn't support fast RAM.

[Mahir Istehad]

2 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Unless you have a quad-core CPU, don't waste money on more RAM. The bottleneck is likely not memory.

As for what memory to get - doesn't matter. That laptop doesn't support fast RAM.

Thanks man. Now I can say to my brother that I am giving him a dead laptop

[5x5]

Just now, Mahir Istehad said:

Thanks man. Now I can say to my brother that I am giving him a dead laptop

Dead laptop? Hmm? What's the issue with it?

[Chris Pratt]

15 minutes ago, Mahir Istehad said:

So I am giving my old laptop to my brother but I am a bit ashamed with the amount of RAM that machine has. So I decided to go RAM hunting and man was it a hunt. There were stuff to hunt everywhere. So for less confusion I switched to local stores and found three convincing ones. 

GeIL DDR4-2133MHz 8GB Laptop RAM

Link if you want more details-https://www.startech.com.bd/geil-ddr4-2133mhz-8gb

G.SKILL RIPJAWS 8GB DDR4L 2133BUS SO-DIMM LAPTOP RAM

https://www.techlandbd.com/laptop-ram/g-skill-8gb-2133bus-ddr4l-ram

 

Also I want one good as I don't want my brother to haunt me somedays after for a better one.

Thanks

On the tin, they're exactly the same. The only real difference is going to come down to the die. The G.Skill are B-die, I think, which is good. Not sure about the Geil (we don't have those in the U.S.). However, that really only matters if you're trying to OC the RAM, which is not really a factor here. This mostly seems like 6 or half a dozen here.

[Mahir Istehad]

1 minute ago, 5x5 said:

Dead laptop? Hmm? What's the issue with it?

Well a laptop that has no worth even if upgraded, is a pretty dead laptop. Now I remember why I left it in my cabinet for a year or so.

[5x5]

Just now, Mahir Istehad said:

Well a laptop that has no worth even if upgraded, is a pretty dead laptop. Now I remember why I left it in my cabinet for a year or so.

It's not "dead", though.

Can you give me a full spec rundown and what issue you're trying to solve? Chances are, a fresh OS install might work wonders. Also an SSD.

[Mahir Istehad]

2 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

On the tin, they're exactly the same. The only real difference is going to come down to the die. The G.Skill are B-die, I think, which is good. Not sure about the Geil (we don't have those in the U.S.). However, that really only matters if you're trying to OC the RAM, which is not really a factor here. This mostly seems like 6 or half a dozen here.

Nah man. I opened up the laptop to see its internals and the fan is not even directly connected to the CPU heatsink. And the chipset is a U-series. Are U-series OC-able??

[5x5]

2 minutes ago, Mahir Istehad said:

Nah man. I opened up the laptop to see its internals and the fan is not even directly connected to the CPU heatsink. And the chipset is a U-series. Are U-series OC-able??

99% of all laptops are not overclockable as the power delivery would fail.

[Mahir Istehad]

1 minute ago, 5x5 said:

It's not "dead", though.

Can you give me a full spec rundown and what issue you're trying to solve? Chances are, a fresh OS install might work wonders. Also an SSD.

It has 6th gen core-i5 with 4 gigs of RAM. says it has Intel HD 520. I am gonna use a 120GB SSD. And as far as OS install goes I have given it umm.. one of those option that windows has built in to remove softwares and install windows again.

[Mahir Istehad]

3 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

99% of all laptops are not overclockable as the power delivery would fail.

Well the case would melt away before power failure.

[5x5]

1 minute ago, Mahir Istehad said:

It has 6th gen core-i5 with 4 gigs of RAM. says it has Intel HD 520. I am gonna use a 120GB SSD. And as far as OS install goes I have given it umm.. one of those option that windows has built in to remove softwares and install windows again.

Get a 4GB stick and call it a day. Least it will be dual-channel