Posted May 10, 2021 So, I was doing research on my potato laptop, core i3 2330m, 4gb ram, windows 7 32bit and i discovered Readyboost and adding more ram via usb flash drive. I found some sandisk drives on Amazon (2x32) for a total of 64gb of storage. I’m wondering, will it add 64gb of ram to my system? Or is there some division that goes on and changes up the number. I plan to use one or both sticks through readyboost. Thanks for the tech tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 Readyboost is... only useful in stupidly specific circumstances. It does NOT add RAM. Never has, never will. If you're looking to speed up the laptop: Replace the HDD with an SSD. If you're running on an SSD Already, Readyboost will NOT speed up anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 Is the 4GB soldered? Are you not able to add more actual RAM? BabyBlu (Primary): CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34 GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem Case: Phanteks Evolv X Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB PSU: Corsair HX1000i Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front) Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: MasterMouse MM710 Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB OS: Windows 10 Pro Roxanne (Wife Build): CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM Motherboard: Asus Z97A RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24 GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME PSU: Corsair AX760 Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White) Mouse: Glorious Model O- Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7 OS: Windows 10 Pro BigBox (HTPC): CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28 GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads Case: Fractal Design Node 202 Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14 Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR) Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15 Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4 Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB) Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup. OS: Windows 10 Pro Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server): CPU: Intel Core i7 6700 Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133 GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530 Case: Fractal Design Define 7 HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5 SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60 PSU: Corsair CX450 Display: None Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S Keyboard/Mouse: None OS: Windows 10 Pro NAS: Synology DS216J 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 ReadyBoost is/was intended as a sort of disk cache for slow HDDs. Which means it requires a fairly large and fast USB stick to be remotely useful (in combination with a slow HDD). Even the fastest USB stick on the market is nowhere near the speed of a modern SSD, let alone RAM. USB sticks also are not the best in term of longevity with lots of writes. If you could use ReadyBoost as "RAM" it would be identical to a permanent use of swap instead of physical RAM: Unbearably slow. Remember to either quote or @mention others, so they are notified of your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 Author 31 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said: Is the 4GB soldered? Are you not able to add more actual RAM? I haven’t opened it up yet, it’s a 2009 dell latitude e5440 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 Author 34 minutes ago, tkitch said: Readyboost is... only useful in stupidly specific circumstances. It does NOT add RAM. Never has, never will. If you're looking to speed up the laptop: Replace the HDD with an SSD. If you're running on an SSD Already, Readyboost will NOT speed up anything. So, is the only way to actually “add more ram” by directly snapping it in to the motherboard? Or could I get some kind of outboard ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 1 minute ago, The Arbiter2267 said: So, is the only way to actually “add more ram” by directly snapping it in to the motherboard? Or could I get some kind of outboard ram the only way to add more, is to add it to the board directly, yes. That system should have 2 RAM slots, so you can easily upgrade to 8 or 16GB RAM, and it shouldn't be terribly expensive. No, you cannot "outboard" ram, since no other interface on a computer and pretend to compete with the bandwidth needed for RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 Author Is there a way I can pinpoint the model of the motherboard to know what size of ram stick to get, or is there such thing as laptop exclusive ram, like ITX form size stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 1 hour ago, The Arbiter2267 said: Is there a way I can pinpoint the model of the motherboard to know what size of ram stick to get, or is there such thing as laptop exclusive ram, like ITX form size stuff With an i3 2330m, you'll be looking for DDR3 SO-DIMM RAM, probably 1066Mhz or 1333 Mhz. Get CPU-Z and check the SPD tab. Get RAM that matches the speed and timings of your existing RAM as closely as possible. If you post a screenshot of that tab, I can help you pick something out. Also, remember to quote as I did above, or @The Arbiter2267so that we get a notification when you respond. You are lucky that I decided to check back in ono this thread. BabyBlu (Primary): CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34 GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem Case: Phanteks Evolv X Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB PSU: Corsair HX1000i Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front) Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: MasterMouse MM710 Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB OS: Windows 10 Pro Roxanne (Wife Build): CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM Motherboard: Asus Z97A RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24 GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME PSU: Corsair AX760 Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White) Mouse: Glorious Model O- Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7 OS: Windows 10 Pro BigBox (HTPC): CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28 GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads Case: Fractal Design Node 202 Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14 Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR) Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15 Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4 Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB) Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup. OS: Windows 10 Pro Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server): CPU: Intel Core i7 6700 Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133 GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530 Case: Fractal Design Define 7 HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5 SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60 PSU: Corsair CX450 Display: None Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S Keyboard/Mouse: None OS: Windows 10 Pro NAS: Synology DS216J 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2021 2 hours ago, The Arbiter2267 said: windows 7 32bit 32bit windows cant use more than 4gb of ram, if you add more ram you have to reinstall windows with 64 bit version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 11, 2021 Author 22 hours ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said: With an i3 2330m, you'll be looking for DDR3 SO-DIMM RAM, probably 1066Mhz or 1333 Mhz. Get CPU-Z and check the SPD tab. Get RAM that matches the speed and timings of your existing RAM as closely as possible. If you post a screenshot of that tab, I can help you pick something out. Also, remember to quote as I did above, or @The Arbiter2267so that we get a notification when you respond. You are lucky that I decided to check back in ono this thread. Ok, thank you for the advice. I will do that this weekend and post the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 11, 2021 Author 22 hours ago, Selle said: 32bit windows cant use more than 4gb of ram, if you add more ram you have to reinstall windows with 64 bit version wait like, even if I plug it directly into ram slots on the motherboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 11, 2021 Just now, The Arbiter2267 said: wait like, even if I plug it directly into ram slots on the motherboard? Yes. You would have to upgrade to a 64bit operating system in order to use more than 4GB of RAM. BabyBlu (Primary): CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34 GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem Case: Phanteks Evolv X Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB PSU: Corsair HX1000i Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front) Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown) Mouse: MasterMouse MM710 Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB OS: Windows 10 Pro Roxanne (Wife Build): CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM Motherboard: Asus Z97A RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24 GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME PSU: Corsair AX760 Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White) Mouse: Glorious Model O- Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7 OS: Windows 10 Pro BigBox (HTPC): CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28 GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads Case: Fractal Design Node 202 Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14 Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR) Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15 Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4 Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB) Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup. OS: Windows 10 Pro Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server): CPU: Intel Core i7 6700 Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133 GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530 Case: Fractal Design Define 7 HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5 SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60 PSU: Corsair CX450 Display: None Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S Keyboard/Mouse: None OS: Windows 10 Pro NAS: Synology DS216J 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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