4+4 > 4+8?

[New GP]

I have a laptop that has 8GB of ram (2 GB taken by igpu so technically 6GB)

 

And now I want to upgrade cuz I'm getting kinda sick of not using my web browser

 

The motherboard has a max of 12 GB (4GB Soldered)

But it says that mixing ram size is going to be worse than not mixing???

 

8GB>12GB??

 

I need help

Also i don't know which brand of ram to pair with the soldered ram

[RockSolid1106]

You will be fine if you use different capacities of RAM, go ahead with the 4 + 8 config.

 

6 minutes ago, New GP said:

Also i don't know which brand of ram to pair with the soldered ram

You can buy any stick you get, just be sure to match the frequency for both. You haven't listed any specs so can't tell what the frequency for the one you have installed is.

[Zalosath]

6 minutes ago, New GP said:

I have a laptop that has 8GB of ram (2 GB taken by igpu so technically 6GB)

 

And now I want to upgrade cuz I'm getting kinda sick of not using my web browser

 

The motherboard has a max of 12 GB (4GB Soldered)

But it says that mixing ram size is going to be worse than not mixing???

 

8GB>12GB??

 

I need help

Also i don't know which brand of ram to pair with the soldered ram

Does the soldered RAM have any kind of indication as to what it might be? Serial number, part number?

[New GP]

13 minutes ago, RockSolid1106 said:

You will be fine if you use different capacities of RAM, go ahead with the 4 + 8 config.

 

You can buy any stick you get, just be sure to match the frequency for both. You haven't listed any specs so can't tell what the frequency for the one you have installed is.

DDR4 2400 Mhz

[New GP]

14 minutes ago, Zalosath said:

Does the soldered RAM have any kind of indication as to what it might be? Serial number, part number?

How do i check that?

[tkitch]

11 minutes ago, New GP said:

DDR4 2400 Mhz

just get a stick of 2400 or better and it'll most likely just run.

[Tegneren]

5 minutes ago, New GP said:

How do i check that?

Download CPU-Z from CPUID.com, and then in the SPD tab it should say what ram are installed in the different slots, and then buy something as close to it as possible in regards of speed an timing. Ideally you should get the exact same but with higher capacity, but that isn't always an option.

 

I myself run a 4+8 config on my laptop for the exact same reason, and it works just fine.

It will run dual channel up to 8GB an then single for the last four

[venomtail]

That is exactly what I did to my Acer Swift 3. 4GB soldered, added 8 making it 12GB - 2GB for the APU.

Shame the laptop manufacturers put slow ram. My VEGA iGPU runs at the slower ram speed than the 8GB 3200MHz I put in, since RAM runs at lowest common denominator. VEGA 8 performance lost due to slower ram now. Could have used those extra 5fps.

[Phiobos]

That's an old story which dual channels requires two exactly same memory sticks.

Modern technology is quite flexible, which allows memory sticks with different capacity and frequency, since more than ten years ago.

The only thing is that two memory sticks will run at the lower frequency between two sticks

[New GP]

1 hour ago, Tegneren said:

Download CPU-Z from CPUID.com, and then in the SPD tab it should say what ram are installed in the different slots, and then buy something as close to it as possible in regards of speed an timing. Ideally you should get the exact same but with higher capacity, but that isn't always an option.

 

I myself run a 4+8 config on my laptop for the exact same reason, and it works just fine.

It will run dual channel up to 8GB an then single for the last four

Ah alright, slot 1 is the normal sodimm ram (module manuf is sk hynix)

 

Slot 2 is blank (Is that where the soldered ram is?)

[New GP]

36 minutes ago, venomtail said:

That is exactly what I did to my Acer Swift 3. 4GB soldered, added 8 making it 12GB - 2GB for the APU.

Shame the laptop manufacturers put slow ram. My VEGA iGPU runs at the slower ram speed than the 8GB 3200MHz I put in, since RAM runs at lowest common denominator. VEGA 8 performance lost due to slower ram now. Could have used those extra 5fps.

 

24 minutes ago, Phiobos said:

That's an old story which dual channels requires two exactly same memory sticks.

Modern technology is quite flexible, which allows memory sticks with different capacity and frequency, since more than ten years ago.

The only thing is that two memory sticks will run at the lower frequency between two sticks

Ohh, so it will run at the lower frequency.

Thank you!

[Slizzo]

What is the make/model of the laptop in question?

[Tegneren]

18 minutes ago, New GP said:

Ah alright, slot 1 is the normal sodimm ram (module manuf is sk hynix)

 

Slot 2 is blank (Is that where the soldered ram is?)

What are the capacity of the one in slot one? because that  sounds like there are 8GB soldered and no second stick. If thats the case you may have to get s 4GB stick

Can you provide a screenshot og CPU-Z? both the Memory and SPD tab

And it will also be helpful to know the exact model of your laptop. Model number are usually printed on the bottom of the laptop.

[New GP]

40 minutes ago, Slizzo said:

What is the make/model of the laptop in question?

 

25 minutes ago, Tegneren said:

What are the capacity of the one in slot one? because that  sounds like there are 8GB soldered and no second stick. If thats the case you may have to get s 4GB stick

Can you provide a screenshot og CPU-Z? both the Memory and SPD tab

And it will also be helpful to know the exact model of your laptop. Model number are usually printed on the bottom of the laptop.

Lenovo V14 ADA

Model name: 82C6

 

[Tegneren]

16 hours ago, New GP said:

 

Lenovo V14 ADA

Model name: 82C6

 

Ok.

I would go for something like this stick then

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CW6P9LN?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

[New GP]

3 hours ago, Tegneren said:

Ok.

I would go for something like this stick then

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CW6P9LN?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

Since my country doesn't use amazon, I'll find a 2400 mhz version of that same thing

 

Or should i get the same ram that's installed in my laptop (8 gb version of course)

[Tegneren]

I recommend getting as close to the same as possible. It will default to the speed and timing for slowest of the two, so getting a 2400mhz stick means you will reduce the speed for the soldered as well.

 

You could try to search for that model number (‎KVR26S19S8/8) in the stores in your country to see if its available.

 

[New GP]

5 minutes ago, Tegneren said:

I recommend getting as close to the same as possible. It will default to the speed and timing for slowest of the two, so getting a 2400mhz stick means you will reduce the speed for the soldered as well.

 

You could try to search for that model number (‎KVR26S19S8/8) in the stores in your country to see if its available.

 

The soldered stick is 2400 mhz, so nothing will change

[Tegneren]

6 minutes ago, New GP said:

The soldered stick is 2400 mhz, so nothing will change

Yes, sorry. I just saw that the one in slot 1 was 2666 CL19, but I see it runs at 2400 CL18.

My bad

[New GP]

2 minutes ago, Tegneren said:

Yes, sorry. I just saw that the one in slot 1 was 2666 CL19, but I see it runs at 2400 CL18.

My bad

That's alright, i have found the closest thing to the ram in my laptop

 

https://tokopedia.link/14y5CJARVqb 

 

Here's the screenshot of the specs:

 

[New GP]

This is pretty much the same ram, so will it outperform 4+4 ram?