Laptop RAM Config

[07Tarus]

I want to ask what ram config would be better for my laptop. I have a MSI Mordern 14 with a Ryzen 5 4500U. 

I have two RAM configurations I can run:-

• Single stick of 8gb DDR4 Ram running at 3200mhz 
• Dual Sticks of 8gb DDR4 Ram running at 2400mhz

So what would be better and why??

[filpo]

1 minute ago, 07Tarus said:

I want to ask what ram config would be better for my laptop. I have a MSI Mordern 14 with a Ryzen 5 4500U. 

I have two RAM configurations I can run:-

• Single stick of 8gb DDR4 Ram running at 3200mhz 
• Dual Sticks of 8gb DDR4 Ram running at 2400mhz

So what would be better and why??

Depends what you're doing on your system. Normally more ram even if it's at a lower speed is better but if there's a specific application that you use that doesn't use much ram and favours higher ram speed then go for the 3200mhz single stick

But I would personally use the 2x8 version even if it's running at a lower speed since it's double the capacity for still 75% of the speed so not too much performance should be lost in the speed but you'll be able to multitask easier

[07Tarus]

2 minutes ago, filpo said:

Depends what you're doing on your system. Normally more ram even if it's at a lower speed is better but if there's a specific application that you use that doesn't use much ram and favours higher ram speed then go for the 3200mhz single stick

But I would personally use the 2x8 version even if it's running at a lower speed since it's double the capacity for still 75% of the speed so not too much performance should be lost in the speed but you'll be able to multitask easier

Thank you brother.

[Eigenvektor]

50 minutes ago, filpo said:

But I would personally use the 2x8 version even if it's running at a lower speed

Not to mention that these two sticks should run in dual channel. Two 2400 MT/s sticks running in dual channel should give you the same bandwidth as a single stick running at 4800 MT/s.

[07Tarus]

19 hours ago, Eigenvektor said:

Not to mention that these two sticks should run in dual channel. Two 2400 MT/s sticks running in dual channel should give you the same bandwidth as a single stick running at 4800 MT/s.

Oh, I see thanks mate.