Laptop Memory Mismatch

[chriswest4]

I have an HP pavillion dv6 laptop that I use for school, programming, note taking and some light gaming. I've noticed that recently it has been getting slower. A while back I had to return it under warranty and they sent me a new model. There only difference between the two laptops was the memory; the original had 2 sticks of 4 GB ddr3, but the new one has one stick of 4 and one stick of 8. Should this effect the performance at all, and will there be any benefit to buying a new kit of memory (2 x 8 GB ddr3).

[Huntsman]

Nope, should have any significant effect. Try cleaning up your laptop and do some maintenance like defrag.

[danomicar]

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

 

This will really help keep your computer nice and tidy and run marginally faster. 

[chriswest4]

7 minutes ago, Huntsman said:

Nope, should have any significant effect. Try cleaning up your laptop and do some maintenance like defrag.

 I have a fresh install of windows 10, I do a backup and reinstall the OS every 4-6 months.