RAM Question

[tomoki]

Hi, 

 

In the line "2GB. 1Rx8. PC3-10600", what does the 10600 mean? Should I be concerned? I'm looking at this other laptop and it says PC3-12800. I don't know what that string of text means. May someone kindly please explain? Thanks! 

[Eden_Frawley]

Please give link to laptop

 

[tomoki]

1 minute ago, Eden_Frawley said:

Please give link to laptop

 

http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/latitude-13-7370-laptop/pd Here's the model. It's for work and it's not personally owned. I am just curious. The other model I was looking at is Dell Latitude E7240, E7250. 

[Sakkura]

PC3-10600 means DDR3-1333, while PC3-12800 means DDR3-1600.

[Eden_Frawley]

2 minutes ago, tomoki said:

http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/latitude-13-7370-laptop/pd Here's the model. It's for work and it's not personally owned. I am just curious. The other model I was looking at is Dell Latitude E7240, E7250. 

Im pretty sure you linked me to the wrong page

[LukaH]

PC3-10600 is a 1333mhz ram stick and the PC3-12800 is a 1600mhz ram stick the PC3 part refers to ddr3 (PC4-ddr4...) 

[Eden_Frawley]

2 minutes ago, LukaH said:

PC3-10600 is a 1333mhz ram stick and the PC3-12800 is a 1600mhz ram stick

you should quote people

[LukaH]

1 minute ago, Eden_Frawley said:

you should quote people

why its not my thread?

[tomoki]

6 minutes ago, LukaH said:

PC3-10600 is a 1333mhz ram stick and the PC3-12800 is a 1600mhz ram stick the PC3 part refers to ddr3 (PC4-ddr4...) 

Ah thanks! I have no idea how you calculated that or figured that out but that helps! 

[Eden_Frawley]

3 minutes ago, LukaH said:

why its not my thread?

I forgot, sorry

 

Just now, tomoki said:

Ah thanks! I have no idea how you calculated that or figured that out but that helps! 

i wasnt a help, thank LukaH

[LukaH]

1 minute ago, Eden_Frawley said:

I forgot, sorry

 

i wasnt a help, thank LukaH

all good

[Sakkura]

Just now, tomoki said:

Ah thanks! I have no idea how you calculated that or figured that out but that helps! 

1333 x 64 / 8 = 10667 (they often round that to 10600 for whatever reason), 1600 x 64 / 8 = 12800

 

It basically represents the memory bandwidth per channel in MB/s. So 10667 MB/s and 12800 MB/s. Double it if you run dual channel, quadruple if you run quad channel.