- Aug 19, 2013
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Its been a long while since I was in the market for computers. But back when I upgraded a desktop in like, 2004, I was under the impression when one is replacing RAM you are to fill your slots with equal capacity RAM (so, for 8 gigs you want 4 and 4, not 6 (if that exists) and 2). This was just what I understood, not necessarily the reason behind it much like how magnets work.
So, I'm in the market for a laptop under $500, would the difference in performance be equal between 4 and 6 and 8, or is there a bottleneck due to most laptops having a 4GB+2GB arrangement, where there would be a sort of bottleneck at all in the performance where I would perhaps be better off with simply 4 gigs? Or are the 2 generally shared with graphics or something else?
Update: I'm looking at i5 processors, with 64 bit windows 8.
So, I'm in the market for a laptop under $500, would the difference in performance be equal between 4 and 6 and 8, or is there a bottleneck due to most laptops having a 4GB+2GB arrangement, where there would be a sort of bottleneck at all in the performance where I would perhaps be better off with simply 4 gigs? Or are the 2 generally shared with graphics or something else?
Update: I'm looking at i5 processors, with 64 bit windows 8.
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