Ram Upgrade Question

Univarn

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Feb 1, 2014
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Been flirting with the idea of upping my ram and was curious:

I currently have 8gb (2x4) running on my desktop. If I was to push for 16gb would it be smarter buy 2 additional sticks and run at 4x4gb or should I replace my current ram and run with an all new 2x8gb setup.

Not considering cost at the moment, just looking at if there is a real performance difference between the two options.

Thanks!
 

jubatuss

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Feb 21, 2015
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Usually 8gb is enough but I'm not sure if your laptop will actually support 2x8. If you have 4 slots and max 16gb, it would logically be 4gb max per slot. Correct me if I'm wrong.