Hey guys, I am looking to upgrade my RAM as I recently started to get into photo editing and my laptop cannot handle the software needed. I have a couple questions that I have listed below. Any help is greatly appreciated as I am a laptop noob. Thanks all.
1-It seems to be the consensus that 2x4g works a little better than 1x8g.. but being that my laptop is 4 or 5 years old I may not be using this for that much longer. With this in mind, my thinking is that if I get the 1x8g I can transfer it over to a new laptop if needed (doubt taking up 2 slots for 8gb on a new laptop would make much sense). Does this make sense to do, or would my performance suffer and I should just go with the 2x4g?
2-What type of RAM should I be looking for? My Crucial.com specs are listed below, as well as one of the upgrades (out of stock) they showed as compatible. I'm not sure what specs need to match?
Your Toshiba Satellite L505-S5988
system specs as shipped
memory
Maximum memory: 8192MB
Slots:2 (2 banks of 1)
*Not to exceed manufacturer supported memory.
2GB
2GB
SUGGESTED UPGRADE:
Product Specifications
Brand Crucial
Form Factor SODIMM
Capacity 8GB Kit (4GBx2)
Warranty Limited Lifetime
Specs DDR3 PC3-12800 • CL=11 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.35V •
Series Crucial
ECC NON-ECC
Kit Qty 2
Speed 1600 MT/S
Tracer False
Voltage 1.35V
DIMM Type Unbuffered
Bullet Features Increases system performance
More information
204-pin SODIMM
1-It seems to be the consensus that 2x4g works a little better than 1x8g.. but being that my laptop is 4 or 5 years old I may not be using this for that much longer. With this in mind, my thinking is that if I get the 1x8g I can transfer it over to a new laptop if needed (doubt taking up 2 slots for 8gb on a new laptop would make much sense). Does this make sense to do, or would my performance suffer and I should just go with the 2x4g?
2-What type of RAM should I be looking for? My Crucial.com specs are listed below, as well as one of the upgrades (out of stock) they showed as compatible. I'm not sure what specs need to match?
Your Toshiba Satellite L505-S5988
system specs as shipped
memory
Maximum memory: 8192MB
Slots:2 (2 banks of 1)
*Not to exceed manufacturer supported memory.
2GB
2GB
SUGGESTED UPGRADE:
Product Specifications
Brand Crucial
Form Factor SODIMM
Capacity 8GB Kit (4GBx2)
Warranty Limited Lifetime
Specs DDR3 PC3-12800 • CL=11 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1600 • 1.35V •
Series Crucial
ECC NON-ECC
Kit Qty 2
Speed 1600 MT/S
Tracer False
Voltage 1.35V
DIMM Type Unbuffered
Bullet Features Increases system performance
More information
204-pin SODIMM
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