Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: What's the difference (RAM question) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:51:22 +0100 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Rm3RsqGifRZowTKZdH244QIkF8pD6J+jogR+dt3Qmn1hNLuSBV Cancel-Lock: sha1:gbYymv4OkW36bl0m10ZEYzFUTyQ= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.6.1 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:3632 On 2023-01-26 17:22, scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote: > Bit Twister wrote: >> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:29:13 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Looking at some Lenovo laptops, configurable, and I get these options >>> for RAM: >>> >>> 32 GB DDR4 at 3200 Mhz +10€ >>> >>> 32 GB DDR4 (2 * 16 GB) at 3200 Mhz +110€ >> >>> does it has advantages? >> >> If ram chip fails on first option, you may have a laptop doorstop. >> In the second option you pop out the failed ram and continue to run on the >> other chip. > > Another possible advantage of 2x16 vs 1x32: dual-channel memory setups can > be a bit faster, with memory accesses spread across two DIMMs. > > OTOH, if only two DIMM slots are available (not at all uncommon in > notebooks), upgrading from a 2x16 configuration will require replacing both > DIMMs. I don't foresee needing more than 32. My current laptop has 4. There are some offers with 24, and that would be enough as well, I think. I use the laptop when moving, not at home. There I have a proper desktop :-) -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.