Hallo skunks! I wonder where I would get info on what the optimal RAM a Samsung series 3 laptop can perform on. I have the NP300V5A which maxes out at 8GB, though it came with 4GB on board and is a core i3, 2.3 running Windows 8 pro. Someone told me that there is optimal RAM and beyond that a machine will be virtually wasting the rest of the capacity and might not utilise it. Anyone know details on this? Regards, Martin Gicheru | Founder and Editor at Techweez
For starters; I hope you are running the 64 bit version of the OS. There's an element of the accessible addressing space between 32bit & 64bit systems.
Martin, I highly suspect I know the suspect who told you that.... :-) On some level, you are right, there is a point where adding more RAM has no effect on the performance of the computer. However, there are two levels of this: 1. Hardware The motherboard and/or chipset may have a limit on the amount of RAM it can support 2. Software A 32 bit OS will almost always use a max of 3GB, regardless of of how much you have installed in there. That limit changes for a 64bit OS. Your assignment: 1. Find out the exact make and model of your processor, and check out its detailed specs on Intel Ark <http://ark.intel.com/>, that will tell you whether its 64bit or not. 2. Find the tech specs of your motherboard, the speed of its FSB and chipset, this will give you some figures you can use to see what type of RAM will work fast*er*, remember, RAM is always slower than the processor. Then from all that tech info, you now have a technical basis for stating the max amount of RAM, instead of relying on my suspect :-) On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com>wrote:
Hallo skunks! I wonder where I would get info on what the optimal RAM a Samsung series 3 laptop can perform on. I have the NP300V5A which maxes out at 8GB, though it came with 4GB on board and is a core i3, 2.3 running Windows 8 pro. Someone told me that there is optimal RAM and beyond that a machine will be virtually wasting the rest of the capacity and might not utilise it. Anyone know details on this?
Regards,
Martin Gicheru | Founder and Editor at Techweez
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And since you are a victim of Windows, and as @george said on another thread, read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610 On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Martin, I highly suspect I know the suspect who told you that.... :-)
On some level, you are right, there is a point where adding more RAM has no effect on the performance of the computer. However, there are two levels of this:
1. Hardware The motherboard and/or chipset may have a limit on the amount of RAM it can support
2. Software A 32 bit OS will almost always use a max of 3GB, regardless of of how much you have installed in there. That limit changes for a 64bit OS.
Your assignment: 1. Find out the exact make and model of your processor, and check out its detailed specs on Intel Ark <http://ark.intel.com/>, that will tell you whether its 64bit or not. 2. Find the tech specs of your motherboard, the speed of its FSB and chipset, this will give you some figures you can use to see what type of RAM will work fast*er*, remember, RAM is always slower than the processor.
Then from all that tech info, you now have a technical basis for stating the max amount of RAM, instead of relying on my suspect :-)
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com>wrote:
Hallo skunks! I wonder where I would get info on what the optimal RAM a Samsung series 3 laptop can perform on. I have the NP300V5A which maxes out at 8GB, though it came with 4GB on board and is a core i3, 2.3 running Windows 8 pro. Someone told me that there is optimal RAM and beyond that a machine will be virtually wasting the rest of the capacity and might not utilise it. Anyone know details on this?
Regards,
Martin Gicheru | Founder and Editor at Techweez
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Thanks Peter for the info, Tony I am running 64bit OS and my motherboard and specs say it can do 8GB, only with that info the suspect still told me what he told me. Regards, Martin Gicheru | Founder and Editor at Techweez Tel:254721906171 | Website:http://www.techweez.com | Skype ID: martingicheru | Twitter ID:martingicheru | Gplus: gplus.to/martingicheru On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
And since you are a victim of Windows, and as @george said on another thread, read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com>wrote:
Martin, I highly suspect I know the suspect who told you that.... :-)
On some level, you are right, there is a point where adding more RAM has no effect on the performance of the computer. However, there are two levels of this:
1. Hardware The motherboard and/or chipset may have a limit on the amount of RAM it can support
2. Software A 32 bit OS will almost always use a max of 3GB, regardless of of how much you have installed in there. That limit changes for a 64bit OS.
Your assignment: 1. Find out the exact make and model of your processor, and check out its detailed specs on Intel Ark <http://ark.intel.com/>, that will tell you whether its 64bit or not. 2. Find the tech specs of your motherboard, the speed of its FSB and chipset, this will give you some figures you can use to see what type of RAM will work fast*er*, remember, RAM is always slower than the processor.
Then from all that tech info, you now have a technical basis for stating the max amount of RAM, instead of relying on my suspect :-)
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com>wrote:
Hallo skunks! I wonder where I would get info on what the optimal RAM a Samsung series 3 laptop can perform on. I have the NP300V5A which maxes out at 8GB, though it came with 4GB on board and is a core i3, 2.3 running Windows 8 pro. Someone told me that there is optimal RAM and beyond that a machine will be virtually wasting the rest of the capacity and might not utilise it. Anyone know details on this?
Regards,
Martin Gicheru | Founder and Editor at Techweez
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@Martin, if you feeling lazy, head over to http://www.crucial.com/, download, install and run their "Crucial Memory Advisor" tool, it will give you a wealth of information on what your hardware can support. On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com> wrote:
Thanks Peter for the info, Tony I am running 64bit OS and my motherboard and specs say it can do 8GB, only with that info the suspect still told me what he told me.
Regards,
Martin Gicheru | Founder and Editor at Techweez
Tel:254721906171 | Website:http://www.techweez.com | Skype ID: martingicheru | Twitter ID:martingicheru | Gplus: gplus.to/martingicheru
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
And since you are a victim of Windows, and as @george said on another thread, read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com>wrote:
Martin, I highly suspect I know the suspect who told you that.... :-)
On some level, you are right, there is a point where adding more RAM has no effect on the performance of the computer. However, there are two levels of this:
1. Hardware The motherboard and/or chipset may have a limit on the amount of RAM it can support
2. Software A 32 bit OS will almost always use a max of 3GB, regardless of of how much you have installed in there. That limit changes for a 64bit OS.
Your assignment: 1. Find out the exact make and model of your processor, and check out its detailed specs on Intel Ark <http://ark.intel.com/>, that will tell you whether its 64bit or not. 2. Find the tech specs of your motherboard, the speed of its FSB and chipset, this will give you some figures you can use to see what type of RAM will work fast*er*, remember, RAM is always slower than the processor.
Then from all that tech info, you now have a technical basis for stating the max amount of RAM, instead of relying on my suspect :-)
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com>wrote:
Hallo skunks! I wonder where I would get info on what the optimal RAM a Samsung series 3 laptop can perform on. I have the NP300V5A which maxes out at 8GB, though it came with 4GB on board and is a core i3, 2.3 running Windows 8 pro. Someone told me that there is optimal RAM and beyond that a machine will be virtually wasting the rest of the capacity and might not utilise it. Anyone know details on this?
Regards,
Martin Gicheru | Founder and Editor at Techweez
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what about enabling PAE feature in bios i thought it allows you to access upto 32GB Max RAM on 32-bit On May 24, 2013 12:58 PM, "Peter Karunyu" <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Martin, I highly suspect I know the suspect who told you that.... :-)
On some level, you are right, there is a point where adding more RAM has no effect on the performance of the computer. However, there are two levels of this:
1. Hardware The motherboard and/or chipset may have a limit on the amount of RAM it can support
2. Software A 32 bit OS will almost always use a max of 3GB, regardless of of how much you have installed in there. That limit changes for a 64bit OS.
Your assignment: 1. Find out the exact make and model of your processor, and check out its detailed specs on Intel Ark <http://ark.intel.com/>, that will tell you whether its 64bit or not. 2. Find the tech specs of your motherboard, the speed of its FSB and chipset, this will give you some figures you can use to see what type of RAM will work fast*er*, remember, RAM is always slower than the processor.
Then from all that tech info, you now have a technical basis for stating the max amount of RAM, instead of relying on my suspect :-)
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com>wrote:
Hallo skunks! I wonder where I would get info on what the optimal RAM a Samsung series 3 laptop can perform on. I have the NP300V5A which maxes out at 8GB, though it came with 4GB on board and is a core i3, 2.3 running Windows 8 pro. Someone told me that there is optimal RAM and beyond that a machine will be virtually wasting the rest of the capacity and might not utilise it. Anyone know details on this?
Regards,
Martin Gicheru | Founder and Editor at Techweez
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