On Tuesday, 3 September 2013 at 16:15:51 UTC, Chris wrote:
If you had the choice between:
- 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 1 X 4 GB
- 8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 4GB ( + $49.00 )
Is it worth the extra money or is the increase in performance
not worth mentioning? Any experience with that.
The processor
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor ( 2.4 GHz 6MB
L3 Cache - 4 Cores plus Hyperthreading )
Thanks.
Adding memory normally does not improve performance. Lack of one
harms it though.
My simple rule of a thumb is "Am I using more than 2/3 of
existing RAM in typical working scenario? Then buy more." (I only
needed 8 GB because of virtual machines and tmpfs abuse)
