tech question
There's a lot of conflicting information on the internet about this
If we have 16 GB (2x8) of RAM in our laptop and want to upgrade, *and* if we would be fine with 24 GB, would it be fine to replace one of the 8 GB SODIMMs with a 16 GB one? What do I need to watch out for? I'd try to find ones with the same timings and speed rating of course (though i'm not sure what the difference is between the various timings that cpu-z lists...)
I'm considering this because it's much easier to afford than upgrading all the way to 32 GB, replacing all the RAM the laptop came with. It only has two slots on the motherboard, as most laptops do, so unfortunately we can't just add a third 8 GB sodimm
...even if we can it's probably too expensive to do right now anyway
re: tech question
@Felthry you usually really want matching RAM because otherwise you won't get dual-channel (which effectively doubles your RAM speed). It's also generally discouraged to use different RAM in both slots because that combo might not work at all.
16GB is quite a lot of RAM, what are you doing that needs more than that?
re: tech question
@noiob Nothing has broken so far but minecraft really eats up RAM like a.... very ram-hungry thing when it's heavily modded. our computer normally idles at around 40-50% RAM usage and this modpack uses at least 9 GB even when I tell it not to use more than 8 GB in the jvm launch flags
