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Can I mix a 2GB DDR3 RAM with an 8GB DDR3 RAM?
Yes, It will work in under one condition i.e the ram need to be same version. Eg. If your motherboard have two ram slots for DDR3, you can add two DDR3 ram which may be of same size or different size.
Will adding 2GB of RAM make a difference?
With 2GB you should be able to do pretty much everything with your computer that a computer is capable of doing, such as gaming, image and video editing, running suites like Microsoft Office, and having a dozen or so browser tabs open all become possible.
Can you mix 2 8GB and 4GB RAM?
As long as you have 4 available memory slots, yes you can use 2 8GB memory modules and 2 4GB memory modules at the same time.
Can I put 4GB and 1gb RAM together?
No, different sized or different speeds of RAM do not work together.
Can different RAM be mixed?
Can You Mix Different RAM Brands? In short, the answer to this question is: yes. No matter the brand, speed, and size of the RAM, you theoretically can get it to work on your system; though it may prove to be problematic. Also, depending on the setup & workload, you may not even notice a difference in performance.
Can you mix different RAM sizes?
There’s a prevailing misconception you cannot use different RAM sizes together or that you cannot mix RAM brands. The answer is Yes, you can mix RAM sticks and RAM sizes and even different RAM speeds—but mixing and matching RAM modules isn’t the best for system performance.
How does the operating system deal with RAM usage?
Well the operating system is designed to cope with that situation by ‘paging’ blocks of RAM to the Hard Drive. What that means is if the system is running out of RAM it takes the contents of a ‘chunk’ of RAM (usually the least used part) and writes it to a reserved area of the Hard Drive, called the Page File or Swap Space.
What does the name of the Ram in a computer mean?
The name means that the computer can access information held anywhere (i.e. at a random location) in RAM by addressing that part of the RAM directly.
Why don’t we use RAM instead of a hard drive?
The answer is cost and volatility – RAM costs far more per GB than a hard drive and most RAM requires power to maintain the information stored in it (It’s memory is “volatile”). If you had a RAM only computer you would have to reload the operating system and all your applications and data every time you switched off or there was a power cut.
What are the four functions of RAM memory cells?
Select DataIn DataOut R/W Select DataIn DataOut R/W Regardless of the technology, all RAM memory cells must provide these four functions: Select, DataIn, DataOut, and R/W. This “static” RAM cell is unrealistic. We will discuss more practical designs later.