1. Yes, albeit at a performance penalty. It's designed for a pair of matched modules.
2. Either will work by itself. Don't mix DDR3 and DDR3L though -- if you have DDR3, use that; if L, use that if you're adding a module.
3. Crucial is hard to beat particularly given its compatibility guarantee when purchased through its memory configurator. Anything else- ask the vendor about compatibility guarantees (or be sure you understand the possible restocking charge if a return is required).
The memory will run at half-bandwidth if mismatched modules are installed. How much of a difference that makes depends on how memory intensive your applications are -- for anything that can reasonably run on a low-end system like this, 8 G in dual channel mode is preferable to 12 in single channel.
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1. Yes, albeit at a performance penalty. It's designed for a pair of matched modules.
2. Either will work by itself. Don't mix DDR3 and DDR3L though -- if you have DDR3, use that; if L, use that if you're adding a module.
3. Crucial is hard to beat particularly given its compatibility guarantee when purchased through its memory configurator. Anything else- ask the vendor about compatibility guarantees (or be sure you understand the possible restocking charge if a return is required).
ejn63
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July 5th, 2016 12:00
The memory will run at half-bandwidth if mismatched modules are installed. How much of a difference that makes depends on how memory intensive your applications are -- for anything that can reasonably run on a low-end system like this, 8 G in dual channel mode is preferable to 12 in single channel.
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July 5th, 2016 11:00
Thank you for your answers.
Q1: Can you kindly elaborate the first answer regarding the performance penalty?
Such as, how much performance is suffered?
Q2: Performance achieved by 4+8=12 GB will be better than 4+4= 8 GB. Right?
Any other information or suggestions are welcome.