#1718298 - 02/23/21 01:11 PM
16GB RAM! Let's see how that does in this laptop
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flatcat
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Inspired by a bunch of things, I'm working on my laptop in little ways to try and help myself start working on other music projects.
One upgrade that was just ... so ridiculously easy was upgrading the RAM. Came stock with 8 GB, for $75 I upgraded to two different RAM sticks (I guess I should've just bought an additional 8 GB, what a dope).
Also on their way - an external SSD drive which I'm hoping to run some of the orchestral software from. maybe even Reaper. We'll see if that helps.
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#1718309 - 02/23/21 02:54 PM
Re: 16GB RAM! Let's see how that does in this laptop
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jimmyrock
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Inspired by a bunch of things, I'm working on my laptop in little ways to try and help myself start working on other music projects.
One upgrade that was just ... so ridiculously easy was upgrading the RAM. Came stock with 8 GB, for $75 I upgraded to two different RAM sticks (I guess I should've just bought an additional 8 GB, what a dope).
I am at this point with a desktop and laptop each with 8, I haev had issues with blue screens with RAM that weren't matched...that may be an issue of previous OS though...
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#1718318 - 02/23/21 04:50 PM
Re: 16GB RAM! Let's see how that does in this laptop
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Popmann
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It’s a BIOS level issue—either it’s smart enough to downgrade all ram chips to the slowest version of every timing spec....or you have problems with mismatched RAM.
If I’m reading flat right, he bought two new 8gb sticks matched as a 16gb set. That IS what you want to do if you can’t perfectly match the stock one.
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#1718333 - 02/23/21 05:25 PM
Re: 16GB RAM! Let's see how that does in this laptop
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jimmyrock
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If I’m reading flat right, he bought two new 8gb sticks matched as a 16gb set.
thats how I read it too and meant to indicate thats probably easier than trying to match an existing 8 stick...my dilema as well
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#1718416 - 02/24/21 02:40 AM
Re: 16GB RAM! Let's see how that does in this laptop
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flatcat
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OK, so I am already learning some stuff that's important.
Mainly, that I'm abusive to my computer. Hahahahahaha
I tend to keep multiple browser tabs open all the time, and looking at the task manager, it looks like just having a "fun" browser (Firefox) and a work browser (Chrome) at the same time uses nearly 8GB. No wonder my system was so prone to choking.
I need to be better about switching stuff off, especially when I work on music. 
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#1718421 - 02/24/21 03:11 AM
Re: 16GB RAM! Let's see how that does in this laptop
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Ismellelephant
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It's like an arms race. The more computing power you have, the more computing power newer software wants to use.
I hope the added RAM helps with the Spitfire software.
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#1718437 - 02/24/21 05:42 AM
Re: 16GB RAM! Let's see how that does in this laptop
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Popmann
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You guys need to chip in and buy me something with their new engine so I can tell you how to optimize it. 
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