Upgrade of ram

[bryant_16]

Hey guys, currently I'm using 2 sticks of 4gb ram and this was setup back in 2011.

I'm using Biostar TH67+ and would like to know whether can i purchase 1 stick of 8gb ram to increase to 16gb as I feel that my PC is lagging.

The ram that I'm using is Kingston PC3-10700, does that mean I can go to SLS to get the same Kingston PC3-10700 8gb ram and slot into the motherboard?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Koenig168]

You can buy a 8 GB stick to increase your RAM to 16 GB. It need not be Kingston or even the same speed. The RAM speed and timings will be based on the slower of the 8 GB stick and your existing RAM.

 

[godchuanz]

You can, but what makes you think the lag is caused by a lack of RAM?

 

[Koenig168]

btw it's rather unlikely that your PC is lagging because of 8 GB RAM. If you don't already have a SSD, suggest you get one instead of more RAM.

 

[bryant_16]

You can buy a 8 GB stick to increase your RAM to 16 GB. It need not be Kingston or even the same speed. The RAM speed and timings will be based on the slower of the 8 GB stick and your existing RAM.

Ok. You were saying that the RAM speed and timings will be based on the slower of the 8gb stick.

So does that means that 16gb will not help?

 

[bryant_16]

btw it's rather unlikely that your PC is lagging because of 8 GB RAM. If you don't already have a SSD, suggest you get one instead of more RAM.

Yes, I don't have a SSD. But I tried to free up my hdd but still lags a lot. Does the SSD really help?

 

[bryant_16]

You can, but what makes you think the lag is caused by a lack of RAM?

I'm not sure. How can I check?

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

I'm not sure. How can I check?

do some benchmarks. anyway u laggin in which area? a certain games, software or OS?

 

[bryant_16]

do some benchmarks. anyway u laggin in which area? a certain games, software or OS?

Benchmark using which application?

OS on a whole, for eg. opening up MS office programs, opening up VLC player and etc.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Ok. You were saying that the RAM speed and timings will be based on the slower of the 8gb stick.

So does that means that 16gb will not help?

yes the speed will base on the slower speed.

not say it does not help or it did, but still depends on which applications u are using, that has already hit the ram limits.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Yes, I don't have a SSD. But I tried to free up my hdd but still lags a lot. Does the SSD really help?

yes it does speed up your system boot up and as well as other software and applications, but not much in game beside loading speed.

 

[Koenig168]

Ok. You were saying that the RAM speed and timings will be based on the slower of the 8gb stick.

So does that means that 16gb will not help?

I went from 8 GB to 16 GB and didn't really notice any difference even when running a very memory-intensive game. Get a SSD for your OS, it will make a big difference. The Zotac T500 240GB is around $70+ on Lazada after "SAFRAYAY" for $10 off.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Benchmark using which application?

OS on a whole, for eg. opening up MS office programs, opening up VLC player and etc.

well i cant find a aio benchmark test for u but maybe u can download these few benchmark they have shown : http://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-benchmarking-tools-for-testing-your-cpu/

another : http://www.pcgamer.com/how-do-i-benchmark-my-pc/

 

[ykgoh]

Can try CCleaner clean out useless files lying around and the Windows registry. Then do a disk defrag if it is badly fragmented. All these are free.

If still cannot then consider hardware upgrading.

 

[freezerz]

Most likely a cluttered OS, reinstall Windows work wonders in this case. And if you are still on Windows 7, take this opportunity to do a clean install upgrade to Windows 10.

 

[wkweewee]

PC lagging first thing to change- hard disk to a ssd. Not ram, not processor.

 

[bryant_16]

Most likely a cluttered OS, reinstall Windows work wonders in this case. And if you are still on Windows 7, take this opportunity to do a clean install upgrade to Windows 10.

Not sure whether upgrading to windows 10 will cause my applications to malfunction. Thus still holding back on this for the time being.

 

[bryant_16]

PC lagging first thing to change- hard disk to a ssd. Not ram, not processor.

Ok. Can external ssd hard disk be used for this case?

 

[wkweewee]

Ok. Can external ssd hard disk be used for this case?

Internal ssd- os disk.

 

[Kiwi8]

Hey guys, currently I'm using 2 sticks of 4gb ram and this was setup back in 2011.

I'm using Biostar TH67+ and would like to know whether can i purchase 1 stick of 8gb ram to increase to 16gb as I feel that my PC is lagging.

The ram that I'm using is Kingston PC3-10700, does that mean I can go to SLS to get the same Kingston PC3-10700 8gb ram and slot into the motherboard?

Thanks in advance.

I have the same motherboard and yes, it does support 8gb ram modules.

But the lagging problem may not be due to your ram.