[SOLVED] Can I improve my laptop performance with adding +4GB RAM and having dual channel?

[Viktor4645544]

My laptop is low spec: intel i3 5005u, intel hd 5500, 4GB DDR3L RAM. So I recently found out that I have 1 more slot for memory. If add +4GB and with dual channel can I get slightly better performance? For example my League of Legends runs on 45-55 fps, can I get then 60fps with the dual channel?

 

[Dj0gany]

Possibly, but dont expect much.

 

[Viktor4645544]

Possibly, but dont expect much.

Is it worthed?

 

[Dj0gany]

Is it worthed?

Besides possible gaming performance increase, you will be able to have more google tabs open and in general expand your usage on this laptop.
U got a SSD?

 

[Viktor4645544]

Besides possible gaming performance increase, you will be able to have more google tabs open and in general expand your usage on this laptop.
U got a SSD?

Unfortunately no.

 

[Dj0gany]

Unfortunately no.

Link me the model of your laptop.

 

[Dj0gany]

Something like this would massively improve your experience.
Not gaming though, but browsing and just operating on your laptop.
https://www.newegg.com/samsung-250gb-870-evo-series/p/N82E16820147791

 

[Dragos Manea]

For i3 a dual channel can make a difference if you are cpu bound, but if you are gpu bound you cannot do anything. I post an example of cpu bound extra performance from dual channel:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu4v8-GTay0

 

[Mr.Spock]

dual channel should boost RAM performance by 10-15%, since you're using iGPU it may help but might not translate directly to frame rates - it'll prevent paging to disk which may help as well

 

[geofelt]

By all means, upgrade your ram so you can run in dual channel mode.
Not so much for cpu performance, but for performance of the integrated graphics.
Graphics is arguably the more important factor in gaming.
If you are running on a 64 bit os, then you can make use of more than 4gb of ram.
More than 4gb of ram does make a difference.

If your 4gb is fixed, you can probably add in a second4/8/16gb stick.
The first 8gb will operate in dual channel mode, and the odd capacity will be in single channel mode.
That is called flex mode.
Go to a ram site like crucial and access their ram upgrade app.
Enter the make/model of your laptop and you will get a list of supported upgrades.
The upgrades will need to match the existing ram as to speed, volatage, and timings.

If your first 4gb can be removed, consider replacing with a 2 x 8gb kit.
Faster speeds are good, but are unlikely to be supported.