I've recently purchased an HP Pavilion 15 gaming laptop with i5 9300H & GTX 1050 3GB from Walmart for $500 ($150 off Black F sale). It comes with 1 8GB ddr 4 2666 ram stick. I think max cap is 32GB. It's got 2 total ram slots and one of them is empty. I have a BALLISTIX SPORT 8GB kit 2x4GB ddr4 RAM sticks rated at 2400 speed and 1.2V.
My question is if I add one 4GB ram stick(2400) to the existing 8GB(2666) one will I get dual channel memory? I know it'll run at the slower speed (2400). Also, is it possible to overclock the 4GB one to 2666? If not then will slower speed and more ram hurt my gaming performance? Is it worth adding extra 4GB if it's going to run at slower speed single channel?
My question is if I add one 4GB ram stick(2400) to the existing 8GB(2666) one will I get dual channel memory? I know it'll run at the slower speed (2400). Also, is it possible to overclock the 4GB one to 2666? If not then will slower speed and more ram hurt my gaming performance? Is it worth adding extra 4GB if it's going to run at slower speed single channel?