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Does installing larger RAM means consuming more energy?
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Mar 15, 202653804 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Since every bit of a dynamic memory module needs to be refreshed to keep it's data, does that mean that if I install a module with more capacity than the current one on my laptop, more energy will be consumed? And how big will the difference in energy consumption be?
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In general, each DIMM will consume roughly the same amount of power. The more RAM you add to a system, the more power it will consume (RAM is always on and ready for use). The following diagram is from Micron: The line points represent the speed of …
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