I have a e14 Thinkpad gen 5 Intel 1335u with 8gb soldered ram and a 8gb 3200 ddr4 stick. 16 is not enough ram for my use as a developer so I put a 16gb stick in knowing only first 16 will run dual channel. Now my computer crashes randomly with high memory usage… read online that a 32gb is more stable single channel but I’m skeptical. Stability is pretty important to me as this is how I earn a living what do you all think? Also I would just buy a 32 and try it but everything got pricey the last 2 month
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EDIT: ran memtest after crashes got worse, went back to stock 8gb and gave up. Some weird issue with used 16 stick
I used 20GB (4+16) for a while without issues. Just get another 16GB, if you can afford it XD
And yes agree, 16GB is kinda needed for modern Linux systems and normal to complex software workloads
will try with a different brand and speed and runs tests thank you!