RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusion — 1+1 'value pack' offers desperate psychological relief as the memory shortage worsens
www.tomshardware.com
Filler RAM won't make your system run any better, but it'll at least make it look good.
  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You couldn’t ask a buddy to borrow a stick or something? This generation is dual channel with single stick. Perf loss from single stick isn’t so bad… and you definitely don’t need 64GB+ of memory for the majority of use cases, which is where quad stick ddr5 is as a minimum.