Many of our readers end up buying a complete PC from their trusted computer store, whether it’s a tower or a laptop, so all the components have been selected from the factory. Obviously, the selection premises have to do with the cost and availability of the components and often it is not the most adequate to derive all the performance from the system. This is why we are going to explain why it is recommended to change the RAM after buying a PC And under what conditions should it be done?
The computers that we can buy already built get their parts from the so-called OEM market, where precisely many products do not reach the stores for those who build PCs from parts. The reason? They are less efficient than other solutions and therefore have no commercial outlet as stand-alone products.
Why change RAM after buying a PC?
To find out if the RAM you have is adequate for your processor, you should search the Intel and AMD pages for the specifications of the processor your computer mounts and see what RAM speed it supports. Once you’ve done that, the next thing to do is to use an app like CPU-Z or AIDA64 to see the speed of the memory installed on the PC. If this is less than what the processor can support, then it is advisable to change the system memory to gain a little more performance.
The other reason is that some manufacturers usually only include one RAM module, which means poorer performance, as it is recommended to use two memory sockets so as not to hinder PC performance. And we have found computers to play, regardless of whether they are laptops or desktops, with this configuration which limits the capabilities of the rest of the components, in particular the processor.
While it’s true that you’ll read and hear many people say that it’s trivial and the performance isn’t noticeable, believe us it is so and we’ve seen systems with such slow memories that they are perjury to the rest of the system. Not to mention the large number of gaming laptops with only one memory socket out of the two occupied, that is to say operating in single channel.
Another problem, the SSD without DRAM
Non-DRAM SSDs are NVMe SSDs that have less performance due to the flash controller having to use system RAM to perform the calculations needed to drive the SSD. A bottleneck that can reduce the maximum bandwidth, but above all that increases the number of requests to RAM, thus limiting performance. As they are technically NVMe SSDs, the manufacturers do not give this small detail and if we later want to change them for a better one, it entails an additional cost. The reasons why this happens are the same as in the other case.
Why do these two cases occur?
So in the end, the idea of changing the RAM after buying a PC, in many cases is not a whim, but rather it is due to configurations not made in order to give a computer the maximum performance possible, but in order to reduce costs or availability of components, since we remember that these computers are assembled on a large scale and require a large number of units of each of the parts.
Sometimes it is necessary to remove a piece of memory from the stores, which, due to the appearance of much more powerful processors, is no longer bought with the same enthusiasm as some time ago and it is necessary to recover the ‘investment. They are therefore offered at cost price to laptop manufacturers, who will obviously integrate them in order to offer competitive prices. After all, explaining concepts like bandwidth or latency is complicated, but everyone understands things when explaining the amount of RAM.