chisel@piefed.social to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agoRAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkRAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusionwww.tomshardware.comchisel@piefed.social to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareParagone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoThe tolerances are tight-enough that “paired sticks” are just sticks from the same bin. It’s a scam, unless you’re overclocking, & running the things outside of their rated voltages/speeds, in which case you’re gambling anyways. It breaks people getting return-on-a-single-stick, & that may be good for the corporation, but it’s bad for the customer. _ /\ _
The tolerances are tight-enough that “paired sticks” are just sticks from the same bin.
It’s a scam, unless you’re overclocking, & running the things outside of their rated voltages/speeds, in which case you’re gambling anyways.
It breaks people getting return-on-a-single-stick, & that may be good for the corporation, but it’s bad for the customer.
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