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How does amount of DRAM memory effect CPU temperature heat
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:27 pm
by tombaker
Hi, I have looked all over and can not find a definitive answer whether CPU temperature would increase, decrease, or stay the same, when under load, or at low cpu intensive applications....If DRAM was increased. Say from 1GB to 2GB or more.
Re: How does amount of DRAM memory effect CPU temperature heat
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:22 am
by pit1337
It will stay the same.
Re: How does amount of DRAM memory effect CPU temperature heat
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:08 pm
by Colonel O'Neill
There is the case where the system is severely RAM limited as to causes significant paging, causing the CPU to wait on the disk drive, and thereby not heating up as much.
Re: How does amount of DRAM memory effect CPU temperature heat
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:38 pm
by craigmontHunter
Theoretically, adding another DIMM will increase heat, if only because there are more electronics working. In a T61, they are far enough away that they will not affect the CPU, and either way, the heat increase is negligible (I have done an upgrade)
Overall, they do not affect the heat in any noticible way, and if you need the performance increase, it is worth it.