How does amount of DRAM memory effect CPU temperature heat

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tombaker · #1 Post by **tombaker** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:27 pm

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.

pit1337 · #2 Post by **pit1337** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:22 am

It will stay the same.

Colonel O'Neill · #3 Post by **Colonel O'Neill** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:08 pm

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.

craigmontHunter · #4 Post by **craigmontHunter** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:38 pm

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.

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