Yau Kel asks:
I am using an Asus laptop running i3 2.2ghz with the gfx card Nvidia GT520M 1GB.
Currently running stock at 2GB. My question is will adding ram to make it a total of 4GB or 6GB generates more heat? I have BAD experiences with overheating previously and would like to avoid it at all costs.
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System: Windows 7
Tagged: hardware tips, laptop, overheating, ram, upgrade hardware
System: Windows 7
Tagged: hardware tips, laptop, overheating, ram, upgrade hardware
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Bruce Epper
November 3, 2012More electronic circuitry, more power consumption, more heat. But it will be relatively insignificant. The major source of heat in all computers is the CPU. The heat generated from RAM is miniscule in comparison.
Ayush Padia
November 3, 2012In my opinion NO
Boni Oloff
November 3, 2012Nope. And it must also possibly reduce the heat , since the more ram, the less the processor doing transfer between the RAM and HD. So, reduce the processor work, and possibly reduce the heat too.
http://www.ehow.com/about_5564705_there-usage-after-upgrading-ram.html
November 6, 2012Wow, my analysis is wrong. But when they said so, I hope they are talking about data too.
November 7, 2012http://www.ehow.com/about_5564705_there-usage-after-upgrading-ram.html
November 6, 2012ha14
November 3, 2012if your powersuply still has power then this will not make any difference in heat. you will have more heat if RAM is faulty,
RAM chips themselves have limits…x-amount of voltage, at no more than X-temperature.
Lisa Santika Onggrid
November 3, 2012No. In fact, your system will have more power and therefore it’ll not work as hard as it’s now.
josemon maliakal
November 3, 2012Since you have a good configuration laptop..I think adding ram will not generate much heat on your device
Dimal Chandrasiri
November 3, 2012a ram generates a heat when it works but not much of a heat that your laptop would go for a melt down!
the heat ram makes cannot be compared to the heat that is being generated by the processor or the vga. so it won’t affect your laptop!
Pwince Khan
November 3, 2012a little bit i think..cause more power more heat
Srinivas N
November 3, 2012In my opinion a Big NO..only the heat from Processor or Graphic card is considerable..In case if you feel it is still generating heat trim down back ground processes through task manager..
Rob Nadin
November 3, 2012No
Alan Wade
November 3, 2012RAM wont generate heat that you would notice unless its faulty, then it can warm up a little or cause the CPU to warm up.
Easton Wiki
November 3, 2012No it will not.
Yiz Borol
November 4, 2012Simply: Yes.
but it shouldn’t be a significant amount to cause any problems.
Aniket Singh
November 4, 2012u should try this link it will give all ur answer…….
http://www.ehow.com/list_5891297_effects-added-memory-laptop.html
Raghav Gupta
November 4, 2012No I dont think so
Adam Campbell
November 4, 2012Negatory
Prasad Adm
November 5, 2012No
Jim Chambers
November 5, 2012If you’re replacing 2x1GB SODIMMs with 2x2GB (4GB) or 2×4 (8GB) SODIMMs then no extra heat will be generated. Check your laptop specs. Maybe you can use faster RAM modules than those supplied. Is your Windows 7 a 64 bit version?
Yes. It is windows 7 64 bit. I bought a 2GB ram to compliment my current 2GB. Both DDR3 and I think the new one is 1333mhz.
November 5, 2012Douglas Mutay
November 5, 2012No. The more Ram you will add, the less heat will have.
Kannon Y
November 6, 2012Yes, a relatively small amount. Your battery life will somewhat go down (in my experience, not really) if you add another stick of RAM. However, if you simply swap a 4GB stick for the 2GB, your heat and drain will decrease. You won’t get dual channel mode (if your system supports that), but that’s not a big deal anyway.
The funny thing is that heat produced is dependent entirely on the NUMBER of sticks of RAM that you use, rather than the total size of RAM. For example, a single stick of 4GB uses around 1.5 volts. Two sticks of course can consume 3 volts, regardless of total capacity. However, the difference is relatively minimal, since that probably translates into a difference of a few watts.
Tomshardware.com did an article on the subject of special, low voltage RAM. Where normal DDR3 RAM uses 1.5 volts, LV RAM uses about 1.25 or 1.3 volts. Unfortunately, while this did reduce system heat, it ultimately had a negligible impact on battery life (not sure if that little point is in the article).
Conversely, with more RAM, the CPU works less hard. And the CPU is probably the biggest source of heat production in your computer.
In case you’re interested, a low voltage 4GB stick of DDR3 from Crucial goes for around $20 USB on Newegg.
Indronil Mondal
November 6, 2012Yes it does generate heat
http://www.ehow.com/about_5564705_there-usage-after-upgrading-ram.html
check this article
my suggestion will be
just add a single ram with more capacity dont use the two together if you r having heating problems
Nikhil Chandak
November 8, 2012check this out
but I think no
http://www.ehow.com/list_5891297_effects-added-memory-laptop.html
Tony Gonzaga
November 10, 2012No. Actually, it may help reduce the heat generated by the CPU.
Tebawiha Lelhchhun
November 11, 2012Yes,because every time you upgrade your system,it requires more power and thus,more heat is produced
Abba Jee
November 25, 2012I’m sure the experience you had of over heating was generated from your cpu not from ram, you may have same experience even if you uninstall one of your ram there , you still can have same problem even if you install another ram
Alexandra Momo
February 2, 2013Well, if you want to add more Ram, you can always download it: http://www.downloadmoreram.com/
I don’t think it will work, if you want to prevent overheating, I suggest you to stop some software that you don’t need and make some cleaning inside. There may be some dust blocking the air vent or the fan.
Vedavyas Paruchuri
April 7, 2013No – it will not generate more heat