I have a e14 Thinkpad gen 5 Intel 1335u with 8gb soldered ram and a 8gb 3200 ddr4 stick. 16 is not enough ram for my use as a developer so I put a 16gb stick in knowing only first 16 will run dual channel. Now my computer crashes randomly with high memory usage… read online that a 32gb is more stable single channel but I’m skeptical. Stability is pretty important to me as this is how I earn a living what do you all think? Also I would just buy a 32 and try it but everything got pricey the last 2 month
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Maybe, but it seems to be fine with matched speed ram. I think my issue at least is due to it being 1st Gen Ryzen. Originally on 32GB 2133mt/s, upgraded to 48GB 3200. Some light reading in-between switching ram sticks suggested not mixing G1 (2133,2400,2666,2933) & G2 (3000, 3200, 3600+) ddr4. And that is what my, testing found. Again, could just be 1st Gen issues tho.
1st Gen. Ryzen had the worst memory controller known to man. What made it worse is that memory speed dramatically affected performance on those CPUs. Anything over 2133 was a blessing.