Upgrade to dual channel on FL13 7840U for gaming after a year?

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I bought the FL13 7840U in 2024 and I configured to have 1X32GB DDR5 5600MHz RAM. At that time I didn’t know much about dual channel having better iGPU performance(Iris Xe graphics downgrades to Intel UHD on single channel). Now I’m considering upgrade to dual channel. However it’s more than a year since I bought the RAM.

Should I buy the other 32GB on Framework Marketplace? or just buy an ADATA AD5S560032G-S from any vendor? Or it’s already too late, better to sell the 1X32 and buy both RAM sticks at the same time to ensure the same model/batch?

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Buy the stick from an independent vendor unless you want to give more money to fund Framework; even Nirav recommends this as the one on the market place is marked up a good bit. No need to sell off your preexisting stick - just make sure the clock speed is the same or else the board will downclock your faster stick to match the slower one.

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I wouldn’t buy another as the chances of getting one with the same timing/revision is slim from this time range. If it was me, I’d just get a matched kit and dump the one you have.

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While mixed ram works in most cases it is best avoided, just get the same model you already have from wherever it is cheapest/most convenient.

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Thank you for your replies

Only clock speed? Any 5600 not strictly ADATA ones?

What will happen if the RAM size and frequency are both the same, but the timing/revision is different.

Just grab the ADATA AD5S560032G-S?

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For the best chances of no issues yeah, though more likely than not pretty much anything will work. I mixed a crucial 16gb 4800mhz stick with a kingston 32gb 5600 one for an experiment and it just worked (at 4800 of course).

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I’d match brands if possible, but like Jim said, if possible try to get two from the same batch. I hadn’t considered timing and revision.

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Update: I changed the RAM to CT2K16G56C46S5 (2X16GB) and I got TWICE the framerate on Furmark. Thank y’all very much

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But now you’ll have an extra 0.2W idle power, what have you done XD

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