[Some definitions for those non-techy friends out there, in order of appearance]
GB - Gigabyte, a unit of storage in a computer, equal to ~1,000,000,000 bytes (the actual number of bytes is a little higher, as there are 1024 bytes in a kilobyte, 1024 kilobytes in a megabyte, and 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte.)
DDR4 - A term used to identify a generation of RAM. Short for 'Double Data Rate' it got it's name when DDR1 (usually just referred to as DDR) came out, with double the speed of the previous SD-RAM. RAM speed has come a long way since then, as the speed has approximately doubled with every generation, with the current generation being DDR5.
RAM - Short for Random Access Memory, RAM is lighting-fast temporary storage, where requests get sent to be accessed by other parts of the computer, as opposed to being written on your storage drive. Hence, the more RAM, and the faster it is, the faster your computer will run.
XXXXMh - The speed of the RAM. 3200 Mh is the standard for DDR4, and 1600 Mh is the standard for DDR3. However, DDR5 varies far more than previous generations as far as speed, ranging from 4800 Mh to 8100 Mh (please note, however, that only very high-end expensive motherboards can make full use of a RAM speed as insane as 8100 Mh, and the most common DDR5 speeds are 5400 & 5600.)
Graphics card - The part of your computer responsible for handling how the pixels appear on the screen.
Memory - Another way of saying RAM. I use it to avoid confusion with the computer RAM.
Timetec's 16GB DDR4 RAM is super great. Bought this for my DDR4 laptop, and has dramatically improved performance. While you can only get so good performance on a mid-range laptop like my own (the ASUS Vivobook 15 [X512DA]), I purchased this DDR-4 laptop a few years ago and it came with 4 GB 3200Mh sautered on, as well as a 4 GB 2667 Mh removable RAM (8 GB total). I replaced the latter with Timetec's 16GB 3200Mh DDR4 RAM, leading to a total of 20GB of RAM (which is the max my computer can handle) and have seen significant improvements since.
While you can only get so good for gaming on a laptop (If you're an avid gamer, get yourself a desktop), games that were previously unplayable are now playable on Ok specs. Additionally, the ample RAM is greatly hampered by my [non-removable] graphics card, which has an abysmal 2 GB of dedicated memory. However, even it has been helped by the upgrade, as it is now able to borrow 9 GB of shared memory, compared to the previous 3.
Otherwise, it has improved performance for general use. Thoroughly recommend.
| RAM | 8 GB DDR5 |
|---|---|
| Brand | Timetec |
| Item model number | 76 |
| Parcel Dimensions | 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.9 cm; 10 g |
| Colour | Black |
| Memory Type | DDR4 SDRAM |
| Voltage | 1.1 Volts |
