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Ten-year-old computer: new memory worthwhile?
Working on a ten-year-old system with original single-channel DDR3 1600 memory x 16GB. Comp seems to have a little trouble coping with memory-intensive work on multiple graphics, with many images in extended clipboard, and error messages pop up in editing software. All is well if I just reboot.
So, the question: Is it worth swapping out the two old 8GB memory sticks with new ones, to see whether that helps?
Ran the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool on it, and it found no problems, but I'm just wondering how informative that is with old, possibly tired, memory sticks.
(If this strikes you as a stupid question, please remember what Shawn Brink says about that judgement. )
System is W10Pro 20H2 and otherwise fast and reliable.
Dan