RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusion
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(www.tomshardware.com)
You couldn’t ask a buddy to borrow a stick or something? This generation is dual channel with single stick. Perf loss from single stick isn’t so bad.. and you definitely don’t need 64GB+ of memory for the majority of use cases, which is where quad stick ddr5 is as a minimum.