The crucial.com recommends upgrading the RAM to 8GB. This summary states that 6GB is maximum. Anyone have any experience upgrading?
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I can't say for sure, but I feel that it has something to do with the fact that one of your RAM slots is easily accessible whereas the other one would require you to take your computer pretty far apart.
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i bought mine with 4gb. opened the slot under the trackpad, on the botton side of the device, and put a 4gb ram stick in. says i have 8 gb now.
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I just bought one and it is a little over 4 G shared from the RAM. So 8 G RAM is good but for the APU upgrading is a must at least for me.
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I believe there are only two slots for ram memory sticks and both are being used by the existing 2 gig of ram each. To get it up to 8 gigs you may need to remove both memory sticks and install 2 new ones of 4 gig each. Basically you are throwing away the existing ram to upgrade to full 8 gigs. As for me, since I only use it as a multimedia server for my bedroom the 4 gigs is very adequate. Good luck.
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Yes, you are missing thing - dual channel mode for the memory access. Just google for "Single memory vs dual channel". You may get in average 10-20% performance boost but if you decide to upgrade kit, you cant simply add new RAM, as both slots are used by kit.
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Hi friend, my better advise is: go to the crucial page and use the wizard to select the right choice offer by crucial.
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Update (since I previously said it WAS expandable): When I talked to a rep a couple of weeks ago, I was assured that the RAM was upgradeable, but it might have to go to one of their service centers. Just called in, and the sales rep said 2 gb was the max (BUT it was obvious she was just reading the same site info that I already had in front of me). Frustrating.
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Mine came with one 4GB stick of Samsung RAM. I did some research and found Crucial CT51272BD160B was compatible. I picked up 8GB (2x4GB sticks) off of an eBay seller for $60, and it's been working great with the Samsung and the Crucial together.** Edited - I originally said I found Kingston TSB16D3LS1KBG/4G, which is incorrect. **
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yes, a ram upgrade is feasible up to 8 gb. You can add another 2gb stick for about $20. Here's a good upgrade: Crucial 2GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Notebook Memory Module CT25664BF160B
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Not sure how many memory slots it has, as I've never opened the computer. Frankly, unless I was an expert at tearing these things down and building them up, I would not upgrade the RAM; which I'm not sure is possible.
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"I'm a girl..." Oh no she di'nt... :)Seriously, where did you buy 2gb ram for only $60??? My tech guy recommends crucial.com, but it's $106 there not including shipping. thanks, chickadee
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You should look on Crucial's website and do their RAM finder. See if the specs for the compatible RAM they find match the specs of this product.
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Since it is a 64 bit system, you can upgrade the ram up to 32gigs but the most available in one RAM card is 8 gigs so 16 gigs is pretty much the max.
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It is very easy to upgrade ram. I just did it and did not even look at a guide.Note that there is only one SO_DIMM slot, so you cannot buy a 1 gb stick and add on. I swapped out the 1 gb stick mine came with, with onee of two 2 gb sticks on my thinkpad. better value all round.also, i just read online that asus changed their policy of treating ram upgrade as voiding warranty. not sure though.
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it has a max of 12gb and 1 slot according to crucials website. I believe the intergrated ram is 4gb, so an 8gb stick would max it out.
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Hey Kevin, as an owner of this laptop, you should know that 24 GB of ram is absolutely unnecessary. This monster of a machine processes things so fast that it doesn't need very much temporary memory space (aka ram). 8 is plenty with 12 or 16 being the max. Like I said, you don't need to worry about RAM. Also it is the best laptop I have ever owned.
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I added 4Gb SODIMM as offered in this ad It is Crucial RAM As I remember. It has been completely satisfactory. I doubt it is warranted by Lenovo, but continues error-freeing on RAM checks. I doubt that Lenove manufactures or even runs pre-installation checks on their factory- installed RAM.
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Just as you did, I would check with Crucial at crucial.com and use their system analyzer to determine if this is a fit. That's what I did! I was able to use these and went from 2GB to 4GB and was extremely pleased with the increase of performance. In my opinion it's a great value for the gain in performance. I suspect if the specs are the same it will work.