I have a Lenovo P15 Gen1 laptop with easily accessible ram slots. I have never purchased parts for a PC or done any upgrades myself. I think I understand the process well enough, but I’m lost in all the RAM types and model numbers. How can I tell which sticks will fit and work with the P15, and where’s the best spot to order them in the US? Thanks for any help with such a basic question.
The specsbeet says:
You have 2 slots and you either buy a single module of the same type that is already installed (there is usually a sticker on the module) or you buy 2 new modules.
For most use 32gb is more than enough, 64 and above is used for video editing and other memory intensive things. So unless you are in one of those use niches you would get 2x16gb.
If not listed the memory will be non-ecc
Laptops will usually require memory referenced as SODIMM this is the laptop specific formfactor.
You would need:
Using this you should be able to find what you need.
Thank you greatly for the help and details! Quick question, what would happen if I use 3200MHz RAM?
You would need to manually set your RAM to run at 3200 MHz in your BIOS, so I expect that it’ll just run at 2933 MHz instead if you don’t touch the BIOS. Normally the limit is set to 2133 MHz, but I guess your laptop BIOS caps out at 2933?
In any case, a 3200 MHz RAM just means that it can run at any speed at or below 3200 MHz
Yeah it seems the preinstalled RAM is 2933 MHz, so I imagine that’s where my BIOS is capped and I probably won’t try to change anything. Just great to hear that a 3200 MHz stick will work with the 2933 in there now.
Looking it up, it mentions that non-Xeon models run DDR4 3200, but possibly limited to 2933 speeds due to CPU limitations.