PC Master Race

15058 readers

1 users here now

A community for PC Master Race.

Rules:

No bigotry: Including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
No NSFW content.
No Ads / Spamming.
Be thoughtful and helpful: even with ‘stupid’ questions. The world won’t be made better or worse by snarky comments schooling naive newcomers on Lemmy.

Notes:

PCMR Community Name - Our Response and the Survey

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

First-timer with no knowledge whatsoever: How do I know what RAM to get for my computer? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 1 year ago by idkwhatimdoing to c/[email protected]

20 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[+] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

[deleted]

[–] idkwhatimdoing 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thank you greatly for the help and details! Quick question, what would happen if I use 3200MHz RAM?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] idkwhatimdoing 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Looking it up, it mentions that non-Xeon models run DDR4 3200, but possibly limited to 2933 speeds due to CPU limitations.