Laptop Upgrades

[EventHorizonVII]

[Edit] Added some pics.

Bought an almost pristine Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 and plan on swapping the 1 TB hybrid drive out for a 256GB AirEye SSD I have.

It has 8 GB DDR3 but I'd like to go 16 because, why not?

The problem is I read conflicting stories about RAM upgrades on these. Some say only specific sticks work.

The Yoga I have is 20DM-008UUS

Also may add more storage via the M.2 that is in the pics.

Help with some clarity please?

 

[cyclone3d]

Only has one RAM slot. a 16GB stick might work... but it will still only be running in single channel mode.

 

[burritoincognito]

IIRC, the 14 did have 16GB max.

you need the shorter SSD, which most come in Sandforce controller, which I'm not a fan of. I wish I could find a 16GB like that, as that'd be the perfect size for a dual boot w/ Linux.

And did you already pull the 1TB SSHD? that's an SSD in the picture.

 

[EventHorizonVII]

IIRC, the 14 did have 16GB max.

you need the shorter SSD, which most come in Sandforce controller, which I'm not a fan of. I wish I could find a 16GB like that, as that'd be the perfect size for a dual boot w/ Linux.

And did you already pull the 1TB SSHD? that's an SSD in the picture.

It does use the 42mm M.2 card, I did some perusing right now the largest is 512GB it looks like but that price...may just do as you suggested and use it for a dual boot.

I did, it's a 1TB HGST 5400 RPM, probably throw it in an enclosure and tote it with for storage or something.

Would 16GB in single channel mode be effective or waste, I know that it gives me more headroom but I don't see me maxing it out even at 8. May just monitor it and add it if neded.

 

[burritoincognito]

I've had my Yoga 260 filled with a 16GB until I bought my P50. It handled virtual machines just fine, I honestly wouldn't have noticed single vs dual channels. I noticed enough vs. not enough.
If you don't think you'll be maxing 8, then just stick with it until you decide otherwise. I went back to 8 from 16 once I got my P50, as I have it do my VMs. I can live on 8 for the light stuff I do, and let it use up 36GB of RAM just in VMs.