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.
Put your model number into the top search field to bring up the spec sheet for the model in question.
It will tell you the ram that’s already installed to mirror it. Chances are you’ll be looking at either 8gb or 16gb, sodimm ddr4 @ 3200mhz. Brand doesn’t really matter too much but it must be sodimm not dimm, and make sure you don’t get lower MHz then what’s already installed as it will make all stocks default to the lowest MHz speed
The specsbeet says:
- up to 128GB DDR4-2933 ECC or non-ECC
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:
- 2x 16gb
- DDR4
- 2933mhz
- Sodimm
Using this you should be able to find what you need.
