A514-52-76TH - what is the maximum RAM

SpeedKingHighwayStar

Has 8GB RAM on board.  What is the maximum it can be expanded to?  Acer datasheet NX.HMEEK.003 says "Standard Memory 8GB, Maximum Memory 12GB".  So is it only capable of being increased by 4GB??  That seems odd given the overall spec which includes 10th gen i7-10510U processor and 1TB SSD (PCIe NVMe) storage, so would've expected it to at least be capable of being expanded to 16GB or 20GB total and I'm sure I've seen other A514-52 machines configured with lesser processors, storage, and lesser overall spec noted as being capable of taking 20GB so can't understand the Acer datasheet indicating only 12GB maximum or am I reading it wrong.

Clarification would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Jack22

@SpeedKingHighwayStar
System Memory
 4GB DDR4 On-board SDRAM
 2400MHz
 0GB/4GB/8G SODIMM 

SpeedKingHighwayStar

Jack22 said:

@SpeedKingHighwayStar
System Memory
 4GB DDR4 On-board SDRAM
 2400MHz
 0GB/4GB/8G SODIMM 

Hi Jack,

Re "4GB DDR4 On-board SDRAM" - No, as per my original post the on-board is definitely 8GB.

The thing is with the 514-52 there are multiple configurations available including 4GB on board ram (usually with various lesser processors) but the 76TH variant with the i7-10510U processor is definitely 8GB RAM on-board.  Also, the retailer's website gives the spec as 8GB 2133MHz i.e. not 2400MHz although the MHz spec isn't critical to me and not listed in the Acer datasheet.

The on-board RAM is definitely 8GB though.  As also confirmed by the Acer datasheet.

The question remains however, what is it capable of taking in total - lesser variants of the 514-52 on this website indicate that the motherboard can take up to 20GB.  However, the Acer datasheet NX.HMEEK.003 says "Standard Memory 8GB, Maximum Memory 12GB".

Therefore jury out still on this one.

SpeedKingHighwayStar

On-board RAM: just double checked and the properties says Installed Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB (7.80 GB usable)

SpeedKingHighwayStar

Given so many variants of the A514-52 ranging from about £300 - £800 (around $400 - $1,000) with multiple variants with various processors and configurations ranging from e.g. Celeron or Pentium processors and 128/256GB HDD (and no SSD at all) with only 4GB RAM, through i3 8th gen processors, to i5 10th gen processors with 512GB SSD with 8GB RAM, and i7 10th gen processors with 1TB SSD and 8GB RAM, and almost every conceivable combination in between occupying every price point, and variants with AMD processors too, this all result in machines with very different configurations, characteristics and abilities.

It is therefore worth clarifying that the part number of this particular variant is....  NX.HMEEK.003

So, it is not one of the 4GB RAM versions as it seems was wrongly assumed per the only answer so far.

The Acer Datasheet for NX.HMEEK.003 states:
Standard Memory  8GB
Maximum Memory  12 GB

As per the datasheet it would appear that the maximum is indeed 12 GB.

What I can't understand is why other version of the A514-52 configured with lesser processors, storage, and lesser overall spec at half the price are noted as being capable of taking 20GB on this forum.  Are they not all limited by e.g. the same motherboard etc?  So either the other lesser versions are also limited to 12GB and the replies on this forum denoting possible 20GB may be mistaken or something isn't clear from the NX.HMEEK.003 Datasheet.  I suspect the Datasheet is correct and the assumptions of 20GB for lower spec versions are, for whatever reason, possibly inaccurate.

For avoidance of doubt, its lighting fast anyway: booting up is instantaneous, you just switch it on and its there immediately with no waiting time at all, booting up is a dream, and everything it does is instantaneous and lightning quick, so maybe it doesn't need more ram anyway.  At least for now.  But it would be good to have clarification of the maximum possible.