Aspire 5 A515-44 What to look out for when upgrading RAM?

BranislavZivanovic

I was thinking about upgrading my laptop RAM from 8GB to 20GB(My Acer laptop has one soldered 4GB module and the other slot is populated with a 4GB stick RAM).
The RAM in my laptop works on 3200mhz and its dual channel, and I don't know what should I look out and for when buying RAM? Want to buy an 16GB sodimm module. 

If anyone can give me some advice that would be awesome!

Thread was edited to add model name to the title

JackE

Go to crucial dot com and run their scanner on your system for upgrade recommendations. Their recommendations are usually fairly accurate, competitive and manufactured by Micron a top shelf RAM producer.

BranislavZivanovic

JackE said:

Go to crucial dot com and run their scanner on your system for upgrade recommendations. Their recommendations are usually fairly accurate, competitive and manufactured by Micron a top shelf RAM producer.

I've tried it, but it gives me an option to buy 2x16GB. On the acer site for my laptop model it says that it can support up to 24gb ram. Plus I have only one free slot. That's why i'm asking.

JackE

Perhaps you should reveal your full ACER laptop model number. For example A515-53G? Or E5-576G?

BranislavZivanovic

JackE said:

Perhaps you should reveal your full ACER laptop model number. For example A515-53G? Or E5-576G?

It's Acer Aspire 5 A515-44-ROV3.
P/N: NX.HWCEX.005

StevenGen

BranislavZivanovic said:

JackE said:

Perhaps you should reveal your full ACER laptop model number. For example A515-53G? Or E5-576G?

It's Acer Aspire 5 A515-44-ROV3.
P/N: NX.HWCEX.005

You can't mix different size memory sticks in your A515-44 into its two memory slots, they have to be of equal size in every slot e.g. you can’t have slot#1 with 4GB and slot #2 with 16GB both slots have to have equal size memory modules and the max size of the A515-44 is 16GB per slot for a total of 32GB of  DDR4 2400, 1.2V, SO-DIMM 260 pin

JackE

>>>My Acer laptop has one soldered 4GB module and the other slot is populated with a 4GB stick RAM).>>> its dual channel>>>

Your model's mainboard apparently is the S model with 4GB soldered RAM sold in some European countries. You should be able to replace the 4GB DDR4  replaceable module with a 16GB module 2400MHz or faster for a total of 20GB RAM.

BranislavZivanovic

JackE said:

>>>My Acer laptop has one soldered 4GB module and the other slot is populated with a 4GB stick RAM).>>> its dual channel>>>

Your model's mainboard apparently is the S model with 4GB soldered RAM sold in some European countries. You should be able to replace the 4GB DDR4  replaceable module with a 16GB module 2400MHz or faster for a total of 20GB RAM.

Thanks for the info! I was wondering if I buy another 16GB module with the same speed(3200MHz) and the same voltage(1.2V) will I still have dual channel support? Because i saw some benchmarks where 2x4GB RAM performs better than 1x4GB + 1x8GB RAM? For instance with 2x4GB GTA gets a solid 70+ frames per second, but with 1x4GB + 1x8GB GTA's frames drop to below 35? That's what i'm curious about, will the upgrade hurt my performance or boost it?

BranislavZivanovic

StevenGen said:

BranislavZivanovic said:

JackE said:

Perhaps you should reveal your full ACER laptop model number. For example A515-53G? Or E5-576G?

It's Acer Aspire 5 A515-44-ROV3.
P/N: NX.HWCEX.005

You can't mix different size memory sticks in your A515-44 into its two memory slots, they have to be of equal size in every slot e.g. you can’t have slot#1 with 4GB and slot #2 with 16GB both slots have to have equal size memory modules and the max size of the A515-44 is 16GB per slot for a total of 32GB of  DDR4 2400, 1.2V, SO-DIMM 260 pin

They have to be the same size because of the dual channel or? My laptop model has an soldered 4GB ram, so i can only change one RAM module.
If i match the speed(3200MHz) and the voltage(1.2) but not the size it will not stay in dual channel?

JackE

No. While your mainboard can use a dual channel 3200MHz module, it only is only capable of single channel operation at 2400-2600MHz with double-data rate DDR RAM. Not much difference between single and dual channel modules anyway. So don't pay extra for dual channel or speeds greater than 2400-2600MHz. Benchmark graphics performance means little without knowing the graphics VRAM operation, not the RAM modules.