Want to Upgrade my a515-56 ram Because it came with 8gb 2667 mhz and wanna Upgrade to 16gb 3200mhz

Here, I have my Aspire 5 a515-56( to be clear it's a515-56 54b7) with 4 x 2 2667mhz, intel core i5-1135g7 and because you Know this is a slow ram.. and I want to upgrade both slots because I would not like that my remaining 4gb ram will be 2667mhz then I searched for some videos of my laptop and it says that No..you can only Upgrade only one slot cause one is soldered ... but then too if I upgrade my one slot to 16 gb 3200mhz will that slow ram still give me problems? or will it still be used instead of my fast ram of 16 gb, and which ram will majorly be Used ?

and Also Crucial says that i can use 2x8 on my laptop.. and there's no soldering a

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StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/679122/want-to-upgrade-my-a515-56-ram-because-it-came-with-8gb-2667-mhz-and-wanna-upgrade-to-16gb-3200mhz

No, the A515-56 has NO soldered on internal ram. this laptop has 2x slots and can have max 32GB ram at 2x 16GB DDR4-3200MHz type ram. do the Crucial System Scan as they recommend for 16GB their Crucial 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 SODIMM type DDR4-3200 • CL=22 • NON-ECC • SODIMM • 260-pin • 1.2V • 2Rx8/1Rx8/1Rx16 • PC4-25600 make sure its only CL22 and not anything different as it won't work with DDR4-3200MHz.

Also, this laptop uses M.2 drive of spec PCIe3 x4 so and if you want to upgrade the M.2 boot drive use either the WD SN750 or the new SN770 Black drives or the Samsung 970 EVO Pro or Plus M.2 drives as they are the best. I've got the A515-57 and its got 2x 8GB DDR4-3200MHz ram and it works perfectly and very quick with a PCIe 3 x4 Hynix BC711 512GB boot drive

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StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/679122/want-to-upgrade-my-a515-56-ram-because-it-came-with-8gb-2667-mhz-and-wanna-upgrade-to-16gb-3200mhz

No, the A515-56 has NO soldered on internal ram. this laptop has 2x slots and can have max 32GB ram at 2x 16GB DDR4-3200MHz type ram. do the Crucial System Scan as they recommend for 16GB their Crucial 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 SODIMM type DDR4-3200 • CL=22 • NON-ECC • SODIMM • 260-pin • 1.2V • 2Rx8/1Rx8/1Rx16 • PC4-25600 make sure its only CL22 and not anything different as it won't work with DDR4-3200MHz.

Also, this laptop uses M.2 drive of spec PCIe3 x4 so and if you want to upgrade the M.2 boot drive use either the WD SN750 or the new SN770 Black drives or the Samsung 970 EVO Pro or Plus M.2 drives as they are the best. I've got the A515-57 and its got 2x 8GB DDR4-3200MHz ram and it works perfectly and very quick with a PCIe 3 x4 Hynix BC711 512GB boot drive

Wn_Vaibhav

Thanks Man really appreciate your Effort for helping me With your Answer

Wn_Vaibhav

But Curiosity killed me and I just opened and checked and there's only one slot So...I can just add 16gb single channel

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1179106#Comment_1179106

What is the exsact model number it should have 10 numbers and 2 letters at the end like this A515-56-56WJ, as then it will give us an exact model that you have as most A515-56s have these specs for ram, Slots: 2 (2 banks of 1).

So you must have the Aspire 5 A515-56 laptop that takes the DDR4-3200MHz PC4-25600 SODIMM memory type and comes installed with 4GB (Soldered) memory. Then you can upgrade your Acer Aspire 5 A515-56 laptop up to a maximum memory capacity of 20GB and adding 1x 16GB DDR4-3200MHz ram is perfect. The laptop has 1x upgradable slot to install memory, and the other with already soldered 4GB standard memory installed.

Puraw

@Wn_Vaibhav

The best results (fastest RAM) can be obtained by copying your soldered DDR4 module, that way you will have Dual Channel will double your speed with 16GB RAM. To see what DDR4 is inside your laptop type in an elevated (opened as Administrator) Command Prompt: