Memory Upgrade for Nitro 5 (AN515-58-56CH) with Intel Core i5 12th Gen 12500H

TonyinFL

Hi. My Nitro 5 laptop came with two sticks of SODIMM 8GB DDR5 4800 MT/s giving 16GB total. When shopping around for two 16GB DDR5 4800MT/s giving 32GB I found there are different CAS latency options.

For example I found a Crucial kit with a CAS latency of 40 and a G.SKILL Ripjaws kit with a CAS latency of 32. A lower CAS latency should provide better performance. I believe the DDR5 RAM that came with the Nitro 5 has a CAS latency of 40.

I am considering the higher performance DDR5 RAM with a CAS latency of 32. But I wonder if there could be a compatibility issue i.e. laptop it won't boot up, instability under load, or perhaps the RAM will run at the higher CAS latency of 40 even though it is rated for 32 due to some constraint of the laptop.

Can anyone confirm that the higher performance DDR5 RAM with a CAS latency of 32 would work appropriately?

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/697988/memory-upgrade-for-nitro-5-an515-58-56ch-with-intel-core-i5-12th-gen-12500h

Kingston recommends DDR5 4800MT/s Non-ECC Unbuffered SODIMM CL40 1RX8 1.1V 262-pin 16Gbit for your laptop: kit of 2 x 16GB (32GB total), Part Number: KCP548SS8K2-32 https://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search/model/108042/acer-nitro-5-an515-58xxx-ddr5

The DDR5 RAM that comes with the Nitro 5 has a CAS latency of 40, I recommend to go with the Kingston CL40 timing for your RAM upgrade. 😉

TonyinFL

@Puraw - I appreciate the recommendation to the Kingston kit!

But I am hoping to get a confirmation that using similar DDR5 with a lower CAS latency than 40 would or would not work out for this laptop. For the two different RAM kits I originally mentioned there is currently only a $16 price difference for CAS latency of 32 vs 40.