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    Help!! New Ideapads Max RAM Question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by nkaufman, Nov 25, 2015.

  1. nkaufman

    nkaufman Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    Am trying to find out the maximum 'allowable' RAM for the new Ideapads - 300, 300S, 500 and 500S.

    Some suggest 8GB for S models and 16GB for regular (for 6th gen CPU). Some say 16GB for all. Am highly confused.

    Even though manufacturers might claim that 8GB is max allowed, many times systems can support upto 16GB.

    Please help!

    Need to order soon.

    Thank you for your assistance.
     
    nkaufman, Nov 25, 2015
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    nkaufman Notebook Consultant

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    This unit has i5-6200U which can take upto 32GB. Since the unit has space for only 1 DIMM, I'm thinking that it should be upgradeable to 16GB.

    Guess no-one has gotten this machine yet.
     
    nkaufman, Dec 5, 2015
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