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Intel 12th gen (Alder Lake) laptops can support either DDR4 or DDR5 (though never both, as explained above), so you will have to check the specs of your particular laptop if it’s an Alder Lake machine to work out which memory generation it supports. Ryzen 6000 series laptop motherboards actually only support DDR5 RAM (so if you have one, you know it will be DDR5 compatible). Which laptops support DDR5 RAM?Īt the present time, AMD Ryzen 6000 series laptops and Intel 12th gen laptops are the only ones that support DDR5 memory, though the upcoming Ryzen 7000 series laptops and Intel 13th gen laptops will also support the RAM tech.

This means upgrading from DDR4 to DDR5 without completely changing the motherboard is impossible, and whilst you can do this for a desktop gaming PC, upgrading the motherboard of your laptop is not something you can do. You cannot upgrade DDR4 RAM to DDR5 RAM in a laptop as the pin layout is different on both the RAM itself and the socket on the motherboard at the point where you plug one into the other. This is the type of RAM you will typically look for when upgrading your laptop.

SODIMM stands for Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module, and is the same type of RAM but thinner and smaller in size, and therefore better suited to laptops and notebooks.

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Things to consider before upgrading laptop RAM SODIMM vs DIMM memoryĭIMM stands for Dual In-line Memory Module, and is the type of 64 bit memory used for desktop computers. The kind chaps over at Corsair have sourced us with some lovely Vengeance SODIMM DDR5 memory which we will be using for this demonstration, but the steps of this guide are essentially the same no matter what generation of RAM you are using (including DDR4 memory or older) or the brand. Whilst it can be a bit fiddly, upgrading your laptop memory is pretty straightforward, and once you’ve done it once it’s a fairly easy process to repeat.

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If you want to know how to upgrade RAM on laptop devices, but are worried about breaking your precious machine, worry not! We are here to make the process as easy as possible for you.

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