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Upgrading RAM (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just looking for advice/opinion. I bought from ebay, what i thought was an x220 Thinkpad with 8G of RAM..turned out only to have 4. I left a bad review but will keep the machine. I put Arch/Sway anyway.

I want to add RAM...i think it can go up to 16. I looked on line and i think it would be about $50 to buy the memory...so i thought o would find an online tutorial and add the memory myself...is this a bad idea?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

While you are at it also replace the hard-drive with a SSD, as that will have a much bigger effect on speed than the RAM upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The computer might already have an SSD. Do you know how to check?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unlikely but it seems it was sold with an optional 128gb SATA SSD. But even then it might make sense to upgrade to a bigger and somewhat faster SSD, but of course the SATA interface limits that a bit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It's a very old machine, often used by enthusiasts, the chances are high that it has gotten upgrades before, no?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, I can see that is HDD