Posted 7 October 2023

How do I know ram is soldered to laptop?

Hi, just in the market for a budget gaming/video editing laptop?

How do I know if the ram is soldered or not before buying? Cheers.
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  1. EndlessWaves's avatar
    It's more common for manufacturers to list those that have slots as soldered is the default component packaging.

    It may explicitly say slots, but it may also refer to them as SODIMM which is name of the current memory stick form factors.
  2. C0mm0d0re_K1d's avatar
    Check the specifications on the site your looking at buying it from. But these can be wrong.

    Check the specifications on the manufacturers website.

    Use Crucial memory to look up memory upgrades for that make and model. It will tell you if it's upgradable or not.

    The more budget the laptop model is, the more likely it is to have limited upgrade ability.
  3. DaveG46's avatar
    Can you not just Google the model number?
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