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    4 DDR3 slots

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by clone63, Nov 12, 2011.

  1. clone63

    clone63 Notebook Consultant

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    What available models of notebooks have 4 (or 3) available slots for ram?
    THANKS!
     
    clone63, Nov 12, 2011
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Lenovo W520, Asus G73, and Asus G74.
     
    Nick, Nov 12, 2011
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  3. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Wee...

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    Asus N53Sn.
     
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  4. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Dell M6400 (and M6500 and M6600) too.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Nov 12, 2011
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    Blitz47 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dell Precision M4600 has 4 RAM slots, but you need to get a Quad Core CPU in order to utilize all 4 slots.
     
    Blitz47, Nov 13, 2011
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    That's true of any system though.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Nov 13, 2011
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    yatch017 Notebook Enthusiast

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    M17, and m18 definently have 4 DIMMS (slots).
     
    yatch017, Nov 13, 2011
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  8. clone63

    clone63 Notebook Consultant

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    N53sn has 4? Didn't expect that.
    1 HDD it seems. If it had 2, that would be nuts.
     
    clone63, Nov 13, 2011
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    The larger Alienwares and Clevos all do. Some of them also have 2 HDD bays.
     
    widezu69, Nov 13, 2011
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  10. clone63

    clone63 Notebook Consultant

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    The D90F or w/e had 3 if I'm not mistaken.

    Thanks all, bout' all I needed to know
     
    clone63, Nov 13, 2011
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    The latest MSI models (15.6" and 17.3") have 4 slots.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 13, 2011
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  12. rizzo20

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    Really? Had the back off of my M17x r3 today and only saw two slots.
     
    rizzo20, Nov 13, 2011
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    Think the other two are under the keyboard.
     
    FredFlint_, Nov 13, 2011
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  14. Nick

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    Yup, two under, two over: Documentation
     
    Nick, Nov 13, 2011
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  15. rizzo20

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    That explains it! Was disappointing to only see two slots , so now I'm happy as could be . :D
     
    rizzo20, Nov 13, 2011
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    Does any laptop come with 3 slots?
     
    mtneer, Nov 13, 2011
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  17. Nick

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    The Asus G73 has three memory slots.
     
    Nick, Nov 13, 2011
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    Any of the machines based off the desktop X58 is likely to have 3 too.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 14, 2011
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    Dell XPS L702X.. when configured with 3D and quad core.....
     
    gull_s_777, Nov 14, 2011
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