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    Lenovo X120e Ram upgrade

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by AKA_PigDog, Apr 4, 2011.

  1. AKA_PigDog

    AKA_PigDog Newbie

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    Hey I have a Lenovo X120e
    Waiting for Ubuntu 11.04 to come out of Alfa so its running on Win7 64.
    It has the standard 2 gb Ram since I wanted to wait upgrading to 4 GB Ram, since Lenovo charges 80$ and I'm sure prices will drop in the future.

    Now I'm hearing that the x120e can run with 8 GB ram,
    Does any one know how that works?

    It comes with 2 gb standard so does that mean there is room for one 6 Gb addition? or two 3 Gb? or replace the 2 Gb and intall two 4 Gb?
    Whats up with that,
    and what programs benefit of having 8 over 4 or 2 Gb and in what way?

    Thanks
     
    AKA_PigDog, Apr 4, 2011
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  2. Lee-

    Lee- Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, it can run with 8gb of ram. But, I believe, you need to have 64 bit running to benefit on it.
    Since it only have 2 slots, you need two 4gb ram to get 8gb total.
    For the x120e, I think putting 8gb ran on it would be overkill.
    Come on its a netbook. =)
    Upgrading into SSD would be better.
     
    Lee-, Apr 4, 2011
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  3. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    The X120e supports up to 8GB of RAM, in up to 4GB per slot (meaning a 6GB stick, which would be ridiculously expensive anyways, would not work).

    Lee- makes a good point, though. Why do you need 8GB of RAM?
     
    MidnightSun, Apr 4, 2011
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  4. Pseudorandom

    Pseudorandom Notebook Evangelist

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    VM's, ramdisk, and Firefox. jk. just VM's and ramdisk.

    You won't see much of a benefit from having more RAM unless you use something that requires more RAM than you have. You are probably best off with a different upgrade, maybe an SSD would be nice.

    btw, faster RAM is a good upgrade, but I'm not sure if the E-350 can support faster RAM.
     
    Pseudorandom, Apr 4, 2011
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  5. MidnightSun

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    The X120e supports a max speed of 1066MHz RAM, so actually the Lenovo-stock 1333MHz RAM would downclock to 1066MHz. So, faster RAM is pointless on the X120e--just get the standard PC3-8500 DDR3 1066MHz DDR3 SODIMMs.

    Also, note that Zacate's RAM is single-channel, so identical-stick pairing is irrelevant: there are no performance boosts from using identical RAM sticks.
     
    MidnightSun, Apr 4, 2011
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    mr_raider Notebook Consultant

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    Ubuntu 10.10 runs fine on my x120e with 4 GB of RAM and no swap file. But you can get 2x4gb kits for 80-100$
     
    mr_raider, Apr 5, 2011
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