Zenbook Pro Memory Upgrade

[Lilboredbear]

Hi!

 

I'm using an ASUS Zenbook Pro UX501VW-FI020T as my daily driver. When I purchased the laptop I opted for this cheaper version because it did not feature the glossy touchscreen. The downside to going with the FI020T version is it's slower and smaller SSD, less GPU memory and of course less RAM. To enhance my laptop some I want to extend the soldered 8GB RAM to 16GB (or 24GB, as I know this is also possible). I've been looking at the G-Skill Ripjaws F42800C18S-8GRS stick, but I'm unsure whether this is a good choice or not. I am also not sure if it is even compatible, though I would think so since it is the same SO-DIMM standard. Any thoughts/help in making a final choice would be appreciated

 

Link to the stick mentioned:

http://gskill.com/en/product/f4-2800c18s-8grs

 

PS: I've also read that this model is compatible with NVMe drives, and I was considering upgrading to one. Do you have any thoughts on whether this could boost my performance, or if it would just suck my battery away?

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

Would a NVMe drive require any more power than a m.2 drive? No

Will it boost the performance where you'll see a difference in everyday tasks? No

 

Anyway, for your memory question, problem with onboard soldered memory is it's a bit harder to say whether something is definitely compatible or not. I mean when I upgraded my Asus vivobook with an extra 4GB of RAM ontop of the onboard 4GB, I just grabbed the cheapest DDR3 sodimm 4GB stick I could find and it worked so...it should be fine?  

[Lilboredbear]

40 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Would a NVMe drive require any more power than a m.2 drive? No

Will it boost the performance where you'll see a difference in everyday tasks? No

 

Anyway, for your memory question, problem with onboard soldered memory is it's a bit harder to say whether something is definitely compatible or not. I mean when I upgraded my Asus vivobook with an extra 4GB of RAM ontop of the onboard 4GB, I just grabbed the cheapest DDR3 sodimm 4GB stick I could find and it worked so...it should be fine?  

Thanks for the input! One more thing though; I noticed that the stick i linked to runs at 2800Mhz, while the soldered 8GB stick runs at 2133Mhz. Would this be an incompatibility issue or not? Would it matter if one part of the memory was faster than the other?

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Lilboredbear said:

Thanks for the input! One more thing though; I noticed that the stick i linked to runs at 2800Mhz, while the soldered 8GB stick runs at 2133Mhz. Would this be an incompatibility issue or not? Would it matter that one part of the memory was faster than the other?

Theoretically, the 2800MHz should just drop down to 2133MHz

[Lilboredbear]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Theoretically, the 2800MHz should just drop down to 2133MHz

So, this would mean that I would be better off with buying a cheaper 2133MHz stick then, since both would run at 2133MHz anyways?

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, Lilboredbear said:

So, this would mean that I would be better off with buying a cheaper 2133MHz stick then, since both would run at 2133MHz anyways?

yep

[Lilboredbear]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

yep

Thanks for the quick response. I think I'll place an order then.