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Good day ! i bought a laptop and it only has 2gb of ram and i want to upgrade it .. but im confused as im not Familiar with "DDR3L SDRAM" im only familiar with DDR3.. so what is the difference ?  Below is My Laptop only use it for Basic typing Basic School work.. so i got a Low end one ..

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So what type of Memory should i buy ? is it just DDR3 or with that DDR3L ? thanks !

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DDR3l is low voltage, used for low power systems i think. You need to ensure that the current ram is a physical module, as most cheaper laptops with 2GB of ram have it soldered directly onto the motherboard; limiting upgrades to almost none

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but it says 8Gb max and i only have 2gb so  i can upgrade it right ?  so ok if im buying has to be with the L(DDR3L-Low Voltage)

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10 minutes ago, sanipig18 said:

but it says 8Gb max and i only have 2gb so  i can upgrade it right ?  so ok if im buying has to be with the L(DDR3L-Low Voltage)

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