Changing RAM in an 15-en0014nw.

[Bartosz_Berg88]

I'm lookin' for RAM update but not sure is the RAM voltage important. I've heard that RAMs that operate at 1.35v won't work at full speed at some laptops.

I'm thinking about 2 of these higher voltage ones:

Crucial Ballistix 2x8gb 3200 CL16 1.35v

Goodram IRDM 2x8gb 3200 CL16 1.35v

and the one with same voltage as Hynix ones currently installed:

Goodram 2x8gb 3200 CL22 1.2v

Will any of these work at 3200? (Please tell me that I can but the higher voltage ones 😛 )

[banhien]

@Bartosz_Berg88 

The specs of your machine is

          https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06970552

It has 

8 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (2 x 4 GB) both slots are occupied

that means you have to use DDR4 RAM with 1.2V . You can use

                          https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k16g32c16s4b/ct20459801

   or cheaper   https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct2k16g4sfra32a/ct20459828

Regards.

[Bartosz_Berg88]

Yeah, I found on Crucial homepage that CS16 ones are 100% compatible, but those are 1.35v, so won't they be underclocked due to lack of voltage? XMP is not supported in BIOS as far as I know.

[banhien]

@Bartosz_Berg88 

DDR4 RAM's run at 1.2V ; DDR3 RAM's use 1.35V and DDR3L RAM's also run at 1.2V