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Upgrading ram on laptop 64GB?!

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Hello all looking to upgrading my memory in my laptop. currently have 16gb. someone please help out looking to upgrade to 64GB.

My current Laptop:
MSI GF65
 
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There are plenty of reasons why having 64 GB is useful in the modern age. Not really a good question, and rather short-sighted.
Tons of people do not work at home and need to bring their laptop around places.

@waly.alloush.ao
You just need to find some laptop DDR4 RAM. Most likely 2x32 GB. And then you unscrew the base of the laptop and swap the sticks out. Simple as that.
Any local computer store should be able to help you out.
 
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Not everyone can do that or are willing.

For regular office work on Windows 10/11 16GB is the confortable minimum I would use. Given the model of OP's laptop I would assume gaming is the main use, so for that 32GB minimum.

I would try to hunt down the service manual for the laptop first or some sort of in-depth spec. sheet to eyeball the layout and components. If you can, open it up to actually look inside. Some laptops have soldered components, or just have a cumbersome layout that could make swapping out components troublesome. Also, be aware that some laptop BIOS have arbitrary restrictions in terms of hardware.
From what the Amazon listing says, it's expandable up to 64 GB, which means the RAM should be modular and not soldered onto the motherboard.
Perfect ill be going the ones you recommend; unless anyone else has other options. Currently i have 16GB and I'm using 89% of it. definitely want all 64GB lol Thanks much.


EDIT: will these even fit in a laptop?
Amazon.com
Highly recommend you stop by a computer store. They won't charge you any extra to recommend what RAM to buy.
Don't blindly test online ordered stuff, especially when fake RAM sellers can exist.

FWIW, typically, laptop RAM is much shorter. Like half the length or something. And they suck a lot more compared to normal desktop RAM.
But that's the nature of laptop RAM. You'll always be massively gimped on performance.

As for capacity, I recommend 32 GB instead. 64 GB will likely result in performance compromises, and with a laptop, it's going to be even worse.
You really want to try to maximize the frequency and minimize the timings as much as possible.
 
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64gb, works on all ddr4 laptops UpTo 3200mhz and 2rx8
 
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Nope, the easiest way is just get any ddr5 ram if yours is ddr5 and ddr4 if it's a ddr4 laptop.

If you want better performance you need to match the factory speed and for best performance is to get the lowest cl ram and what ever max speed your laptop supports.
 
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