“Has someone put in a 16GB ram stick to make it the 24GB Max ram that it can have? If so.. How was the performance after doing so?”
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Users have actually upgraded the RAM on the G14 up to 40GB with a 32GB chip. The drawback to upgrading the RAM is that because 8GB of the RAM is soldered if you have more than 8GB in the removable slot then not all the RAM will run in dual channel. The computer will still run the first 16GB in dual channel, but everything beyond that will run at single channel speeds. This is otherwise known as "flex mode". People who have done this have reported a slight hit in performance. Ryzen processors tend to be sensitive to RAM speeds, taking advantage of fast RAM but also similarly being impacted by slower RAM. So it's a bit of a trade-off if you go this route. If you upgrade beyond 16GB you'll have more RAM available before you run out and start swapping, but some games and programs that can take advantage of the RAM's full speed may have a bit of a performance hit. In practice performance in flex mode on the G14 is between single channel and dual channel. Something else to keep in mind if you plan on upgrading the RAM card is to make sure the one you get runs at 3200Mhz out of the box and does not require DOCP/XMP or manual times to be set, as the G14's BIOS currently doesn't let you set those or let you tell it to use an XMP profile. Therefore if you get a 3200Mhz card that actually runs at a slower speed out of the box without an XMP profile both RAM cards will run at that slower speed, causing a notable performance hit. The G14 community has identified several cards that work well though. Hope that helps.
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