“Hi For those who bought this model ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14" WQXGA 120Hz AMD Ryzen 9 - 16GB DDR5 Memory - AMD Radeon RX 6800S Can anyone confirm if the model comes with RAM 16 GB soldered and an empty DDR5 slot as I am planning to upgrade to 24GB. thanks”
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The short answer is, no, you will not get a 16gb soldered ram version on this. Be aware purchasing 402RK model on BestBuy. According to Asus website, all 402RK model should come with 16gb(soldered) + 1 slot. Only 32GB 402RK model sold on BestBuy (yes, 32gb version actually has Asus sub model number on BestBuy specification section too!) comes with 16gb(soldered) + 16gb. Any 16gb 402RK models on BestBuy come with 8gb(soldered) + 8gb = 16gb. The problem is, 402RJ and 402RK only differenciates GPU models however, (my guess is) BestBuy seems to get supplied by Hidevolution. You can search it. What they do is, this model is an actual 402RK model but they solder 8gb instead 16gb on board and put another 8gb to match dual channel. That way, they can sell 6800S GPU 402RK model with 16gb ram configuration for cheaper price. Yet, it is non-sense for BestBuy to do it especially a lot of people who are googling their eye on this laptop possibly will expand their ram to 16 + 16 dual config. Very dissappinted. In a way, it is all marketing tactic from what I see because most people won't check it right away. By the time, you want to upgrade the ram, then it's too late to take it back. People say it's running quad but that is not true. It's just how zcpu reads because of concept of ddr5. Single ddr5 reads as dual channel so the zpu reads it as you got quad from ddr5 × 2. In a real world, ddr5 8gb + ddr5 16gb will be still 16gb dual + 8gb single. Surely, it doesnt really affect to its performance much. But you have to consider latency coming from unbalanced ram config. Another big thing is, Ryzen cpu loves balanced dual channel ram config. Many results prove Ryzen cpu with dual channel bumps up performance by 15-20% if I remember right.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I upgraded the ram with a 16gb crucial ddr5 module. I've seen reports that i could've used a 32gb module. But I can only confirm the 16gb module.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Mine has 8gb soldered and another 8 swappable. So yes you can upgrade to 24gb ram
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