New laptop. Upgradable ram slot. Need advise

[estoria]

I just bought the Lenovo LOQ 15 and wanted to ask since it’s been awhile since I got into these hardware aspect of gaming. The ram in my laptop is a DDR5 8GB so I was thinking of just picking up the Crucial DDR5 8GB 4800mhz SODIMM from Amazon but I realised will the speed of the rams matter? The Ram that’s in my laptop is Samsung mzal4512hblu-00bl2. Can anyone help check if this ram and the one I’m planning on getting will work together or I’ll have to just buy two new set of rams that’s the same speed.

[Cathulhu]

That model is an SSD, not RAM.

Use CPU-Z to determine what RAM is used in your laptop.

[Tonepoet]

That's an m.2 S.S.D. You can tell because the connector pins are on the short side of the pcb, although they look similar to P.C.I.E. modules in that respect too. If you want to upgrade your R.A.M. you want is a Sodimm. The connectors go along the sides lengthwise on those.

The R.A.M. on some laptop motherboards may be soldered into thedevice, and thus non-upgradable, but if it's socketed then you want two of the same R.A.M. stick to run it in dual channel mode, so you either add one of the same brand and model, or you buy a new kit. I wouldn't worry about R.A.M. speed too much myself, but if the quantity is smaller than 8 gigabytes per stick, then I'd buy a new kit with two 8 or 16 gigabytes sticks, totaling to 16 or 32 gigabytes oof R.A.M.

Even the same laptop manufacturer, they might use different R.A.M. modules based on what's most affordable, so you have to check.

This is a disassembly video for the laptop model you provided to us. The dude removes a cover that's over the R.A.M. at about the one minute, fourty-five second mark. It looks like you're lucky and you have two R.A.M. sockets.

Get us the right R.A.M. model and capacity. There should also be four double digit numbers separated by dashes which show us the timings of the R.A.M. which might help us too.

[_I_]

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

if the laptop has one so-dimm slot, and its empty, then it has whatever ram soldered to the board
you can buy another so-dimm, but it will be limited by the slower dimm

be sure to buy a dimm with the same or faster speed, and/or same or lower timings (cl)

start here, use sliders to narrow down speeds and timings

[N3tRunn3r]

I can also highly recommend to use HWiNFO v8 (portable)[www.hwinfo.com]

-> ( first launch edit settings )
-> ( summary-only )
-> click on "Summary" at top left corner
-> click on the RAM icon next to the RAM Type info bar

there you see all needed and neccessary infos about your RAM

also, you dont need to use seperated CPU-Z and GPU-Z software anymore, just HWiNFO


p.s.:
"Good" laptops are delivered with robust SK Hynix RAM modules, these are harder to be catched and bought online, and if, these may be available to incredible high prices ..

your step to take a look at RAM modules by Crucial is a really neat idea, as I had upgraded my older laptop with Crucial stuff too.

however, why dont you buy 2x 16 GB RAM from Crucial? During Easter days, there are a lot of sales ..

additionally, the Crucial website has an online "System Scanner"[www.crucial.com] which hardware are compatible and pretty well working on your laptop, too. Or to check it manually, here:

Crucial - Lenovo LOQ 15IAX9 RAM & SSD Upgrades [www.crucial.com]

Check these RAM sticks there, note their serial numbers, and try to get any Sales on Amazon or whereever you prefer to buy hardware .. for example:

Crucial 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR5-5600 SODIMM
1x CT2K16G56C46S5

or

Crucial 16GB DDR5-5600 SODIMM
2x CT16G56C46S5

and check these numbers for any deals .. sometimes prices are cheaper if bought 2x 16 GB RAM "sticks", instead 1x 2x 16 GB RAM "kits" ..

Good Luck & Have Fun !

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Use the CPUZ app to look at currently installed ram specs