Reddit mentions of Kingston Technology KVR16LS11/4 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L PC3-12800 1.35V Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM Intel Laptop Memory

Go buy the laptop. If you are a regular internet user, it will be something that will be harder to potentially sell.

I'm buying this guy as a birthday present to myself next week and upgrading the RAM and adding a 120GB mSATA. After about ~$850 it'll be a quick little machine with a 1080p screen.

I'd definitely opt for the T440s over the T440p. The T440p is quite a fat system, at 1.3" thick. I mean maybe you're into thick stuff, but I find the T440s' 0.80" to be much more attractive. It's also half a pound lighter (or about the same weight when you config it with the 6-cell rear battery). Here's how I'd config one:

• 4th Gen Intel Core i5-4200U Processor (3MB Cache, up to 2.60GHz)
  
• Windows 8.1 64
  
• T440s 14.0 HD+ WWAN (1600x900) - Upgrading to the 1080p screen might be worth the $120, but that's a personal preference call you'd have to make
  
• Intel HD Graphics 4400 with docking connector
  
• 4 GB DDR3L - SDRAM 1600MHz Base (They want $80 for the 4GB upgrade to 8GB total, which you can do very easily yourself, aftermarket, for less than half that)
  
• 256GB Solid State Drive Serial ATA3
  
• ThinkPad Battery 3 cell Li-Polymer (23.2Whr) Front
  
• ThinkPad Battery 6 cell Li-Ion (72Wh) Cyl HC Rear
  
• 45W AC Adapter - US (2pin)
  
• Intel Dual Band Wireless 7260AC with Bluetooth 4.0 (upgraded WiFi b/c I'm sure at some point during the life of this sytem, you'll want to use the speed of AC, and it's only $30)
  
  Price: $1,164.60 when you sign in via the Barnes & Noble gold discount site (which you can create for free here: www.lenovo.com/barnesnoblegold)
  
  The only downside is the video performance would not be as good as the T440p with a discrete graphics card inside. The HD4400 will run Skyrim, but not very well. Here's a list of games and how they perform with the HD4400 and here's the GT730M for comparison. That's the trade-off really. There do exist systems that could game, somewhat portably, but I just don't think the GT 730m in the T440p is worth having to deal with such a heftier system. I think the durability, portability, and redongculous 14 and a half hour battery life (as tested by Laptop Magazine) outweigh some casual gaming. As far as audio quality goes, most laptops have the same internal sound cards. Fortunately there's some decent portable USB DACs on the market (like the Fiio E07K), if you're looking to upgrade your sound performance.
  
  Also keep in mind that the Lenovo Y40 is just around the corner (probably May?) if you're looking for something with some more gaming prowess that'll be in your sweetspot of portability. It won't have quite the durability of a ThinkPad, nor battery life, but its keyboard isn't far off from the ThinkPad's, and its gaming performance would be far more significant than anything a ThinkPad could offer.

Pair an Intel nuc with 4GB of ram and an ssd for only $194.66. You don't really need to be building at that price range.

So lets compare the new Mac mini MGEM2LL/A that just got announced for the price of $499 with the Gigabyte BRIX Pro GB-BXi5-4570R that's more than half a year old and can be found for $470 and shipped within a few days.

CPU BRIX Wins

1.4Ghz (up to 2.7) dual-core (with hyperthreading) i5 with 3MB cache vs 2.7GHz (up to 3.2) quad-core i5 4MB cache (all Haswell)

GPU BRIX Wins

HD 5000 vs Iris Pro 5200

RAM BRIX Wins

4GB 1600MHz soldered vs free to choose (lets pick the same here +$39)

Storage BRIX Wins

500GB 5400rpm vs free to choose (lets pick the same here +$43.50)

Wireless BRIX Wins

802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0 vs free to choose (lets pick the same here +$33)

Ports Apple Wins

2 Thunderbolt more, SDXC card slot, IR Receiver, 2 audio ports vs 1 MiniDisplayPort more, Kensington lock

Size BRIX Wins

Mac mini vs NUC and NUC vs BRIX Pro. Note the power brick is external in BRIX Pro.

Warranty Tie for Geeks / Apple Wins for n00bs

1 year limited warranty extended to 3 years with AppleCare +$99 vs 3 years GIGABYTE warranty.

Note how I googled the web for the different parts earlier for BRIX and have to put them inside the BRIX while with Apple you just go to one website and it comes pre-assembled. Also I think AppleCare is better suited for newbies.

Price BRIX Wins

$598 vs $585.5

Availability BRIX Wins

Mac Mini was just announced and still hasn't shipped, BRIX is already shipping worldwide for more than half a year.

OS BRIX Wins Linux Wins

Mac Mini includes OS X and can somewhat run Windows and Linux. BRIX doesn't include OS but supports better the best OS out there (notice Intel's dual band wifi + bluetooth card and Iris Pro graphics) while it can run Windows and nowadays Hackintosh is easy to install.

It's basically a question of how much you enjoy the process of learning a new system. Go FreeNAS if you have the time or simply enjoy the process, or go Synology if you'd rather pay a premium to set and forget.

If you do go Synology, you want the DS1515+ (better CPU compared to the straight 1515), and seriously considering spending the extra $150 on the DS1815+ for the extra bays (especially since a read/write SSD cache takes two bays).

You can actually max those units to 16GB memory, or just drop $20 to put it up to 6GB: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35GYE/

Not at all. 4 Phillips screws is all it takes to open it. Then you pinch the two sides of the fan over the RAM and you slide in the new stick.

You can see a quick video from Alienware about it here.

Don't listen to anything saying it comes with 2 2GB sticks. All retail units have a single 4GB stick.

This is the stick I added to my unit: link

These were made to be opened and Alienware encourages upgrades. It will not void your warranty.

I have this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CQ35GYE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1449459281&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=4gb+ddr3l&dpPl=1&dpID=51EeCYSI-IL&ref=plSrch

No brainier at $20, plug and play, couldn't be easier. I would also really recommend an ssd too if you have the budget, they make a huge difference.

If you can wait a week or two, I'd do that because Synology may be announcing some new NASs coming up. That's what I'm waiting for personally.

Barring that, at your budget and rate of expansion, I'd get a Synology 1815+ for $849 and then buy some extra RAM and add it in there for $30. BHPhotoVideo has the Synology available and no tax outside of NY. You don't have to get the official RAM from Synology, this one should work well.

Regarding RAID, it is supported to go from RAID-1 to RAID-5 and also RAID-5 to RAID-6. Stay away from the Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), because there is no SHR -> SHR-2 or SHR -> RAID support.

https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/DSM/help/DSM/StorageManager/volume_diskgroup_change_raid_type

is it a good idea to buy from a "Just Launched" seller on amazon? they are called "Timeless Tenderness"

I'm looking at some kingston laptop RAM which they are selling for about $19.41 plus free shipping (from Australia) compared to $38.19 from the official Kingston amazon listing, also with free shipping.

The lowest price from Kingston was in April 2016 for $23.36 according to camelcamelcamel so the discount isn't that big compared to that price, which makes me think maybe it is legit?

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listing for:

Kingston Technology 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L PC3-12800 1.35V Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM Intel Laptop Memory KVR16LS11/4

If you don't mind low graphics on some of the games then the cheaper model is better, (FYI just noticed that the comment you are replying to is over a month old, so I would recommend you get newer model instead it will come around 500, with 4GB ram and 250GB SSD.

It will work, this one is cheaper and actually in stock...

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35GYE/

I'm not an expert, but could probably go with https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35GYE to add 4 GB and bring it up to a total of 6 GB.

My Alpha came with 1 stick of 4GB RAM. I bought an additional RAM module, link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQ35GYE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00


The thing is the RAM I bought is working fine when plugged into slot 1.
I contacted the Dell Tech center in my country, and they said since they don't offer this model in my country, they do not have any training or spare parts to repair it for me. Sending to Dell USA means shipping it halfway across the world.

Here's what I've decided on. Let me know what you think.

• Windows 7 x64
  
  
• ASRock Q1900-ITX
  
  
• 4GB memory
  
  
• 120GB SSD
  
  
• Antec Mini-Itx Case ISK 110-Vesa

1. As others have said, a celeron NUC is more than powerful enough these days for high bitrate 1080p video playback. It will almost certainly not fair well with next gen software-decoded h.265 content. You need a beast for that stuff. Fortunately, hardly any of that exists.
   
   
2. Since you are using Kodi on your Note 2, you don't need transcoding, so it doesn't really matter how strong the CPU of the server is. Your Note 2 is performing the video decoding.
   
   
   I've got the DN2820FYK running OpenELEC. I pretty much never need to restart it. Here's my setup:
   
   4GB DDR3L RAM
   
   Xbox 360 Remote
   
   Rosewill MCE Remote for after I got sick of the 360 remote not having a stop button.
   
   Getting an SSD is overkill, but I like it because it ensures the NUC is quiet and boots about as fast as possible. All of them are small enough. Here's one with decent reviews that's especially small.
   
   
   As far as noise goes, I've never personally heard the NUC. I live in an apartment though. It's possible if you put it in some kind of sound deadened room, you might hear it, if you've got really good ears.

You don't give your specs, but it sounds like you need to up your memory from 4GB to 8GB. For $30 at Amazon. Also, an SSD is a wonder on load times.

Would this RAM Stick fit into my Elitebook 8470p ?

https://www.amazon.com.mx/gp/product/B00CQ35GYE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Im almost sure it is compatible (actually i already bought it) but Laptop RAM is the only thing ive ever bought that was not compatible (this was a while ago and ive never been able to recover from it :( ), and a 2nd opinion would set my mind at ease.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQ35GYE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought the Kinston, shown above. As long is its the same kind of RAM and the same Specs it shouldn't really matter. Although if there is a problem the PC will probably show some kind of error or crash.

Price History

• Kingston 120GB A400 SSD 2.5'' SATA 7MM 2.5-Inch SA400S37/120G ^PureLink
  CamelCamelCamel │ Keepa
  
• Kingston Technology 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L PC3-12800 1.35V Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM Intel Laptop Memory KVR16LS11/4 ^PureLink
  CamelCamelCamel │ Keepa
  
• Intel NUC Kit Component-BOXNUC6CAYH ^PureLink
  CamelCamelCamel │ Keepa
  
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I'm looking online right now and found theses three. I guess that could work.

https://www.amazon.ca/Intel-BOXNUC6CAYH-NUC-Kit-Component-BOXNUC6CAYH/dp/B01MSZTD8N/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=intel+nuc&qid=1555001347&s=gateway&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.ca/Kingston-Digital-120GB-SA400S37-120G/dp/B01N6JQS8C/ref=pd_aw_fbt_147_img_2/145-3958742-3754805?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01N6JQS8C&pd_rd_r=bd72db35-5c79-11e9-a9d2-272f68b5c19c&pd_rd_w=lZcIq&pd_rd_wg=XJuaP&pf_rd_p=318fc841-c654-436b-9e98-a4e2694ba626&pf_rd_r=MFNKRJK4MCWAVX6BTVS3&psc=1&refRID=MFNKRJK4MCWAVX6BTVS3


https://www.amazon.ca/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35GYE/ref=pd_aw_fbt_147_img_3/145-3958742-3754805?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00CQ35GYE&pd_rd_r=bd72db35-5c79-11e9-a9d2-272f68b5c19c&pd_rd_w=lZcIq&pd_rd_wg=XJuaP&pf_rd_p=318fc841-c654-436b-9e98-a4e2694ba626&pf_rd_r=MFNKRJK4MCWAVX6BTVS3&psc=1&refRID=MFNKRJK4MCWAVX6BTVS3

If this is your laptop.

Then you can apparently install this to double your memory.

It is internal though.

It's expandable, so you can just buy more ram. You can double it for about $30, like with this one here. It's really easy to install.

You can customize it through Lenovo's site to come with more RAM, but you will be spending considerably more.

If you want to search around for RAM, you should search for 204-pin SO-DIMM DDR3L (low voltage, 1.35V) ram clocked at 1600MHz. You can get 4GB for about $30 and 8GB for about $50 - like those listed at [Newegg here](http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007608 600006178 600000279 600000410 600559388 600213066 4814 600000399)

Well, a new 4gb of RAM will run you only about $20, see here

Some of the used ones cost about as much as $17.

If you only have 1 slot for ram, an 8gb card costs about 40 bucks.

> I'm currently looking at these laptops, are they any good?

Nor really ... if you just want to spend around 300 bucks on a laptop, then take a look at this Asus F555LA-AB31, You would get at least a laptop with a 1920x1080p display. Though I would recommend to upgrade it with another RAM module.

Personally I would try to get something lighter. Hauling around a laptop with a weight of over 5 lbs (with the power supply) every day back and forth between school and home isn't fun. The HP Pavilion x360 13-s199nr would be a decent compromise, but you will have to spend all of your budget for it:

• 13.3 inch, 1920x1080p IPS touchscreen
  
• Intel i5-6200U + 6 GB of RAM
  
• 500 GB HDD
  
• Intel HD 520 graphics
  
• Price: $499
  
  It has a decent display (IPS panel with decent colour reproduction), weighs under 4 lbs, battery life is acceptable and compared to these laptops above, it would be also more powerful. It will run the games you listed on higher settings and will render videos a bit faster.

• Toshiba Laptop
  
• Sandisk SSD
  
• Kingston RAM
  
  I have this setup now. I'm in the last year of my computer science degree and this does everything I need it to. Not bad for $600.

the notebook needs DDR3L (LowVoltage) RAM - 1,35V . i do not know exactly if the 1,35-1,5 rams will work.
i can say that f.e. this http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-KVR16LS11-Arbeitsspeicher-Non-ECC-204-pin/dp/B00CQ35GYE will defnitly work.

I threw this one in. Works great. http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35GYE

I've never actually tried to put DDR3 into a DDR3L slot, but I don't think that RAM won't work.. you need DDR3L. I have an Intel NUC that uses DDR3L and I remember reading that normal RAM will not work at all.

This will work just fine for you: http://www.amazon.ca/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35GYE/

PC3-12800 = The theoretical maximum bandwidth, or the volume of data that can be passed through the RAM per second.. the higher the better. The number is megabytes/second (12800MB/s aka 12.8GB/s). Doesn't matter all that much for general computing.. all RAM is screaming fast.

CL10 = CAS Latency of 10. It's a complex subject, but this is just one of the RAM timings.. the lower the CAS latency, the better. 9 to 11 is pretty typical, and the difference is honestly pretty negligible

Intel celeron nuc: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HVKLSVC/

Ram (4gb): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQ35GYE/

Disk: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C9TECFO/

Sidecar: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ELQZD10/

Cost of RAM + Disk: $83.99, leaving $216. If we use the Celeron NUC, we have $81 left, enough for a small SSD or Wifi. Bump the cost up to $350 and we have enough for an i3 + wifi when we use the i3 NUC ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HOJAVDG/ ).

The SSD can easily hold an OS if you're using it purely for the OS, but there's some Intel trickery you can use to make it into a cache, or just use it as a storage disk for "Things that are small". Like uh, Business Documents. Plus, it's upgradable to anyone with a screwdriver and a copy of the manual. Plus, the NUCs make the little intel Ding-Da-dun-da-ding sound whenever you open the packaging.

Oh, and 1080p up to 4k. A friend of mine uses a NUC to run his dual 4k coding setup. Oh, and play quake in glorious 4k 120fps.

This is what I got for my R1 to upgrade it to 8gb total. The 1.35v is important.

Kingston Technology 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L PC3-12800 1.35V Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM Intel Laptop Memory KVR16LS11/4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQ35GYE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0dbpzbKHQECVG

There is a small amount of setup involved. It is within the realm of my tolerance for such things, but barely. You need a NUC, a stick of memory, a high quality usb thumb drive, plexpass and any other crappy thumb drive or external disk. You may need a usb keyboard for one time setup stuff.

NUC, there is a newer better faster generation out now but this is the one I bought: http://smile.amazon.com/Intel-NUC5CPYH-Graphics-2-5-Inch-BOXNUC5CPYH/dp/B00XPVRR5M

RAM, do not go crazy here. It does one thing. This matches the above NUC: http://smile.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35GYE

FLIRC: http://smile.amazon.com/FLIRC-FL-09028-Universal-Receiver-Components/dp/B00BB0ETW8

OS disk: http://smile.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-Low-Profile-SDCZ43-032G-G46-Version/dp/B00LLER2CS/

Put it all together, program your FLIRC on your desktop computer (laptop, whatever), copy embedded plex onto your crappy usb stick, boot from it, install onto your fancy usb stick, and off you go. Configure Plex for software decoding. It's in the video options somewhere.

The newer generation may have better CEC support. The one linked above does not have it.

This is neither free nor entirely uncomplicated, however it does avoid transcoding which is exchanging electricity for convenience. I have 1 client and 1 server. (Though now I use my TiVo BOLT which I highly recommend. The NUC is now extra.)

I would avoid that particular model/config due to its low-resolution and poor quality display (1366x768 which won't let you fit much onscreen; grayish blacks and poor vertical viewing angles). Getting a decent display will likely affect how nice your computer is to use, more than the differences between most other specs, and at this budget it's really easy to avoid poor displays.

For a direct alternative, I would do this:

• Link for EPP discount: https://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/perksoffer/StdAffinityPortal/en_US/Lenovo:EnterStdAffinity?affinity=perksoffer&passcode=NJ*PERKSEPP (found in other people's posts, auto logs you in, if it doesn't work do it in a private/incognito window or clear your cookies for *lenovo.com)
  
• Then go here: http://shop.lenovo.com/perksoffer/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t560/
  
• Click customize/add on the cheapest base model
  
• Under Display, pick the FHD IPS (1920x1080) option. Says +$50 but through the discount it's actually +$37. Don't buy this laptop without (at least) this option selected. Don't skip this upgrade even if it means not being able to fit other upgrades into the budget.
  
• Don't upgrade the RAM or HDD->SSD on the config page. They're cheaper to upgrade after-market. If you want 8GB instead of 4GB RAM, either to match the E560 or in general, buy one of these to install in the empty second slot:
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-PC3L-12800-DDR3L-1600-1600MHz-KNWMX1-HYA/dp/B01HIRZXUO/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Single-PC3-12800-SODIMM-204-Pin/dp/B005LDLV6S/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35GYE/
  
• And many other listings for basically the same part. Make sure it's DDR3L (not DDR3), 1600 speed (not 1333), 1x4GB (not two 2GB sticks), and that it's the laptop form factor not the longer desktop form factor.
  
  Gets you a much better display, and also the better T-Series build quality, for not much higher of a price.