Reddit mentions of Kingston Technology KVR16LS11/8 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L (PC3-12800) 1.35V Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM Intel Laptop Memory

I have this notebook.

• When you get this laptop you'll want to update all the drivers immediately. The wifi will drop connections sporadically and refuse to reconnect without a reboot until you get the updated driver.
  
  
• This laptop comes with minimal bloat. Pretty much uninstall Mcafee and you're done. Theres a few Dell programs I didn't need and I think it came with an Office 365 trial but no Wildtangent games or any stupid shit like that.
  
  
• This is a cheap gaming laptop, they shoehorned a 960m in here by cutting corners on the screen. It is adequate, but definitely low-end. My laptop has noticable backlight bleed at the bottom. It's only really apparent on a black screen, but it's there. I don't even want to know how bad the color accuracy is, I can only imagine. Forget about photo editing on this thing. It's fine for gaming though, no noticable input lag or anything like that. Edit: Just to clarify, the colors don't seem 'off' to me. The viewing angles are great and everything looks as it should. I just think, given the overall quality of everything else and the obvious backlight bleed that somehow passed QC, that the screen is obviously where they decided to skimp a bit to sell this laptop at $800. Other reviews that I read before buying the laptop all commented on the low quality of the screen, that it uses a cheap panel, and I'd agree with them. It's closer in quality to the ~$100 secondary HP IPS screen on my wife's desktop than the ~$400 LG IPS she uses as her main display. It's still a decent screen though. Just not going to win any awards.
  
  
• The hinge is pretty average. It doesn't feel loose or flimsy but it also doesn't feel like it would stand up to much abuse.
  
  
• Temps are great. The cooling on this thing is really something. Fan speeds don't go to full blast often, but when it does it's loud. Like those Delta 80mm fans everyone used to use on their copper coolers back in the day loud. Use headphones.
  
  
• Speaking of using headphones, the sound quality of the speakers is pretty meh. It's a definite improvement over the typical tinny sound you'll get out of a cheap laptop, due to the 'subwoofer', but it's still thin sounding.
  
  
• This laptop does use Nvidia Optimus, with all the issues that brings with it. Civ V wanted to use the Intel graphics until I went into the Nvidia Control Panel and forced it to use 960m. So if you run a game and the framerates suck, that's probably the problem.
  
  
• The finish is nice to feel but it's a freaking fingerprint magnet. I just wipe it down with a dry paper towel after using it to keep it from looking gross.
  
  
• You CAN toggle the Fn defaults in the BIOS, for those of you who like having your function keys work like they're supposed to.
  
  
• The keyboard is roomy. The backlighting is a nice touch. Only thing I hate are the tiny arrow keys but having a numeric keypad makes up for it. Numlock defaults to off. Haven't figured out how to change that yet, kind of annoying.
  
  
• The SSD in this thing is M.2 which leaves a standard 2.5" drive bay open for another SSD or hard drive.
  
  
• For ~$35 you can get yourself another 8gb of RAM.
  
  
• This mouse is cheap, small enough to tote along, matches the red/black trim of the laptop and tracks well on all surfaces I've tried, from couch cushions to kitchen tables. Battery life is good too.
  
  If I think of anything else I'll edit. Feel free to ask any questions. Overall I'm very happy with the laptop. It's not perfect but if you're looking for something that can game while you're on the run without spending a bunch of money this is more than enough performance for everything I've tried to play on it.
  

Man, I just did this a few weeks ago. I got rid of the DVD drive and moved the 1TB HDD that it came with over to where the DVD drive was at and installed the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD where the 1TB drive is now, that's because the connector where the HDD is now connected to is SATA III vs SATA I where the DVD drive is at. In other words if you want to better speeds remove the HDD and put the SSD in, then if you want the extra storage space (1TB) remove the DVD drive and put in the HDD there using a caddy.

I found myself needed the DVD drive ZERO (0) times since I've bought the laptop but everyone is different. By the way I highly recommend upgrading the RAM as well, it cost an extra $58 but it's totally worth it. My laptop, fully loaded with Norton 360, Office 2013 Pro, Adobe Acrobat X Pro, and all my other programs boots up in about 7 seconds. Here is the parts I used..

USB to SATA III cable

RAM

You need a T5 screwdriver to remove the screws to get into where the components are, I bought this set because it's handy for other things as well. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU LOOSEN AND TIGHTEN THOSE SCREWS, THEY STRIP EASILY. Don't tighten them like the lug nuts on your car, TRUST ME!
Just use the cable and the software that came with the SSD to migrate the OS over from the HDD to the SSD, it's that easy!! If you want I can find the caddy that I used to replace the DVD drive, mine fits perfectly but I had to buy 2 because the first one was the wrong one. The outer plastic shell would not fit on the first one, but the second one fits perfectly. I can even post pictures showing you where the parts are located once you open the laptop.. Let me know, and I hope this helped!

*Edit - Found the Caddy

http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:w520

"4 DIMM slots on quad-core models (up to 32GB)"

So just buy 4 8GB DDR3 SO-DIMMS and you should be fine.

Something like 4 sets of these: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1493577971&sr=8-7&keywords=16gb+sodimm

I would probably suggest something like the Acer Aspire from Newegg that I listed. It won't be as lightweight and portable as you'd probably like, but it's kaby lake i5 and 8gb of ram will work well for multi-tasking. Also it has a 1080p display.

You could also consider the cheaper Acer E15 from Amazon. I would strongly suggest upgrading the ram yourself though, as 4gb likely won't be enough for you. Upgrading the ram is pretty easy on this Acer and there are countless videos of it being done. Ram is on sale for around $60 for an 8gb stick.

So for video editing definitely you need a laptop with a quad core processor preferably an i7 6th generation CPU..I also recommend 8 GB RAM or above-- 16 GB is awesome... Go for the Dell Inspiron i7559-2512BLK lapotp for a little over $800 and purchase this Kingston Technology 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L RAM to give it a total of 16 GB RAM which really completes this machine... It will get your video editing tasks done easily as well as it will run those games you mentioned very well, thanks to its gtx 960 dedicated graphics card paired with the other great components.

I have this same laptop and it's working perfectly well after upgrading both the RAM and the SSD. Upgrading to an SSD will greatly decrease the boot time of the laptop and adding more RAM will help to make the laptop snappier overall. The first step I would take would be to put an SSD in the laptop, especially considering the horribly long boot times you're experiencing, but both will

Adding RAM will be the easiest change for your laptop, as it doesn't require any transferring of files. I personally have 16 GB of ram in my laptop (2 x 8GB) but in the interest of saving money, you may want to get one 8GB stick of RAM and upgrade again down the line if you desire. When shopping for RAM, you want to make sure that you have a SODIMM sized stick, and that it's running at 1600 MHz speed. Here is an option from Amazon, but you may be able to find other options for cheaper (this was just the first thing I found). You just want to ensure that the RAM you buy is a SODIMM module and is running at 1600 MHz. Assuming the 4GB is in the form of 2 x 2GB sticks, you will have 10 GB of RAM total after installing the new module.

You can easily find videos on how to install RAM on the internet, but as a quick explanation:

• Turn your computer off
  
• Remove all the screws from the bottom of the MacBook, there should be 10 and they're all Phillips.
  
• Pull off the back of the laptop
  
• You should see RAM modules above the battery at the bottom of the laptop
  
• There are two tabs that you can pull on to release the RAM from its socket, it should pop up at an angle and you can pull it out. There will most likely be another stick of RAM under it, you should leave it be.
  
• You want to put the new stick of RAM in at the same angle that the old one came out at, aligning the notch of the slot to the notched hole in the RAM stick, and then push it down so it's sitting as the original RAM stick was.
  
• Put the back cover on and rescrew the screws. Note that the 3 long screws go in the part of the back nearest to the screen hinge.
  
  You should now be able to go to "About the Mac" then to Memory, and see a 2GB and 8GB (if you get an 8GB stick) module show up.
  
  
  As for the SSD, it can be a bit more complicated depending on how you want to go about doing it. If you care about all of the data on your old drive, you can clone it using a cloning software. If not, you can copy important files onto a flash drive or external hard drive to paste back into the new installation of macOS.
  
  But first, you need to get the SSD itself. The Samsung 850 Evo is very well liked across the internet and the drive that I personally used. You can get it in whatever capacity you need. That being said, there are other options of SSDs that will be less expensive while still being a massive upgrade over the spinning disk drive that you likely already have. If you do searching around the internet, the only thing you need to be careful of is that the SSD has a SATA connector and isn't a m.2 drive. You'll also need a SATA to USB cable like This
  
  The way I would recommend replacing the drive would be to do a fresh install of macOS, keeping a backup of your important files.
  
  You want to start by plugging the SSD into the SATA to USB cable and the cable into your laptop. Then, open Disk Utility (either by using a spotlight search or finding it in the "Other" folder of the application display (hit the F4 function key)) Once you have disk utility open, you want to find the SSD on the left drop-down menu and erase it. This will format it to be usable as a boot disk for macOS. Note: it's possible that it will work without doing this but I am unsure and think it would be good to be safe here to save the time of having to change it.
  
  As with the RAM, you can probably easily find a video showing how to do it, but I will also list the rest of the steps as I remember them.
  
• Turn the laptop off
  
• Unscrew the screws of the back cover
  
• Take off the back cover. The hard drive should be beside the battery at the bottom and held in by black brackets on the top and bottom. To unscrew them, you just need a small Phillips screwdriver.
  
• Once you've unscrewed them, you can pull off the top of both black brackets and pull out the drive. Be careful not to damage the ribbon cables!
  
• Disconnect the SATA power and SATA data connectors at the end of the ribbon cable on the drive.
  
• Unscrew the four screws holding the drive in the bracket.
  
• Pull the drive out and put the new drive in and screw it back in like the old one was
  
• Do the steps taken to remove the old drive in reverse to secure the new drive into place.
  
  Once the new drive is in, you can reboot the laptop and hit the Option key to bring up a boot menu. You should see something that says "Choose a Network" and you can sign into your WiFi to continue. From there you will able to use network recovery to reinstall macOS.
  
  
  I hope this is helpful and good luck! I'm glad I'm not the only one still using a 2012 MBP :)
  
  edit: formatting, a word
  

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This was the exact product that I had bought and used in the 251+ - I can say with certainty because I actually went back to my amazon orders history so I wouldnt have to open up the laptop. You'll probably notice though that the listing is only for 1x8 GB stick - I had already had an 8 GB stick of the same model and ordered this one to match it.

I dont know why manufactures make the claim that it only supports 8GB, because it certainly worked fine with 16 GB. Just a heads up though on that note, I want to say I've read that installing anything over 8 GB can void the warranty if thats something that matters to you.

Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1427629267&sr=8-1&keywords=8gig+DDR3L&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=51M4Xq5IOHL&ref=plSrch

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> I found this Dell Inspiron i7559-763BLK and I love everything about it, but would rather sacrifice the discrete GPU for a backlit keyboard(!) or more RAM.

The Dell you mentioned has a backlit keyboard and as for more RAM -> Kingston Technology 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L.

You won't need more than 8GB on that laptop. Here is a replacement.

I used this drive and this memory. It's working great. Currently running Suricata on two interfaces, 4 HAProxy frontends, pfBlockerNG, NUT, softflowd exporting to PRTG, and OpenVPN and IPSEC VPNs, and it doesn't break a sweat.

I haven't bought another hard drive yet, but if you go on the amazon page for the laptop you can find numerous ones suggested. I bought this for the ram, http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35HBQ?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00

The drivers that I updated were in the Dell updates thing located in the task bar. I also updated nvidia drivers and the intel drivers right away. All I did was click on the icon for each of these in the task manager and opened up the app suite and downloaded the update. Other than that I didn't really have to do much of anything.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1427629267&sr=8-1&keywords=8gig+DDR3L&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=51M4Xq5IOHL&ref=plSrch

Ok, narrowed it down to two sets of deals with the Dell Inspiron. Can you let me know which you think is better? I'd assume its the one with the i7, but idk.

From Newegg: $893.98

1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239288&ignorebbr=1
   
2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820301313&ignorebbr=1
   
3. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834298771R&ignorebbr=1
   
   From Amazon: $878.84
   
4. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2YLYLTN75J8LR
   
5. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B4QESVQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3N7VF71PEMVE
   
6. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015PYYDMQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
   
   Thanks again for all of your help.

I would recommend either getting an additional 4gb or two 8gb. But we have had users on this sub confirm this product works for a 12gb configuration.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have two of the following as Ubuntu docker hosts (running plex with a 4TB USB attached for music/video), and a future CoreOS cluster - I need to migrate my Plex host.

NUC:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XPVRR5M/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Memory: 8GB
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Storage:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F9G414U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ran me about $260.

Memory prices went up a bit. I bought pretty much the same hardware in 2016. The memory was 1/2 the price, and the SSD was 2/3rd the price.

Well I didn't end up buying it, what I did buy (which I'm sure you've already heard of) was the Dell Inspiron i7559, I can tell you the pros and cons of each.

Dell: Double the VRAM, IPS display, almost $100 cheaper, better webcam, very easy to add a 2.5in SSD

ASUS: Lighter, thinner, better looking IMO, double the SSD, DDR4 RAM, i7

The ASUS' RAM is DDR4 2133MHz SDRAM Onboard Memory, and can go up to 16GB

Upgrade the ASUS RAM
Upgrade the Dell RAM

No problem. Looks like this should work http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=psdc_172500_t1_B00CQ35GYE

I'm going to go ahead and guess that processor in the Toshiba is an i5 4210 which is a 4th generation processor. The Asus has a 5th generation i5. Since we're talking graphics, this will be directly related to the processor. The Asus has a better processor and accordingly, better graphics. As far as the RAM, if you wanted, you could upgrade the RAM yourself for a comparable price to the $30 difference: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450997051

I wouldn't put any value in 500gb vs 1tb hard drive space but that's my personal preference.

Overall, I see Asus as a far superior brand over Toshiba and think that, along with the better processor makes up for the discrepancy in RAM.

This one should work! Also, it’s a DDR3L


https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35HBQ

The linked site is about 10% more expensive than Amazon UK for the same thing. Also that table of QNAP Nas's leaves out a lot of models and is totally user unfriendly since the tables don't list the models, don't buy from them, if you are smart and like the best deal here's what you should really do instead. TS-251 - £187.64 + Kingston 8gb installable RAM (that you install yourself, it's easy) - £26.30 + QNAP RM-IR002 - £8.99 (optional) is best in my opinion, £222.93 for a TS-251 with 8gb ram vs. £255.60 TS-251+ with 2gb ram

Cut that in about half.

For that kind of use, almost any kind of low-powered home server would be suitable - just shop around based on price and power consumption. Even a fanless, Atom-based, NUC-sized unit would suffice.
e.g. This one: http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GB-BXBT-2807-Barebones-Celeron-Included/dp/B00KR0QHXW

Same goes for disk performance - any modern HDD will provide more than enough throughput for your needs. Put a small SSD in the machine for the OS to boot from and use for swap and temporary processing, 120gig would be more than enough and that size SSDs are dirt cheap now.
e.g. This one: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-SSDNow-SV300S37A-120G/dp/B00A1ZTZOG

A simple external 3.5" USB connected drive would be fine for your actual files. You said 6TB would do so this would seem to be a decent choice: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-External-Storage-STDT6000100/dp/B00R1P2WDK

You don't need a RAID array either, just get a second external drive of the same size as the first and sync to it on a regular basis to keep your main media archive backed up.

Just make sure to put a decent amount of RAM in there (4GB min, preferably 8GB) - http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35HBQ - and you're set.

That's about $350 (based on Amazon prices) to get started with another $175 to get a backup solution (second 6TB drive) in place, which you could do at a later date.

I got an Amazon refurb for $700, and got this RAM stick, which has been working great:

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-1600MHz-PC3-12800-KVR16LS11/dp/B00CQ35HBQ

Had the laptop for a couple months and it's been stellar so far. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone.

Buy a MSI Cubi for $150, add a single stick of ram for $15 and a HD for around$30 and you have a sub $200 emulation machine.

Mini PC: $150
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UK3L3JY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2U47SFKOHV2PQ&coliid=I11LR08CV42NM1&psc=1

Ram: $18.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQ35HBQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2U47SFKOHV2PQ&coliid=IE5C9OMPANFJE&psc=1

HD: $26.58
https://www.amazon.com/Generic-320GB-Laptop-Internal-drive/dp/B00AAKF8KC/ref=sr_1_18?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1469583472&sr=1-18&keywords=hard+drive+2.5

Total: $195.58

OR

You can go with this for $300

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121967897741?customid=98104a9e539c11e6b7ffb26822e66b6d0INT&pub=5574652453&campid=5335869999&afepn=5335869999&icep_id=117&ipn=icep&afepn=5335869999&rmvSB=true

Check this out then.