Recommend RAM Upgrade for My Legion 7 Laptop

[Appletax]

Got a Lenovo Legion 7 laptop [Ryzen 9, RTX 3080 16GB, 16GB DDR4-3200MHz, 2TB Samsung 980 Pro [upgrade]] - Only paid $1,619 thanks to my friend's employee discounts

I want to upgrade to 32GB.

What do you recommend?

So far I am leaning on Kingston FURY Impact. It's CAS 20.

A single 32GB module is dual rank and a 32GB (2x16GB) kit is single rank.

I'm assuming that I need to go 2x16 for best performance as it'll be in dual channel mode.

The best performance would come from a 64GB kit with two dual rank 32GB modules, but that's overkill for me.

Can I sell my stock RAM after upgrading or should I keep it in case I have to ever send it in for warranty repairs? I think Lenovo lets you state on the repair form if you have any RAM upgrades so perhaps they won't mess with it.

 

[mikeroq]

If your current is 1x 16, I would just match the stick with what is there. If you're concerned about warranty you could get a 32gb kit.

 

[Appletax]

If your current is 1x 16, I would just match the stick with what is there. If you're concerned about warranty you could get a 32gb kit.

It's 2 x 8GB

 

[dcunnings]

Any two CAS 20 16GB DDR4-3200MHz.
As memory is on a fixed clock, it's all about being ready with the requested data within the specified timeframe.
You do not gain much (anything?) by going beyond (and pay more) in any way.

 

[Appletax]

Think I'm gonna just stick with the 16GB for now. No real need for 32GB - want, not need.

But, if I do ever upgrade, I'd just go with single rank 16GB x 2 Kingston Fury Impact RAM.

If I wanted absolute best possible performance, I'd need to buy dual rank 32GB x 2.