Memory And SSD Upgrade for Lenovo V14 ADA With AMD Athlon Gold 3150U Increases Classic Gaming Performance
Interestingly, cheapest Lenovo laptop is surely V14 ADA model under $400 sometimes. Either it comes with Athlon, Pentium, i3 or Ryzen 3 5300U it never fails to amaze budget laptop seekers when it comes to basic browsing and gaming Minecraft or some oldy classic titles such as Half Life 2 or Age of Empires 2. Besides that, memory and SSD/HDD upgrade for Lenovo V14 ADA is merely a satisfaction.
Motherboard layout of Lenovo V14 ADA gives several positive outlook for future memory or SSD upgrade comprising only 1 slot for DDR4 RAM, 1 slot for SATA interface based HDD or SSD and expandable m.2 slot which is occupied by existing 256GB NVMe SSD. So if you prefer dual-channel 4GB x2 configuration you have to install 1 stick of 4GB DDR4 3200MHz memory. Single-channel 12GB 8+4 memory mode also suitable for multitasking but it slows down gaming performance.
With dual-channel DDR4 8GB you may increase productivity and gaming performance for Lenovo V14 ADA model in Filmora video editing and Half Life 2 with above 60 fps gaming experience. Athlon Gold 3150U’s integrated RX Vega 3 graphics still packs a loaded punch for basic gaming for Roblox and Minecraft. Reminder, click on Lenovo Vantage toolbar and switch on Conservative Mode to prolong the battery lifespan while overnight or constant charging.