Recently boosted up the R500 with Vertex 4 SSD & 8 GB of memory. The memory is Samsung 2x 4 GB, type M471B5273DH0-CH9. I avoided picking the cheapest/value memory (the price diff was just a few euros). Also did fresh install of Win 7 64-bit.
Just wanted to say it works fine (and very, very fast!) in case anyone's thinking about similar upgrades. Everyday tasks are now much faster and booting up is lightning fast. Some sellers mentioned the R500 only takes 4 GB max (and didn't want to sell 8 GB ), but looks like that's not true.
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R500 upgraded to 8 GB & SSD
Re: R500 upgraded to 8 GB & SSD
Just like a brand new computer! With that much RAM, you can disable the pagefile.
jayton4
Current models/upgrades:
T410 2518X01- 8GB, Corsair Force GT 120GB
T410s 2901A3U- 8GB, Intel 6300 WiFi, Crucial m4 256GB w/ mSATA>microSATA adapter
T420s 4174PPU- 16GB, Intel 520 180GB, Crucial M550 512GB mSATA, Intel 6300 WiFi
and a stack of classics in storage
Current models/upgrades:
T410 2518X01- 8GB, Corsair Force GT 120GB
T410s 2901A3U- 8GB, Intel 6300 WiFi, Crucial m4 256GB w/ mSATA>microSATA adapter
T420s 4174PPU- 16GB, Intel 520 180GB, Crucial M550 512GB mSATA, Intel 6300 WiFi
and a stack of classics in storage
Re: R500 upgraded to 8 GB & SSD
Yes, it's fairly impressive how a SSD can make an old machine seem brand new performance wise unless one needs top performance.
ThinkPad L14 - 2.1GHz Ryzen 4650U | 16GB | 256GB | 14" FHD | Win11P
ProBook 470 G5 - 1.6GHz Core i5 | 16GB | 2.2TB | 17" FHD | Mint
ProBook 470 G5 - 1.6GHz Core i5 | 16GB | 2.2TB | 17" FHD | Mint
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