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Sims 4 Laptop? Hello Simmers! First off I would just like to say I am not a gamer, so please don't recommend me expensive gaming laptops that are way above my budget. I only play the sims and ever...
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@binkababy You're not annoying me at all. I'm sorry that the options on Ebay haven't worked out, but maybe you'd find something eventually if you stayed with it. Still, it can be exhausting to keep looking, and I understand why someone might not want to.
As for your current laptop, I can't find any documentation either, although there are plenty of sites trying to sell the same product. Maybe there's a different model number you can find somewhere. Here's how to look:
https://www.asus.com/us/support/article/565
Please check all the locations listed for laptops, in case one of them shows a model number we can actually work with.
Thank you so much I have done the DXDIAG method to find out what model my laptop is and that is saying: Vivobook_ASUSLaptop X415JA_R465JA.
I hope that helps 🙂
@binkababy There still isn't a lot of documentation about that model, but at least Asus has a specs page:
https://www.asus.com/uk/Laptops/ASUS-Laptop-14-X415JA/specifications/
According to the info, there's a DIMM socket, as in, a slot to add a memory module. I think what the specs page is saying is that the laptop comes with 4 GB RAM soldered in and an empty slot, based on the usual setup for this kind of laptop and how the vocab is normally used. But it's also possible it has one slot currently occupied by a 4 GB module.
You could check by opening the laptop and having a look, or by booting into BIOS and looking at the RAM section: it should list either one slot with a 4 GB module, or the 4 GB module plus a slot that reads as empty. Your user manual should describe how to boot into BIOS. If you go that route, don't change any settings, just have a look around.
Okay thank you so much! I will give it a go and let you know what I find 🙂
Okay so I went into BIOS but I couldn't find anything in there to do with RAM. So after some googling I found a way to check RAM slots by going into Task Manager. If this is correct it states that only one of two slots is currently being used, so I'm assuming that means it has a free space for me to add some more RAM. Just wanted to double check with you because you know what you're talking about unlike me haha. Here is a screenshot of what I looked at so you know what my laptop is saying 🙂
@binkababy That should be accurate, yes. The nice thing (that I totally forgot about) is that the Task Manager is also letting you know the speed of your RAM, so you can get something that matches. I'd still double-check your manual and match the timings too, or better yet get whatever memory is recommended.
By the way, you'll notice in that screenshot that Chrome is eating a lot of your RAM. While it's fine for regular use, you'd probably see better performance in Sims 4 if you didn't have Chrome open while you played, or else opened it when necessary and closed if afterwards. Firefox is a little better at memory management, but any modern browser will use more memory than is strictly necessary.
Or you could just get an 8 GB module (for a total of 12 GB installed) and not have to worry about it.
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