ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 AMD Ryzen 7 5850U/16GB/256GB $1,036

Dhanushan wrote: ↑ There are two types of dual channel operating modes - symmetric and asymmetric. The symmetric one requires a pair of DIMMs with same capacity, the asymmetric requires only that both slots are occupied (the capacity of both DIMMs is different). Afaik, there is very little performance degradation in asymmetric mode.

https://blog.logicalincrements.com/2019 ... -channels/
https://freepctech.com/motherboard/how- ... annel-ram/

M1K3Z0R wrote: ↑ That's called Asymmetric Dual Channel.

Under ideal conditions, If you have 16GB + 32B, the first 16GB of the 32GB stick runs in dual channel, once that fills up the remaining 16GB of the 32GB stick runs in single channel. Using lower timings and having dual rank modules also helps, at least in benchmarks. IMHO, more RAM is preferable to matched ram or slightly faster ram.

merlin666 wrote: ↑ How do people like their P14s so far? I have had mine for more than two months and upgraded to Windows 11. While so far I have no regrets of the purchase, it is also noticeable that I experienced one BSOD already, and once it stopped booting with a fan error. Both times it recovered by just restarting but it has me worried a bit as my old T500 did not have any such issues in 12 years of use. Well still a few months of warranty left .

Also thumbs up to Lenovo for quickly processing two price adjustment requests.