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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 524 reviews

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98%would recommend to a friend

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Customers express satisfaction with the easy installation, affordable price, improved performance, and compatibility of the PNY Performance 8GB 3200MHz DDR4 DRAM. Users report that the memory upgrade enhances their laptops' speed and responsiveness, making it a worthwhile investment.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works perfectly

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I used this in an hp victus gaming laptop and noticed the improvement in performance. Pretty good for the price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good for laptops

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Not sure what to say, it does what it says on the package. Easy to install in my laptop and improved the performance

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Works On HP Laptop

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Hello everyone if you're looking for a piece of RAM this will work for the HP laptop I have the one I bought it has AMD ryzen 3 graphics with a gigabytes of RAM so I just bought another one a bit faster though but it works no issues no bugs so try it out for yourself and so far it's worth it especially the price

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Memory upgrade

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works perfectly in my HP laptop running an AMD Ryzen with a Radeon graphics system.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Easy to install

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Added RAM to hp laptop

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy installation and works great, haven’t had any issues at all.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Packaging

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Works great

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    When I opened the envelope from the same day delivery and saw that the plastic was cut I was like what the ? But there was enough room to see under the sticker label that nothing was wrong , I hope there isn’t any issues after a few days with the ram I’ll edit and write back

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    From 8gb to 16gb in less than 30 min

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Upgraded an old machine I bought back in 2017 with 16gb total (two 8gb ssd cards). My machine was running slow because it was running out of space so I saved myself money by changing out the ssd cards myself vs buying a new laptop.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    GREAT UPGRADE!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This Ram is great and made my pc run so much better as I installed 2 of these. the pc is faster and smoother now.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Solid RAM Good Option for An Easy Upgrade

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a good option for anyone looking to increase the base amount of RAM in their laptop. As most laptops come with 4-8 GB of RAM this is a quick way to solve that problem. The cons of this RAM is that its is rather slow, so for gamers or anyone looking for something with good timings it is probably better to go for a more premium option. Overall this is a good plug-and-play option giving solid performance for the price and it is often on sale.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Quick and easy

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Awesome product that was inexpensive. I highly recommend purchasing from best buy.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great computer parts to use and very reliable for

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great computer parts to use and very reliable for what we needed for!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good Choice For extra ram

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This ram works great with my computer, very good choice

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Easy to install, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    wow, zippy

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I had gotten a best buy deal on an Asus TUF gaming laptop that only came with 8gb of ram, but had an extra slot to add more. So I got this ram stick and finally just got around to putting it in. WOW what a difference. I didn't think it would make this much difference, but everything is noticeably quicker! To install it, I used a toolkit for "smartphones and small electronics" that comes with a tiny screwdriver and a plastic lever type thing to pop the backing off the laptop. So I just turned the computer off, turned it over, unscrewed all the little screws, popped the back cover off, and then unscrewed the battery as well but I don't think that ended up being necessary. I had to pull up a little flap to find the empty ram slot. I aligned the gold parts and pressed it in, and down. It popped right into the braces. I replaced the cover and turned the computer on and it immediately was faster. I checked in windows and it does now say 16gb ram instead of the old 8gb. There is nothing else you have to do besides pop it in.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Defective

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    The ram came defective

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    the ram almost burned my computer, it came defective

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best upgrade for laptop!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I was on a tight bugdet for a laptop and had to buy one with 8 gb ram installed. In the recommendations I came across with this little beast for 16.99 it was dirt cheap. Upgrade was easy. Now it works in dual channel mode cuz both ram units have the same capacity and 3200 mhz speed. I recommend it because in nowadays 8 gb vs 16 gb ram difference is like day and night. Happy buying and peace!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility, Easy to install, Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to install yourself, google a tutorial!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Has worked as expected! Please research before purchasing to make sure it's compatible for your laptop. Also watch a video on how to install it in your laptop, it's actually very easy but I advise you watch first as they give good insight to make sure you do damage anything. I'm not savvy with installing anything. I did it with ease after watching the video. Best Buy will charge you an arm and a leg to do this. You can easily do it yourself if you watch some tutorials first. Google it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Chasing tech awesomeness.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It's was the best price in town, and I believe it was on sale for 17 or 18.99, but nothing makes me like a kid in the candy store as Best Buy does, it's very hard on me because being on social security disability the past decade makes it so i really have to watch my budget. Yet in Best buy, I'll go from aisle to aisle, checking prices on USB drives to SD cards to USB that accept micro SD, to turn around and longing drive towards the SSD internal and external drives by route of the cell phones which usually means a must to headphones and speakers.However, if I'm going to entertain such thoughts i might as well see. If there are any laptops that are open box, and *sigh* l go around soaking up all the best deals, but knowing that if I'm going to get another one of those items or a big ticket item, I have to plan and save. And saving is very hard on 960$ a month. On this fine occasion my efforts, of my there and back again excursions through the plaza of Best Buy were rewarded! So very rarely do I get such a treat as I did on this day, it brought me to tears. The 8GB I had purchased online for what came to 21.23 after tax I believe, I may be wrong, however I know I'm close because I remember. I remember heading for the door from the pick up window by the registers. I had gotten an auction online for a laptop, a Dell Latitude 5470 i7 9th generation but it was a barebones system, and other than the blink code asking for ram, and I had checked that it needed DDR4, I didn't yet know the machine. I had picked a 512 SSD sata, luckily on FB marketplace, so check. All I need was the RAM and then the OS install, and I could put my audio software on the machine to make music on the newer DAWs and that constitutes one of the expensive things I own. I haven't been using the software for some time because I haven't had a machine powerful enough to handle it and now after months of planning of careful plotting and deal checking. The laptop itself has cost me 10 $, the ac adapter another 7.99 $, SSD 20 $, and now 21$ for the ram on this fateful trip. Of course, in due course I shall want a midi controller for Fruity Loops and a sampler of some sort which means a microphone. But my system was nearly complete! And low and behold, I check the RAM on the shelf and with a practiced eye start my analysis. Surely not! There must be a mistake! A 16 GB chip, on sale , DDR 4..... 34$?? It can't be I would have noticed! Not that it matters, when when I order the 8 GB I barely had enough! yet by some confluence of reality... I had taken in some recycling before I had come to Best Buy, think maybe I might get a pop or something, yet sure I had in my hand enough if I returned the 8gb and exchanged it for the 16. And so I did. Surprised and delighted I was I threw caution to the wind and decided to start the OS install on the bus using the 128gb micro SD card in the USB to USB C SD and micro SD card adapter both of which I got and have had since Anchorage, and to my delight the latitude turns out to be a touchscreen. And as yet another unlooked for treat as if it could get no better, my mother as a surprise orders me the 8gb chip on sale! Knowing I can't usually afford it and that music software is demanding, well by the end of this Best Buy adventure, I had an i7 2.6GHz, touchscreen no less, with a jaw dropping 24 GB of unexpected RAM, 512 GB of SSD storage, with my software onboard. What next?? Well I guess my sights shall be, I'm thinking either a novation midi keyboard controller or Akai sampler with 25 keys, though. I must confess, I do not know how I'll be beat this day described. This handsome Latitude came out costing under 80$. That's right, a touchscreen i7 with 24 gb of RAM.. under 80$. If you can beat that, my hats off to you! But I doubt you'll have as much fun as I did in the unexpected construction of my box. Thanks Best Buy, we all need tech store days like this one

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Easy to install

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Brutally Honest

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy Installation and works perfectly and i mean absolutely no one bothered me at all even when i was ready to purchase it i got the privilege to stand in this establishment for an undocumented amount of time before even being able to touch the box (In locked glass case) but i cant blame the item for its keepers practices hopefully my pickup tomorrow goes smoothly

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility, Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good RAM for Laptop Upgrade

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I swapped out a 4GB RAM module on my ASUS Vivobook 16, for this PNY 8GB module. The PNY stick clicked easily in place, and, it was recognized by the system upon booting up. This is good RAM for the price; no need to spend more. Made in Taiwan, mercifully, thus ensuring both quality, and, purchasers' economic support of an allied democracy.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Solid ram at a budget

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Not bad ram for the price, if you have an old machine you need to just bring up to snuff this will do it.

    I would recommend this to a friend