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I have an Intel DH87RL motherboard. According the specs, the onboard SSD slot is PCIe. I want to buy an NVME SSD and I need to know if this MB will be able to recognise this. I currently have an unbranded mSATA (128Gb) SSD in the slot, but it is slowly dying and no longer able to be used as a...

Your RAM is 2666mbps, so any similar speed DDR4 will work. The RAM standard is universal, so there should be no compatibilty issues. Just use a well known make. Steer clear of unbranded Chinese RAM and be careful of fake brands from them - they do not respect copyright.

Try running the PC with only the original RAM. There might be an issue with the new RAM. If that works, try each of the 2 new RAM sticks on their own. You can download RAM analysers which could pick up errors in your RAM.

My 3rd Gen DELL i3 was becoming a total dog - then I installed a Samsung 860 EVO. Now it is a pleasure to use. Off to boot to password screen is just 9.8 seconds. But, my next laptop will have an NVME SSD and as much memory as I can afford.