M.2 as Ram memory?

[thiagolobato]

So, I bought a laptop years ago. At time 8gb ram was perfect. Nowadays when I manage to upgrade it, I realize there is no empty banks to upgrade cuz the RAM is welded in Mobo. So, I have a ssd m.2 slot free. Should I buy a m.2 to use as RAM?

 

[VJ_Gamer]

The less pagefile usage the better, even if that pagefile is on an SSD. You will not see any performance improvement in this way but maybe in some gaming applications that rely heavily on pagefile usage.
Even then you would be better off using the drive as intended and only.
You cannot exceed the 32 bit memory limitations with an SSD as we know.

NVMe drive makes a great virtual memory drive but the NVMe is a poor substitute for RAM. The SSD is slower as compared to the RAM.

Peace.

 

[Shotta06]

The short answer is no. It would be negligible to attempt to use a m.2 for RAM. A quick Google search would tell you that.

 

[USAFRet]

Should I buy a m.2 to use as RAM?

Short answer, no.

Long answer - No. You're trying to just make a larger pagefile on the new m.2. Which is vastly slower than actual RAM.

 

[Rdslw]

YES
and
NO
explanation:
YES you can, but even best ssd is ~4 Gb/s and ram is ~30 Gb/s. It will help if you have apps that need 8+GB of ram, at least they will boot, but they will get A LOT SLOWER than running in ram.

 

[thiagolobato]

[As you could see in my statement, I have no other options or even think about to replace the Ram, it´s welded. So instead of buy another laptop, my unique option are: stay as is or use M.2 to virtual RAM.

So within these only this 2 options, I ask: Use as is or M.2 as virtual ram.

Thank you.

 

[USAFRet]

[As you could see in my statement, I have no other options or even think about to replace the Ram, it´s welded. So instead of buy another laptop, my unique option are: stay as is or use M.2 to virtual RAM.

So within these only this 2 options, I ask: Use as is or M.2 as virtual ram.

Thank you.

Well...you can't use the whole thing as "virtual RAM".
Again, you're just talking about the pagefile. Which already exists on your other drive.
You can move that to a new SSD, and adjust the size as needed.

It only comes into use when the system and whatever application runs out of physical RAM.
You can't just tell it..."Here is a new m.2, and now I have 256GB actual RAM"
Doesn't work like that.