Lenovo Idea Centre Q190 RAM Upgrade ?

I have Lenovo Idea Centre Q190 = 57313947 = core i3 2365M 1.4 Ghz with 4 G RAM, can i upgrade that memory from 4GB (Current) to 8GB from corsair.com = http://www.corsair.com/us/vengeance-8gb-high-performance-laptop-memory-upgrade-kit-cmsx8gx3m1a1600c1...
Thank you in advance.
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hi wildhorse,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
This Upgrade is Fine
Bios in this systems does not have any restriction on RAM Brand and Model
The Speed and other properties matched to your desired RAM model.
You should have no problem with this.
This is the Maintenance manual of your unit.
I hope you can find details on Physical RAM Replacement on this Manual.
IdeaCentre Q190 Hardware Maintenance Manual (English)
ideacentre_q190_hmm_en_20121219.pdf
3.05 MB.
Hope this helps
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Will RAM upgrade on Macbook Air result in a bottleneck?
Hi I am planning to buy a Macbook Air with the base configuration, but was giving the RAM some thought. I was thinking of upgrading it from 4 GB 1600 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM to 8 GB. With the student discount the upgrade will cost me an additional $90. I will be going to uni for life sci and will be be using it for work assignments, music, and maybe some small-time gaming. I currently don't really game much but maybe sometime in the future I may decide to play games such as LoL or Warcraft maybe? What I was wondering was that is it actually necessary to upgrade the RAM to be able to play these types of games without lag? I am fine with a little bit of low fps, as long as it isn't to noticable and stil fairly smooth. Maybe with like safari with music and a word processor and the game open, would the MBA be able to handle it effectively? Also, would the RAM upgrade be ineffective because of a "bottleneck" where the other specs limit the effectiveness of the increase in RAM? The rest of the specs are: 1.4 GHz dual-core Intel i5, Turbo Boost upto 2.7 GHz Intel HD Graphics 5000 128 GB PCle-based flash storage So overall, is it worth it? Will it make gaming significantly better, and more importantly, will 4 GB just be enough too? Thank you very much for reading that very long question! All answers will be appreciated!

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Are you comparing 11-inch/13-inch MacBook/Air to 13"-15" MB/Pro?
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