I think you need an egpu adapter m.2 or nvm

No, because that motherboard is designed to be on that case, and vice versa. It is the same with many Dell and HP too.

Reading this laughing but dying in the inside with so much regret

Yeah, you can sell it for half the price and build custom one, that's why I need to check on youtube before attempting to do it

In less words...awful.

Please do see the last bit of this continued part. >>>>>The guy is hardly going to be an EXPERT on all things 'IdeaCentre 3's' (IC3), so there is no particular point in asking him questions about a particular IC3 model, he has only got the one he has and decided to do a helpful video on fitting more ram and or come to that even with this lengthy amount of a message I have taken the time & effort to compose also ask me things either. (Best we don't lose the ability to create written articles ourselves, that people either want to read or not), explaining things a bit more. They at least have a choice. What we can come up with, if the effort is put in, is likely to be of more help to folk than a brief message. I blame twitter for this. Stunting folks creative ability to write much more than one line of anything and in turn if they themselves do only bother writing a line it could be about all they ever want to read. There is PLENTY of empty white space to write in. Anyway, if anyone does slip a DDR5 ram in to a IC3 of any particular model, that to me would be interesting to find out. I don't particularly advise it. Someone taking the risk, and it would be a risk, fiddling about doing anything to a computer other than turning it on/off has its risks of damage. Likely won't damage it, we don't for sure know for sure. When it comes to even US$300 of computers, let alone more expensive ones be careful Maybe if someone have a DDR5 desktop as well. Or is one of these PC testers, doing reviews, it can be found out. Better than buying a DDR5 stick on the off chance it may work. If anyone does find out, these KZbin videos talking about IdeaCentre 3's will be a good place to give out that information. This is what we want, more definite info about these matters not what a clever clogs off hand thinks it is, based on no actual fact and proof. IF DDR5 Ram does actually physically works in IC3's, any version Let us all know and PROOVE it. What is no good is, "Oh I don't think it will" comment based on what?. It does not matter if Lenovo do themselves say that up to 3200Mhz of DDR4 ram will fit and work, they do not say that 4800Mhz of DDR5 ram will not. They don't particularly say it will. But they have not the sense to officially say that it does NOT. And those employees of theirs that do not personally know for sure by way of themselves having tested it, would if bothered to be contacted, as a matter of policy stick to the written down line of the DDR4 3200Mhz specs. They would not stick their neck out. And unless someone has physically tried it themselves at Lenovo or elsewhere they do not know. They may surmise that a DDR5 ram would not work because of whatever particularly convinces them that it does not work. Yes we know Lenovo seem to down tune in the BIOS their pc's abilities. There being in the top end DDR4 ram, ie Crucial DDR4 pro's ram a Intel XMP 2.0 support ability. Now Lenovo seem to see the Intel XMP 2.0 ability built in to many of Intel's motherboards. One of which is likely to be in a IC3, Lenovo see it as 'overclocking' and from what I have gathered disable that in the BIOS. People would have to check for themselves in their particular BIOS to see if that XMP 2.0 was there and can be engaged. Though fiddling about in the BIOS especially for the inexperienced is a careful consideration. Of cause paying the odd bit more for some DDR4 ram with Intel XMP 2.0 that the usual ram modules do not have, could be a good idea. Future proofing yourself if later on another computer was obtained that could utilise the Intel XMP 2.0 Ram, especially if ones present computer, (and I don't like saying this!), completely packs up!!. Blimey, dreadful. A calamity. Having a knackered up computer that obviously you can't use, BUT if components >>can<< be scavenged from it, you are not at a total loss. See, considering these matters in advance, proactive not reactive. The lesser creatures being on the whole more reactive. Of cause even after extensive searching on the web no one even selling these Intel XMP Ram modules HAS GOT THE SENCE to let us know 'for sure' that it will work in a motherboard that is not Intel XMP configured. We can assume what we like. That it would work but no one bothers to COMMUNICATE with others, users of these products either I'll add, about these matters. Even when that info is known by them, in their heads and that for some reason that is where it stays. They must be trying to hatch out this info of theirs. Like a Hen on an egg. They have a sort of a 'clam' mentality, wanting to keep hold of this nugget of info in their head and turn it into some sort of pearl. That of cause they also keep that to themselves. Too many people are keeping to themselves these things that they find out where it would be of great benefit to many many others. Don't assume people, that the info that you find out and things that you know is commonly known by others. It can on occasions be not known. Known just to a few, or no one else. More info out there is better than less or none at all. It can only be found out and read if people spend the time and effort to find out for themselves and divulge these matters. If it was known for absolutely sure that IdeaCentre 3's various models of them, (there are many) can indeed for definite take DDR5 ram then that would be something folks can take in to consideration should they care to upgrade the Ram. Thousands of IC3 users could. The various online memory suppliers Crucial, Mr Memory etc all don't list DDR5's for IC3's but they are likely taking what Lenovo say. Sitting on the commercial fence. And have not tried it out for themselves not purchased one and found out themselves. Levono themselves are mostly to blame. All they have to do had >>they<< the sense is to state clearly in print when advertising their IC3's that DDR5 ram WILL NOT WORK!!. Easy isn't it. Knowing full well that it is known that Intel say that their 12th Gen processors and their subsequent Intel motherboards are 'able' to take DDR5 ram and that out of the thousands of IC3's sold some folk will attempt it. Wasting money. Giving out this information up front, rather than us contacting them, some marketing call centre employee of theirs, who knows nothing other than what they see in print. Ok then. Nice enough computer so far Lenovo. You tried to rip me off with the one year guarantee, logging it from when the retailer acquired it from you, over 4 months ago. Needing me to supply proof of purchase, and downloading that to reinstate a full one year guarantee with them. WATCH OUT for that one people. If purchased brand new, check out the official Lenovo website, register, and download manuals and stuff and check out the service/guarantee status. Your retailer may guarantee it, but if they have to send it on to Lenovo themselves and Lenovo say it is out of warranty, you could be stuffed. Best not to risk it. -------------------------------- Just noticed, starting from about 4mins 15 secs he took the 4gb DDR4 ram out then stuck a supposedly new 4gb DDR4 ram in the same slot. SO there was no upgrade was there. 4gb ram took out and we are supposed to believe some other 4gb put back in. Leaving the other slot empty. So looks like there was no ram upgrade. The same ram took out, and put off camara. Then put back in. All the numbers of the same 4gb ram module if y'all have a look they match up. 8SSM30N7663G1YL17JOP8 FRU PN 5M30V06801. With I add the stickers one at an angle on top of the other sticker, covering up exactly the same writing underneath. Exactly at the same angle in both. Or rather the 'same' one!!. Looks like it was the same ram stick. Without doubt. If there was another 4gb ram upgrade it would go in the other slot. Put in later was it?. (Used 4gb ram can be had for US$6, brought a new SSD, or used, for a US$200+ computer, when it was new, but no actual ram upgrade, WHY?, why just run 4gb?, totally false economy). All that lesser performance currently yet there is more that 'could' be obtained for less than US$10 at most, or about US$18 new. People, do upgrade your ram, even putting in an extra 4gb in 'real life', will make quite a bit of difference, the integrated video graphics can do far more, more browser tab pages and all sorts. At least another 8gb stick, you'll all enjoy the thing more then. It was billed as a Ram upgrade & Ram update. Not billed as 'how to update ram'. "Update the ram" was said in first 20 secs of video. Weren't trying to fool us is some way was he?. Thanks for the effort of making the video though, we have learnt many things, on how to do these upgrades, where things are inside the casing, on that particular model. Strange it was said to have laptop ram. Maybe some do. Anyway best wishes to the video maker and to all Lenovo owners. Good luck to y'all.

I added 2 8gb chips it’s works.

you can replace the cpu

Just Lenovo's misleading marketing. It's really a USFF PC, like Dell or HP ones. So called thin client. The dishonesty is branding thin client as a fully-fledged PC.