Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook Review

Upgradability

Being an ultra low-profile notebook, I wasn’t expecting a ton in the way of upgradabilty, and found about what I expected.

Removing the back cover is a little tricky. There is one screw that holds it down and then it snaps in to place on the front and sides, and slides in on the back. So you have to very carefully snap it out of place on three sides without putting too much pressure on the back or you will break the tabs.
Once the cover is off you have access to the SSD, fan, and one free RAM slot. The Series 5 comes with 4GB of RAM already installed, but it is hidden under the main cover, which I was unable to remove.
Samsung gives you one free slot should you need more than 4GB for whatever reason, though it will be limited to the 1333MHz of the first stick.

The SSD is easy enough to deal with, 4 screws holding the cage down and 4 more to get the drive out of the cage. It is a Samsung drive, though Google returns very little on the model number. A larger drive could easily be swapped should you desire.

Even with every screw out, I was unable to remove the entire back panel to get to the other RAM stick. Regardless, there should not really be any reason to need access to it as 4GB at 1333MHz is plenty for what this laptop is intended for.

The battery is also hidden underneath the main cover, meaning that down the road if your battery dies, you may have some trouble changing it yourself.

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