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Memory Upgrade

Forum discussion tagged with Memory Upgrade.
  1. Kushx

    Question RAM Upgrade for Dell Vostro 3480

    Hey everyone , I am currently having 8 GB Ram in dual channel , in Dell Vostro 3480 Laptop and I wanted to upgrade my RAM capacity to its maximum capacity of 32 GB Ram , I did went to the crucial's website and then I went on amazon and figured out that this RAM would be suitable for it ...
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    Solved! I tried to install a ram card on my ideapad 110-15ACL, it says I have 2 ram slots, but I only have one. Why?

    I took my cover off the bottom of the laptop to install the new 4gb RAM card. I found a 4gb RAM card in there and no other slot to install my new card. My system settings tells me there are 2 slots. Where is my second slot? It's a Lenovo Ideapad 110-15ACL. Also says 80TJ
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    Solved! upgrade from AMD E Series to I5 or I7

    hi I have a Toshiba Laptop Model : SATELLITE C855D-S5103 has AMD E Series and I want to upgrade to a I5 or I7 processor or if theres any recommendations or a better processor and videocard for my laptop. im building it to trade with and game
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    Solved! Should I upgrade my Dell Inspiron 15 7568?

    It has been a long time (3-4 years) that I have used this laptop for! Most of the components of the laptop are working fine until now! But for the past few months, the laptop has been running very slowly and freezing occasionally when loading application or even browsing casually. The laptop...
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    Solved! looking for compatible upgrade parts for pc

    hi, like the title describes, im looking to buy a couple of pc upgrades but im not sure which is compatible with which. im looking to upgrade my 12 GB ram to 16 so i can use dual channel mode and HDD to SSD and if there is a way, maybe my integrated graphics card*. my pc is "HP Pavilion -...
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    Solved! College laptop that supports upgrade

    What is an alternative device with thunderbolt 3 that can be better upgraded to last longer? I require a laptop for my daughter at junior Secondary School. The school prefers surface pro 5 or Lenovo miix 520; i5, 128 SSD, 8GB memory. They swapped out the previous years 2017 models being the...
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    Are Macbook Pro Upgrades worth the extra money? If so which one, and why?

    Hi guys, I'm planning on buying the 2018 Macbook Pro with the touch Bar and Touch ID soon, and it has these specs below for $1699.00: 2.3GHz Quad-Core Processor 256GB Storage 2.3GHz quad-core 8th-generation Intel Core i5 processor Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 8GB...
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    HP Envy Ryzen

    Hello, my hp envy x360 AMD Ryzen's internal storage is 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD, I wonder is it possible to upgrade it from 256GB to 1TB?
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    is it possible to use an external graphics card to upgrade my gpu on my DELL Inspiron 15 5000 series?

    dell inspiron 15 5000 series cannot run fortnight minimum graphics memory not met, is this a solution, and is there any other solutions? I am not tech savvy I have done a lot of research, but don't exactly understand everything, looking for some clarification on this topic.
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    The Asus K53U Can be modify?

    I buy a secon hand Asus k53u laptop and I need to replace the hard drive (hdd) for a better one, possible an sdd, but i want to modify it, with time, to at last, to be able to support softwares as unreal or adobe photoshop, so my question is, it is worth it to spend money in upgrade it, as I am...
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    Trying to identify a slot on this laptops mobo.

    I have read another post about an acer aspire slot and it looks sort of similar. And according to that post it could be a M.sata connection. I am wondering if that is the same for this laptop or if it is something else. I just noticed it when I was installing a new CPU and RAM into the board...
  12. Lutfij

    How To Enhance Gaming Efficiency On Your Laptop

    With latest breakthroughs in lithography and performance numbers packed into a small die, it’s not unusual to come across a laptop that might seem like an ultrabook but in essence it’s capable of delivering some good visuals when gaming. This tutorial will show you how to improve your gaming...
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    How To Enhance The Performance Of Your Laptop

    Given how nimble a laptop is we often forget that we have limited resources to work with when you shrink a lot of the power hungry components onto a smaller form factor. Over the past few years manufacturers have overcome these performance barriers with improved lithography and specs on a...
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    Best Budget 13" Laptop?

    So i need a decent budget laptop to use on my daily commute, in coffee shops ect. shall mostly be using it for light web development work and emails. there are tons of 13" cheapo laptops out there but most have poor quality displays, and very small amounts of memory and storage space aswell as...
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    (notebook) Putting additional ram into primary slot? or secondary

    So ,I just bought a Lenovo y520 laptop , it has following specs: Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Processor 2.8GHz - 6M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz 4GB DDR4 RAM 1TB SATA HDD NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5 15.6" FHD IPS Display Windows 10 Home So, my laptop has an empty slot and i want to add another 8gb...
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    ROG GL502VT Storage upgrade options

    I have a ASUS ROG Strix GL502VT gaming Laptop and I have a few upgrade options for inceasing my storage memory but I do not know if the newer m.2 memory solution is worth the money. According to my documentation I should have the option of installing an M.2 SSD (NVME M.2 PCIe 3.0 X4 SSD)...
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    It is worth for my laptop to upgrade to 8GB RAM?

    My laptop is Asus x455LJ Specs : CPU : i3 5005u 2.0ghz GPU : Nvidia GT-920m RAM : 4gb I'm usually using Bluestacks, Chrome, Sony Vegas Pro 11 and Macromedia Flash 8 Most of the time, I usually open all of the programs above altogether. When its time to gaming, I usually play GTA V or Watch Dogs...
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    should i upgrade my ram or buy a new pc?

    So recently i decided to use Solidworks and Autodesk fusion 360 - which are 3D design and modeling software (for those who dont know), as well as using a 3D printing slicer called Cura and my laptop became really slow in both every day tasks and espeacially slow when using these programs. I've...
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    Laptop ram 2X2gb or 1X8gb

    Hi guys I was looking for some hardware advice I have a fairly old laptop I upgraded HDD to an SSD which has helped extend its life I wish to increase my ram memory parts are hard to come by I can either get 2 sticks of 2gb ram or a single stick of 8gb ram for reasonable prices. Which option...
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    Solved! Laptop Ram Upgrading

    Hi.I have an hp amd a10 laptop with 4gb ddr4 ram.the current ram frequency is 1866 mhz.i want to add a extra 4 gb ram.can any one recommend the correct ram for Upgrading my laptop without any problem.also please men1the ram frequency.thank you.