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 ...
  2. G

    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
  3. K

    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
  4. A

    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...
  5. P

    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 -...
  6. B

    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...
  7. S

    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...
  8. Y

    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?
  9. C

    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.
  10. M

    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...
  11. M

    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...
  13. Lutfij

    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...
  14. S

    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...
  15. K

    (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...
  16. D

    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)...
  17. F

    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...
  18. C

    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...
  19. T

    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...
  20. A

    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.
  21. S

    will upgrading the ram on my laptop make it a little faster please

    i have a acer aspire es1531c1g1
  22. M

    Upgrading Acer Aspire E1-470

    As you can tell, the laptop has very low end spec: Intel i3 1.8Ghz and 4gb ram. So I want to upgrade it. The main problem is the CPU as I don't know if it is upgradeable. I know the RAM can be upgrade though. Any help?
  23. D

    RAM Upgrade or Storage upgrade? On a Budget.

    Hey guys, I'm looking for some help with upgrading my computer, and I'm pretty new to the tech industry. And I'm only trying to spend about $160 at most. 7 months ago I bought a Dell Inspirion 15 7000 7567 Gaming Laptop. SPECS: -7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ Quad Core -Windows 10 Home...
  24. S

    Will these parts fit in my UX501JW?

    SSD: https://egypt.souq.com/eg-en/kingston-ssd-solid-state-drive-uv400-240gb-suv400s37-240g-10943624/i/ RAM: https://egypt.souq.com/eg-en/crucial-8gb-single-ddr3l-1600-mt-s-pc3l-12800-sodimm-204-pin-memory-ct102464bf160b-11424248/i/...
  25. K

    Acer Aspire 7738(g) Laptop. Can it be upgraded past 4gb?

    I have an old Acer Aspire 7738(g) that my mom returned to me. I decided to look at the specs because I couldn't remember how much ram was on here. I looked up the max amount of ram you can use on the laptop. Only 4gb... That seems much too little, so I looked around and saw that people managed...
  26. N

    RAM Upgrade options

    Hi, I have an MSI GL62 7QF laptop. Here are the specs, Intel i7 7th gen GeForce GTX 960M 1 X 8GB SK Hynix DDR4 RAM I TB HDD + 256 GB SSD I want to upgrade my RAM to 16/32 GB. I want to know do i need to get 2X 8GB chips from the same manufacturer, or adding another 8GB stick from ...
  27. M

    SSD and RAM upgrade of brand new laptop

    Hi -- I'm a newbie here. I'm looking to buy the Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575-33BM laptop. These are the specs: Intel Core i3-7100U Processor 7th Generation 4GB DDR4 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive It turns out that this laptop has an extra slot for an m.2 SSD. I'll be buying a 250GB SSD to install, so...
  28. Akhil anil

    Laptop Not Detecting RAM !!

    Hi guys, I bought Asus R558UQ last day (4GB DDR4 2133MHz) which supports upto 12GB RAM. I bought an HyperX 8GB DDR4 2133 SO-DIMM RAM to upgrade the RAM and put it in. But the laptop still shows it has 4GB RAM only. I updated the BIOS. Still it doesn't detect the 8GB stick. Please help.
  29. S

    Hp laptop i5 6200U memory upgrade

    Hp 15 ac 138 nia , need to know how many ram capacity can allocate these type of laptop. it has 2 slot , (DDR3L) - PC3-12800 1600MHz
  30. PainKiller_IV

    Solved! SSD and Memory upgrade

    I have an HP Pavilion x360 Convertible PC (Model: 13-u010ca). The Specs: https://support.hp.com/hk-en/product/hp-pavilion-13-u000-x360-convertible-pc/10862149/document/c05226604 I want to upgrade the 4 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM standard Memory and the 500 GB 5400 rpm SATA Hard Drive. The questions...
  31. S

    Maximum Ram upgrade HP omen ax201nx

    I have bought HP omen ax201nx With 2x8 = 16GB Ram Can I upgrade it into 32 GB Product details http://www8.hp.com/sa/en/products/laptops/product-detail.html?oid=15304528#!tab=specs
  32. K

    Solved! Can you change upgrade lenova yoga 2 13 motherboard to yoga 3 13 or any other higher ?

    Guys I bought good used yoga 2 13 from e bay for 240 last year. Laptop is good but I need stronger cpu and gpu I was wondering is there any change I can upgrade motherboard if other versions fit ?
  33. F

    Stuck at 2gb,, Ram Memory upgrade....?

    Good evening. I have an Asus UX52VS Intel i7 3537u laptop with 2gb ram on-board, i am trying to upgrade at least 2 or 4gb more as it lags randomly when navigating between pages, I tried to install Samsung ddr3l 1600mhz cl11 1.35v 4gb kit but it wont boot with it, i tried few others and the same...
  34. J

    Toshiba Laptop l75 Memory Upgrade Issue

    We have a Toshiba Satellite L75-B7270 laptop that has 4gb of RAM. I would like to upgrade the memory to 8gb. The back of the laptop does not have a separate panel to access the memory modules. I contacted Toshiba, but they were no help at all. Can anyone advise me how to open the laptop to be...
  35. icetimed

    Im struggling to find which ram is compatable with an ASUS X554LA-XX959T

    Hi guys. I'm upgrading my wife's laptop a little with and SSD and an extra 4GB of Ram...I hope! I cant find ANYWHERE the type of ram I can install in the extra slot on the laptop. The first 4Gb that comes with the laptop in soldered in so its not just a case of swapping out the 2 sticks. Ive...
  36. R

    What graphics cards can i buy for upgrading my laptop

    PC Stats: Model: HP Envy x360 m6 Convertible Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70 GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.9GHz Memory: 16384 MB Ram OS: Windows 10 64bit. Anyone have any recommendations on helping improve my gaming experience on this laptop?
  37. M

    HP ENVY x360 - m6-w105dx Memory Upgrade

    I have the x360 it is the touch screen convertible model but the 8gb of memeory is not enough the manual says "not user upgradeable" looks like it has two slots. I'm guessing they label it non user upgradeable is because you have to take the system board and other out to get to the slots...
  38. V

    Ram Upgradable or not?

    Can All Asus A555LF model laptop's RAM can be Upgraded above or atleast 8GB? Thank u in advance......
  39. E

    Bastardizing a Toshiba Protege R500

    I've been an avid Toshiba Portege R500 and R600 owner for many years and recently picked up a used R500 on eBay. Taking a look at its guts, I noticed it has lots room to spare. The motherboard is smaller than I anticipated and the lack of an optical drive leaves a large portion of its belly...
  40. J

    compaq precario cq62 goes black screen when you plug it in

    and occasionally when it isnt plugged in. iv also had some issues with it running the cpu, disk, and memory at 100%, even after going and disabling bucket loads of stuff,. it wont turn on when its plugged in, and iv got to try a handful of times to get it to come on when running battery power...
  41. perfectpeachblonde

    please help upgrade ram Lenovo yoga 510 14isk?

    How to upgrade RAM? RAM slot is under a metal box and unable to move it any, I tried and was near to break Main-board :( What can I do now? I have some pictures of Mainboard. pic 1 link pic 2 link pic 3 link click for all pics here
  42. unKHEFTable

    do laptop memories need to be the same brand when upgrading? I have the same specs, not sure about brands

    hey guys short version : I'm trying to upgrade my laptop memory myself for the first time, and I'm not sure what to do :), so I would be really grateful if you pro guys could help me. long version : I'm going to buy a new laptop in a few month, but these days my laptop ram kept bothering me ...
  43. M

    Need help finding the perfect laptop before Black Friday

    Hello. First off let me say Happy Thanksgiving! Anyhow.. here's my issue: I need a laptop for some AutoCAD-to-go. I cannot find anything that will suite my needs which include: -i7 quad/dual core -skylake -under 3 pounds -13" screen or less Easy right? Well here's a catch -- money is an...
  44. N

    Upgrading xps 13 9343 with a 9350 motherboard possible?

    I would love to upgrade down the track and I can't really see why this wouldn't work? Mostly to upgrade to more ram when they release a 16GB version and the USB C port (excited for a external GPU!). So is this a thing?
  45. Wayne501

    Upgrading VRAM on a Notebook

    I know it is not possible to upgrade the graphics card in a laptop, although is there any way I can upgrade the Video RAM? I only have 1Gb of VRAM and my notebook can game just fine, the only issue is when the games run out of VRAM. If there isn't a way to upgrade the VRAM are there any other...
  46. H

    Acer Aspire 5745G Memory Upgrade Confusion

    Hi, I have 5-6 year old Acer Aspire 5745G laptop with exactly what it was supplied with except the battery and adapter. From past few months I have been having issue with slowness, hang etc. There is noise from fan, probably heating issue too which means cleaning is required. However, I have...
  47. ragnarok94

    Should I update this old vista laptop to Win 7?-Dell Inspiron 1501

    I've been working on an old laptop i got from my uncle (he gave it to me free after lending me a pair of 23" monitors i have to pay him for later). Laptop Specs: Dell Inspiron 1501 AMD Sempron 3600+ 2.0ghz OEM Hitachi 80GB HDD (bad)- Replaced with HGST 500GB HDD (after a lot of reformatting)...
  48. S

    Toshiba C70D-B-34L upgrade really impossible? Need help upgrading

    Hi all! I have a question about my new laptop, a Toshiba C70D-B-34L. I want to upgrade memory and harddisk, but it seems impossible. I know it is a so called "non user upgradable" laptop, but there are other laptops of that kind, that are easy to open up by unscrewing all 12/16 screws and...
  49. F

    MSI GE60-0nc memory upgrade

    Hi, I have an MSI GE60-0nc laptop, and checked the list of compatible memories on Crucials site. I found an 8gig on amazon, but before i order it, i would like a confirmation that is what i need, becaouse there is some minor differences in the description. Crucial 8GB Single DDR3L 1600 MT/s...
  50. Q

    Upgrading A Laptop on a budget

    I have received a VERY old laptop from a Co-Worker, and it(at the moment) has 1 gb of Ram, 80 GB HDD a Genuine Intel CPU T2050 @ 1.60 Ghz. I want upgrade this system, but I have 2 problems, I don't know how i would go looking for parts to use to upgrade this laptop, 2, I want to stay in a...
  51. A

    Is it worth upgrading my Acer Aspire E1–530 laptop?

    It has an Intel Pentium 2117U (1.8GHz) processor, 2GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive. The processor gets a Passmark score of 1658. The laptop crawls when it comes to multi-tabbed browsing on Chrome, and applications take forever to load. I even tried using CloudReady, a lightweight Chromium OS...
  52. S

    Sony Vaio Rapid Wake Not Working After Memory Upgrade

    I upgraded the Sony Vaio from 4gb to 12gb, and everything went fine. One detail though is now the Rapid Wake is not working, because the original hidden partition Sony set up for it is now too small. I'm wondering what the options are to get the Rapid Wake working again. I think I know the...
  53. T

    Upgrading Rig for Vive and general gaming.. need input

    My rig used to be somewhat of a beast 4 years ago. I've read several opinions here and there for individual component upgrades but would like someone who is more attuned to current tech to take a look at what I currently have and give me a bang-for-the-buck analysis of what I can do. Posting...
  54. N

    Upgrade my Loptop GPU and Processor

    Can i upgrade my loptop GPU and Processor? -Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6500U -Memory: 12 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM -Drive: 256GB M.2 SSD -GPU:NVIDIA GeForce 940M (4GB) & Intel® HD Graphics 520 Can you tell me if it is possible to upgrade my loptop or should i buy a new motherboard for an upgrade...
  55. P

    Looking to put an upgrade in my laptop! Need help

    I have an alienware 15R2 laptop with 16Gb of DDR4 RAM, Nvidia GTX 970M graphics card with 3Gb dedicated graphics memory and an Intel Core i7 6700HQ 2.60GHz. Im looking to upgrade it (not get a new laptop but just some stuff inside). I play games that have some hefty system requirements and...
  56. A

    Gateway ML6721 CPU and memory upgrade.

    I have a Gateway ML6721 with an Intel Pentium dual-core T2310 (1.46 GHz) 1 GB Memory 160 GB HDD. The P/N on the ram slot is 31MA8MB0030, the imprinted P/N on the underside of the MB is DA0MA8MB6DO, and the rev number is PCB MA8 M/B(6L,257*215,REV: D). My question is: can I put an Intel Core...
  57. R

    Lenovo Y700 graphics memory upgrade

    I have a lenovo y700 and it has nvidia gtx 960m 2gb but I want to upgrafe it to 4gb. Is it possible?
  58. A

    Should I upgrade my laptop or save for a new one ?

    Hi everyone, I know that's a question that have been asked probably a thousand time, but each case is specific and I'm really struggling to decide what to do here. I’ve been wondering if I should upgrade my laptop (and replace the broken screen at the same time) or save money for a new one...
  59. Selby9409

    Upgrading my Budget Laptop (AMD A8-4500M APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.9GHz)

    Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum, and I didn't really know where to go to ask this kind of a question, but here we go. I bought an Asus laptop a while back. Here are my current specs: - AMD A8-4500M APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.9GHz - 4GB RAM (512MB dedicated video) - 64 bit Windows 7 -...
  60. K

    Is it even possible to upgrade my old 13-inch 2009 Macbook?

    I know, it's oooold. But I had a crazy thought while it was lagging (as it so faithfully does) on me - the possibility of an upgrade. On a side note (or however that saying's said), I'm not concerned about my warranty or anything, as I've had this Macbook for 3 years already, and it was given...