SSD and RAM upgrade questions

[Kops1304]

Hi,

I have two question regarding my laptop upgrade. I use it for web surfing, movies, some excel/word work etc..mostly regular basis.

1) I saw that my RAM can be upgraded to 8GB. Currently I have 4RAM working on 1333MHz. If I buy 2x4GB 1600MHz will it work on this laptop, I went in BIOS and didn't see that I can change ram speed anywhere nor did I see how much can this laptop support, hence should I buy 1x4GB 1333MHz instead if it can't support 1600MHz.

2) Can I upgrade my HDD 700GB Seagate 5400rpm SATA II 3.0Gb/s with Samsung 850EVO 250GB SSD? I know that SATA III drives are backwards compatible meaning can work on SATA II but is it worth it, how much speed will I use if my laptop doesn't support SATA III. 

Laptop product number: B4E42EA

Chipset: AMD A70M FCH

CPU: Upgraded from A6 4460M to A10 4600M

Thanks!

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

It will not run at 1600 mhz so just buy another 4 gigs of DDR3-1333 memory. The SSD is the best upgrade you can do. Definitely worth it. The SATA-III SSD will operate just fine on a SATA-II bus. There is very little difference in actual operation. 

[Kops1304]

Thank you for your reply.

That's what I thought about RAM, ok I'll buy 1x4GB 1333MHz then.

For SSD I have Samsung 840evo 250GB in my computer which I would put in my laptop. I read somewhere(manual I believe) that I can put up to 120GB SSD in 2050sm, this is not true right? I'm guessing that there was only 120GB SSD avaliable at the time when manual was created, so my question is can I put 250GB in the laptop, will it read whole 250GB or only 120GB like the manual says?

Thank you once more!

[Huffer]

It will read the whole 250 gigs. There is no size limit on SATA drives. 

[Kops1304]

I knew that, just wanted to make sure. Thank you once more 🙂