I want to upgrade my ram from 8gb to 16gb on my hp pavillion gaming laptop 15-dk2xxx.

[Warren1712]

I want to upgrade my ram from 8gb to 16gb on my hp pavillion gaming laptop 15-dk2xxx. I want to know the maximum ram upgrade available. Also the ram installed in my computer is  SKhynix 8gb 1rx8 pc4- 3200AA-sa2-11  RAM. And the same model of the ram is not available though rams of same company , speed and ddr4 is available. So I want to know if buying rams of different model will affect my system performance and it would be great if I could get some references of the Ram that I could buy.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

If you want to install another 8 GB memory chip, then I recommend a compatible Crucial memory chip that should work fine along with the existing one.

Crucial 8GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM | CT8G4SFRA32A | Crucial.com

You can buy this memory in India:

Amazon.in: Buy Crucial RAM 8GB DDR4 3200MHz CL22 (or 2933MHz or 2666MHz) Laptop Memory CT8G4SFRA32A ...

Below is the link to the user guides page for your notebook.

HP Pavilion Gaming 15-dk2000 Laptop PC (2P1Z8AV) Manuals | HP® Customer Support

HP only has the service manual for the older model series on the support page.

Chapter 1 indicates that the max memory is 2 x 16 GB.

You can do this to see how much memory your notebook can support:

1. In the search box, search for cmd and click Run as administrator.

This will open the command prompt.

2. Once command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacityEx and hit enter.

There, it will show the maximum RAM capacity your PC's motherboard can support.

The capacity is shown as Kilobytes, so you have to convert it to Gigabytes by dividing the number provided in the report by 1,048,576.