PC compatibility

[maxguenther]

Hi, I would like to upgrade my pc from 8gb of RAM to 16gb of RAM. When I go onto the HP support assistant it tells me my computer model is the HP Pavilion Power Desktop 580-1xx. When I search through the (580 series) manuals on the HP website I ( find a manual with a pc that looks similar to mine and it tells me that computers with an intel 6th gen  must use udimm memory with a maximum capacity of 16gb, my PC runs on an intel i5-8400. But, when I copy and paste the product number from the HP support assistant into google it tells me I have a 580-100na, which also has the same parts as this one. When I see people on YouTube upgrading their 580-023w they use regular RAM (i.e.  Crucial Ballistix 2400mhz DDR4 DRAM). Lastly, when I search up HP Pavilion Power Desktop 580-1xx a website called memoryamerica.com says that the only compatible RAM upgrade with the 580-1xx is the RAM model HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 8GB DDR4 (udimm). I would like to know can I buy a kit of 16gb RAM and install it or do I have to just add one stick of the HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 8GB DDR4 RAM? 

Thank you

[itsmyname]

What RAM is recommended by this web-site:  www.crucial.com ?

[Prométhée · Accepted solution]

Hello
when you mention and look for the reference
Power Desktop 580-1xx
you are looking for a type of computer, a series, not a precise model

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-power-580-100-desktop-pc-series/17142197/product-in...

So there could be different motherboard, and possibility of upgrading

•  Motherboard Specifications, P5BW-LA (Basswood)
•  motherboard specifications, Basswood
•  motherboard specifications, Tampa2

If your reference is 580-100na you have this motherboard

Tampa2 motherboard specifications.

memory

8 GB

• Amount: 8 GB
• Speed: PC4-19200 MB/s
• Type: DDR4-2400

Memory upgrade information

• Dual channel (2 DIMMs per channel) memory architecture
• Four DDR4 UDIMM (288-pin) sockets
• Supports PC4-19200 (DDR4-2400)
• Supports 4 GB and 8 GB DDR4 UDIMMs
• Supports up to 4 GB on 32-bit systems

  note:

  32-bit systems cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory.

• Supports up to 32 GB (unbuffered) on 64-bit computers

this being hp gave different possibilities for this same motherboard

•  motherboard specifications, Tampa2

if you wish to use another frequency, and if possible, you will have to replace the original module (if it has the frequency indicated above)

• Dual channel (2 DIMMs per channel) memory architecture
• Four DDR4 UDIMM (288-pin) sockets
• Supports PC4-21300 (DDR4-2666) and PC4-19200 (DDR4-2400)
• Supports 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB DDR4 UDIMMs
• Supports up to 4 GB on 32-bit systems

  note:

  32-bit systems cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory.

• Supports up to 64 GB (unbuffered) with four 16 GB modules and 32 GB (unbuffered) with four 8 GB modules on 64-bit computers

the crucial scan that I often recommend could actually help you

[maxguenther]

When i run the scan it can not find my pc although that might be because i have upgraded the storage. It says that it cannot find a matching PC on their database. But, when i type in the PC I get from pasting in the product number from the support asisstant (580-100na) it tells me literally any RAM is compatible, uDIMM or not.

[maxguenther]

Thank you!

[Prométhée]

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