What's the max supported ram speed for HP Laptop - 17-by3613dx?

[Flightsimboii]

I'm trying to upgrade the ram on my HP Laptop - 17-by3613dx. It has 8 gigs at 2666mhz currently, I want to know what the max  supported speed of the motherboard of this laptop is.

Thanks!

 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Your notebook's motherboard can only run the memory at a max speed of 2666 MHz.

HP Laptop - 17-by3613dx Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

I'm kind of surprised by that since the Intel specs for your notebook's processor indicates it can run memory at 3200 MHz.

Intel Core i51035G1 Processor 6M Cache up to 3.60 GHz Product Specifications

[Flightsimboii]

Unfortunate. I understand that 2666mhz is pretty slow, but do you think it'll still help with performance if I add another 8gb  of memory? I'm not trying to game on it or anything, just yt and browsing.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Yes, the notebook should perform a little better if you add another 8 GB memory chip.

There are two reasons for that...

1. More memory...16 GB instead of 8 GB, leaving you with more free memory to run memory - hungry applications.

2. The memory will run in the higher performing dual channel mode instead of the single channel mode it is running in now.

Since your notebook come with a fast-performing NVMe SSD, there isn't anything you can do to increase the drive performance unless you replace the drive with a better performing model NVMe SSD.