can the hp 260-a010 pc effectively use 12 Gb of RAM?

[JN83]

Can the hp 260-a010 pc make effective use of 12 Gb of RAM? Product description says it is 64 bit system. Thanks.

[NonSequitur777]

@JN83,

Welcome to our HP User Forum!

An HP Slimline Desktop - 260-a010 (V8P51AA) according to: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05128991 and: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05105345, has been fitted with the Geneva-P motherboard (SSID: 821D) and HP says that it can support up to 2 x 8GB of DDR3 PC3L-12800, 1600 MHz, Non-EEC, Unbuffered, SODIMM, 204-pin RAM sticks.

The specs also reveal that this PC supports the Intel Pentium J3710 (Braswell-D) Quad Core processor only. The processor is not upgradeable.

Speaking of the non-upgradable Pentium J3710, this processor sports an extremely low single core score, and can barely handle email and light web browsing.

Now, according to: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/91532/intel-pentium-processor-j3710-2m-cache-up..., this processor's max RAM size is stated to be only 8GB.

So, to answer your question, quote: "Can the hp 260-a010 pc make effective use of 12 Gb of RAM?", please take a look at the RAM scores of these HP 260-a010 desktops: UserBenchmark: HP 260-a010 Compatible Components, and the answer is, unfortunately: with RAM scores in the teens and low twenties -no, not really.

Before you are tempted to spend another dime on this PC, please consider this gloves-off HP Slimline 260-a010 Desktop customer review I found on Amazon:

Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2QQ8WDI1LOLYK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewpnt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B01F5....

Hope this was helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Prométhée]

Hi

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05128991

• Amount: 4 GB
• Speed: PC3L-12800 MB/s
• Type: DDR3L-1600

very clearly insufficient, a minimum of 8gb is preferable
Curious about this processor story, Intel info

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05128991
Hp says this

Memory upgrade information

• Dual channel memory architecture
• Two DDR3L SODIMM (204-pin) sockets
• Supports up to PC3L-12800 (DDR3L-1600)
• Supports 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB SODIMMs
• 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

  note:

  HP has tested a maximum of 16 GB on this system and does not recommend maximum memory beyond the 16 GB amount.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05105345

• Dual channel memory architecture
• Two DDR3L SODIMM (204-pin) sockets
• Supports up to PC3L-12800 (DDR3L-1600)
• Supports 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB SODIMMs
• 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 16 GB (unbuffered) on 64-bit computers

although not 100% reliable, Crucial also indicates

https://www.crucial.fr/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/hp-slimline-260-a010

maximum amount of memory:16 GB

see the test mentioned here

How to Check Maximum RAM Supported on Your PC - Easytutorial