8gig max memory

[FlyingBanana]

I am just wondering if it is due to the age and support at the time if this laptop is only upgradable to 8 gig. It has two memory slots in it so why would it not be upgradable to 16 gig with two 8 gig memory sticks? Or am I maxed out already at the 8 gig I have on it now and no longer upgradable on the memory side of it? I really like this laptop and would really hate to have to toss it due to needing more memory usage and it not support it. But if it will indeed suport 16 gig then I will be more than happy to toss a SSD drive and memory its way.

[banhien]

Hi,

No, 8GB is the max number, Crucial alsom says that:

    http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/HP---Compaq/hp-2000-2d22dx

Regards.

[Huffer]

The Manuals are down right now scheduled to come back up maybe later today. In the meantime I can say that yours is an Intel Core 3rd generation and most of those models can take 16 gigs. 

A lot of folks do the 8 gig to 16 gig upgrade only to find out it has not improved the performance because most computer users never use more than 8 gigs even with Windows 10. 8 gigs is a lot of RAM and unless you are running virtual machines, editing video or doing production coding or photo editing large batches of images, you cannot make full use of 16 gigs. The SSD on the other hand is night and day. It is an immediate very noticable improvement in operating speed. 

Still, RAM is cheap right now and if your laptop can run 16 gigs, we can confirm that once HP gets the Manuals back online. 

[FlyingBanana]

Is there any reasoning behind this as the i3-3120M processor supports up to 32 gig is it a HP/Compaq setting just seems odd that it wouldn't support 8 gig sticks. I checked Crucial.com as well and it said the same thing but I have seen others that have said their laptops were listed as 8 gig but in fact did support 16 gig 2x8 sticks. So in otherwords it is time for a new laptop even though there is nothing wrong with this other than its memory limitations.

[FlyingBanana]

Yes that is in fact why I am wanting to upgrade to 16 gig and go with a SSD is due to video editing on this laptop. I know it wasn't intended for doing it but it runs the software fine but when it comes to the render and export I have run into many of times I was unable to do so due to low memory warnings then closing the software to recover memory.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Yeah in any event an i3 is not optimal for what you are doing. I tend to believe Crucial...if they could sell you bigger more expensive sticks of memory they would. And yes, it is an HP thing but very real...16 gigs may work but odds are against it. 

[FlyingBanana]

Alrighty, guess its off to the slave force to get enough money for a new laptop rather than deal with these issues. Was hoping to be able to hold off and get away with just upgrading the memory and getting a SSD which at any rate would be able to be transfered into a new laptop. Thanks for your help. And the editing isn't an everyday thing nor feature length editing. More of a hobbist thing of short short clips. But at any rate, thanks and will mark this as solved.