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‎11-07-2022 05:47 AM

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Product: HP Gaming Pavilion - 15-cx0042ne
Hello everyone, I have a HP-Pavilion gaming 15-cx series (cx-0042ne), and recently been interested in upgrading the ram, since 8gb of ram isn't really cutting it for me anymore, I've been monitoring my memory usage and it goes to (7.98/8), anyway I've been eyeing some options for memory upgrading, I went to crucial website and did a scan, and they showed some options, anyways I did some more digging and found out that you can't just buy any ram and put it in.
So, I went to see what motherboard I have and CPU using a program called CPU-Z and found out that these are the specifications:
Motherboard:
BaseBoard Manufacturer HP
BaseBoard Product 8478
BaseBoard Version 70.60
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8300H CPU @ 2.30GHz 2.30 GHz
Current RAM:
2 slots of 4GB RAM
Speed: 2667 Manufacturer: SK Hynix Product number: HMA851S6JJR6N-VK
FORM FACTOR: SODIMM
So, using all of that information I decided to look for suitable ram and ended up finding this option here (Crucial RAM 16GB Kit (2x8GB) DDR4 2666 MHz CL19 Laptop Memory CT2K8G4SFRA266: Buy Online at Best Pri...), now all is good and dandy until I saw this in the manual
( Memory Two non-customer-accessible/upgradable memory module slots)
and saw this also
( Supports up to 16 GB of system RAM in the following conƭgurations ● 16384-MB total system memory (8192×2) ● 12288-MB total system memory (8192×1) + (4096×1) 1 8192-MB total system memory (8192×1) or (4096×2) ● 4096-MB total system memory (4096×1) )
So is it possible for me to upgrade the laptop ram? and is my option that I chose good?
Thanks in advance 😄
P.S.: I'm a bit tight on budget.
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‎11-07-2022 06:00 AM

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As long as the Crucial Memory modules are in the list at the Crucial web document at the link below, they are guaranteed to be compatible with your notebook.

https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-gaming-15-cx0042nr

 

I see the memory kit you asked about on the page so you have made a good choice. They are a viable option for your notebook. 

 

Your research was great.  


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‎11-07-2022 06:00 AM

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As long as the Crucial Memory modules are in the list at the Crucial web document at the link below, they are guaranteed to be compatible with your notebook.

https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-gaming-15-cx0042nr

 

I see the memory kit you asked about on the page so you have made a good choice. They are a viable option for your notebook. 

 

Your research was great.  


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‎11-07-2022 06:08 AM

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Once again you came to my rescue Mr. Erico, thank you so much 😄 Have a wonderful day!

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‎11-07-2022 06:09 AM

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YOu're welcome!

 

Have a great day!


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‎11-15-2022 03:22 AM

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Hey Mr. Erico, if you don't mind me asking, the page shows a 3200 mhz, is that compatible with my laptop even though I have a 2666 mhz?

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‎11-15-2022 06:09 AM

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Yes. It is compatible.

 

The new modules will downclock automatically on their own to acommodate the 2666 MHz memory bus bandwidth of your notebook's system board.


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‎11-15-2022 03:12 PM

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Thank you again Mr. Erico! Have a wonderful day 😄

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