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‎09-22-2016 01:32 AM

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Product: D3E86EA#ABV
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

I have planned to upgrade my laptop as the performance is not meeting the requirments. I usually work with Android Studio, Photoshop, After-Effects and other editing tools. I know I can upgrade my RAM as I have another DIMM slot there. I need to know that I can or cannot upgrade my HDD to SSD ? I have written the system information below.

 

 

Summary

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Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 3230M @ 2.60GHz 77 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Hewlett-Packard 183F (U3E1) 70 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (HP)
Storage
465GB Hitachi HGST HTS545050A7E380 (SATA) 43 °C
Optical Drives
hp DVD A DS8A9SH
Audio
DFX Audio Enhancer

 

Thanks in advance.

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‎09-22-2016 01:52 AM

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Hi,

 

Your machine is an HP Pavilion g6-2320ee:

 

      http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03719418

 

1. Yes, it has a spare slot for RAM. To get full benefit, please buy a SAME stick as existing RAM and install to your computer. The following manual shows you RAM specs, part number and how to add/replace RAM

         

       http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03593041.pdf

 

2. Yes, you can upgrade to SSD, nothing to stop you to do that.  Your machine has 500GB now, you can upgrade to same size (capacity) or larger. Samsung 850 evo series SSD is a hot cake at this point.

 

Regards.

BH
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‎09-22-2016 01:52 AM

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Hi,

 

Your machine is an HP Pavilion g6-2320ee:

 

      http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03719418

 

1. Yes, it has a spare slot for RAM. To get full benefit, please buy a SAME stick as existing RAM and install to your computer. The following manual shows you RAM specs, part number and how to add/replace RAM

         

       http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03593041.pdf

 

2. Yes, you can upgrade to SSD, nothing to stop you to do that.  Your machine has 500GB now, you can upgrade to same size (capacity) or larger. Samsung 850 evo series SSD is a hot cake at this point.

 

Regards.

BH
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‎09-22-2016 07:05 AM

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I have a couple of questions to get cleared :

 

1.Can I go for windows 10 or stay with the same OS ?

2.Will external GPU's really work ? If yes will it support my laptop ?

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