HP laptop Pavillion need expert advice to upgrade

[myKermit]

Hello.

I have an old Pavillion laptop, bought in 2014.

I would like to upgrade the hardware at max it can, and was planning to use it later on mainly for gaming.

Please kindly advice what component/parts that I can replace for better performance, below detail specs copied from system configuration.

Device name      myPC

Processor            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz   2.30 GHz

Installed RAM    8.00 GB

Device ID             824C75DA-8B96-4889-B135-0401A2FABFBC

Product ID           00327-60000-00000-AA081

System type       64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch   Touch support with 10 touch points

thanks in advance 🙂

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@myKermit 

Its specs:

          https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c04168243

Not much, two things you can upgrade

1. RAM: It has  4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 4 GB) now, you can upgrade to 16GB (2 x 8GB) max using the following compatible RAM (or simila)

           https://uk.crucial.com/memory/ddr3/ct2kit102464bf160b/ct19435300

2. STORAGE:  It has 750 GB 5400 rpm SATA now. You can upgrade to 1TB or 2TB using 2.5" SATA SSD's. There are many around such has Crucial MX500 series, Samsung 850/860/870 series .... For example

            https://uk.crucial.com/ssd/mx500/ct1000mx500ssd1/ct19435307

Regards.

[myKermit]

Thank you for you advice and prompt response.