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‎12-20-2017 04:04 PM

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Product: HP EliteBook 840 G1 Notebook PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I want to upgrade my laptop's RAM and harddrive. First question, I was wondering if the following products are compatible with the laptop:

 

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3L 1600 (PC3L 12800) Laptop Memory Model F3-1600C...

Kingston A400 2.5" 480GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SA400S37/480G

 

My second question is if these are good components for the upgrade. If not, a suggestion that would be better and in the same price range (thinking of spending 150-300 dollars canadian for both parts). 

 

My last question would be if the performance of the laptop would significantly improve by upgrading with these parts? I am a programmer so I use IDE's such as Visual Studio and Unity (they tend to lag a bit) and virtual machines (they are extremely slow on the laptop at the moment). I was wondering if these issues would be improved?

 

Here are the specs of the laptop currently:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.6GHz 2.30 GHz

RAM: 8.00GB (7.90 usable)

System type: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor

 

Thanks so much!

 

Jordan

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‎01-08-2018 02:24 AM

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I'm not a pro but I think RAM + SSD are good for your Laptop. G.Skill & Kingston are both good. I'm using the same laptop with SSD 240GB of KingDian - a chinese manufaturer and feels good. Keep upgrade it and give me some feedback, OK! Good luck.

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