Recommendation of Best SSD type for my laptop

[Mahmoud-Sherif]

Hello guys,

I have pavilion x360 15-bk010ne i5 sixth generation laptop with 8Gb ram,

I am observing an obvious lag in the performance of my laptop so I was thinking about upgrading my normal HDD to an SSD drive, so what type of SSD would you recommend for me ?

and does it worth it to replace my hard drive,

or should I consider upgrading my Ram to 16 Gb as well?

Thank you for your help.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

HP Pavilion x360 Convertible PC (model numbers 15-bk100 through 15-bk199 and 15-bk000 through 15-bk0...

Chapter 1 has the supported drive types and memory upgrade info.

You would need to replace the 2.5" mechanical hard drive with a 2.5" SSD.

I recommend one of the Western Digital Blue 2.5" SATA SSD's, which provide the best performance for the price.

This is the 500 GB model, for example.

WD Blue 500GB SATA 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN - Best Buy

Memory:

If your notebook has a single 8 GB memory chip, I would definitely add a second 8 GB memory chip to max out the memory.

Crucial 8GB DDR3L-1600 SODIMM | CT102464BF160B | Crucial.com

I believe the service manual is incorrect indicating the max memory is only 8 GB.

You can do this to confirm how much memory your notebook can support...

1. In the search box, search for cmd and click Run as administrator. This will open the command prompt.

2. Once command prompt is opened, type wmic memphysical get maxcapacity and hit enter. There, it will show the maximum RAM capacity your PC's motherboard can support.

The capacity is shown as Kilobytes, so you have to convert it to Gigabytes by dividing the number provided in the report by 1,048,576.

[Mahmoud-Sherif]

Thank you for your quick reply, yes its max ram is 16 Gb.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

[Mahmoud-Sherif]

Can I find this 8 Gb ram in Egypt ? 
cause Crucial does not ship to Egypt.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Unfortunately, that I do not know.

Go to the popular electronics/computer store website in Egypt and enter that part number in a search window and see what comes up.

CT102464BF160B