SSD and RAM upgrade options on 14-dq2053cl

[avinashmoram13]

I am trying to find the upgrades that are possible for SSD and RAM for a HP laptop model 14-dq2053cl, running windows 11 home in s mode

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

HP only has the service manual for the older 14-dq0xxx model series.

Maintenance and Service Guide HP 14 Laptop PC

Chapter 1 has the memory and SSD upgrade info.

Your notebook comes with a 256 GB NVMe SSD, so you can install one having a larger storage capacity if you want.

Since the notebook has a PCIe Gen 3 NVMe slot, upgrading to a Gen 4 NVMe SSD would not benefit you, unless you planned on moving the Gen 4 SSD to a newer model notebook in the future.

You can probably upgrade the memory to 2 x 16 GB of DDR4-3200 in your model notebook if you wanted to.

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 maxcapacityEx 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.

[avinashmoram13]

Hi Paul,

Thank you, need some more help to determine which SSD and RAM  I can install.

I do not have plans on moving the Gen 4 SSD to newer model notebook in the future, so can I buy a 1TB PCIe Gen 3 NVMe?

When I search for  PCIe Gen 3 NVMe, I see results like gen3 x 4, below are some results from Amazon.

Silicon Power 1TB - NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD (SP001TBP34A60M28)

Inland Platinum 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive, R/W up to 3...

Silicon Power 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 TLC R/W up to 3,400/3,000MB/s SSD (SU001TBP34A80M28AB)

Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD - Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s, M.2 2280, 3D NAND, Up to 2...

Inland Professional 1TB NVMe SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3.0x4 3D TLC NAND Internal Solid State Drive, PCI...

Western Digital 1TB WD Green SN350 NVMe Internal SSD Solid State Drive - Gen3 PCIe, QLC, M.2 2280, U...

I ran the command you mentioned in the cmd, it showed 32. I just want to make it 16GB, which type of 8GB RAM is compatible with the existing 8GB for this notebook?

Appreciate your help.

Thanks,

Avinash

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, Avinash.

I would go with one of these 3 NVMe SSD's:

Amazon.com: SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology...

Amazon.com: SK hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 Internal SSD | Up to 3500MB/S | Compact M....

Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SN570 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive SSD - Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s, M.2 2280...

Memory:  1 x 8 GB:  3rd one listed:  CT8G4SFRA32A  $30.59

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