Upgrade on Hp Pavilion Gaming Desktop

[Cxmeryn]

I would like to know what 16gb rams and 500gb or 1tb ssds are compatible on this gaming desktop, would like to upgrade from the existing 8gb ram and 256gb ssd eventually. Thanks.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@Cxmeryn 

Its specs

       https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06693646

1. RAM: It has 8 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB) now, you can upgrade to

     (a) 16GB: add same existing RAM to slot 2 OR using the following compatible RAM

                            https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct8g4dfra266/ct19205259

    (b) 32GB: using the following compatible RAM

                            https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct2k16g4dfra32a/ct19205186

2. STORAGE: It has 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD now. You can upgrade to 1TB or 2TB using

                         https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/970-evo-nvme-m2-ssd/MZ-V7E2T0BW/

                         https://www.crucial.com/products/ssd/crucial-p2-ssd

             Or similar from reputable vendors.
                   One example (compatible drive, can use smaller/larger capacity

                         https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p5/ct1000p5ssd8/ct19205263

  You can also add normal HDD to your machine

Regards.

[Cxmeryn]

Hello, I have a follow up question to my original. I would like to know if I would be able to upgrade the ram and ssd before the first start up, or if I were to upgrade the ssd and ram after the first boot up down the line how I would go about doing so, thank you.