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‎01-13-2020 02:28 PM

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Product: HP Spectre X360 i7, 16GB, 512GB SSD

Hello!

 

I'm loving my Spectre laptop, but I would like it to be capable of handling a bit more software at a given time (I'm a musician and work with software like Pro Tools, Finale, a variety of Plugin softwares). I'm no hardware expert, but I've seen some articles saying it's possible to bump the RAM up to 32GB, are there other upgrades I can make? Anything that could improve the processing, an improved SSD would be nice but isn't necessary because I utilize multiple external drives, possibly an improved graphics card for light gaming, etc. Any suggestions are most welcome! 

 

Cody 

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‎01-13-2020 02:56 PM

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@codycarrig 

 

Before I can have some comments, I need to know what EXACTLY is your Spectre X360 since there are few generations and hundreds of models/products called Spectre X360 machines.

 

Please use the following instructions to find out the model/product of your machine:


     https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03754824


Please do NOT post its Serial number (s/n).


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BH
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‎01-13-2020 03:04 PM

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The Product Number is 6KD36UA#ABA, does that answer your question?

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‎01-13-2020 04:23 PM

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@codycarrig 

 

Your machine is an HP Spectre x360 - 13-ap0053dx, which is available in the US and its specs

 

     https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06296486

 

 Its manual:

 

      http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06155404.pdf

 

  1. For RAM: Page 1 says it supports 16GB 2400 DDR4 and RAM is on board (means soldered to the system board) therefore you CAN'T upgrade
  2. For Storage: as you can see, the series has option with  2-TB, 2280, peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe)-3×4, non-volatile memory express (NVMe), DS solid-state drive with triple-level cell (TLC) therefore you can replace 512GB with 1TB or 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD such as Samsung 970EVO series or Crucial P1 serires ....
  3. Video card: No. Video (iGPU and dGPU), CPU, Operating system and RAM are all on one physical unit called System board and changeling it means buying a new machine.

My final say: You can ONLY replace 512GB SSD.

 

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BH
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‎01-13-2020 04:50 PM

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Thank you for your help Banhien. Just to clarify, I couldn't upgrade the RAM even if I had it re-soldered?
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‎01-13-2020 10:56 PM

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@codycarrig wrote:
Thank you for your help Banhien. Just to clarify, I couldn't upgrade the RAM even if I had it re-soldered?

@codycarrig 

 

The series supports 16GB max (as from manual) and your machine already has 16GB as from its specs.

 

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