Upgrading memory and others on HP Pavilion g6 A3J87UA#ABC laptop

[TheBossArvie]

I want to upgrade my HP Pavilion g6 A3J87UA#ABC laptop... This laptop is been with me since 2010 and I want it to last more by upgrading it. I want to prioritize upgrading the RAM and storage memory, what is the maximum possible memory I can put in this without any errors and such issues? 

Another thing to is, I like to upgrade it into Windows 10 (at present its Win7 Service Pack 1 64bit). Can I upgrade my motherboard or even the graphics card to handle large workloads such as Adobe CC, Cubase and Cities Skylines? Or I just upgrade the memory modules only... Thanks for the help!

[banhien · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The following link shows specs of your machine:

      http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03086806

1. RAM: Currently it has 4GB of RAM (2 x 2) you can upgrade to 8GB ( 2 x 4). The following manual shows you how:

     http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02968637.pdf

2. Storage: It has 750GB 5400rpm, you can upgrade to 1TB faster HDD or even SSD. In theory you can use any BUT please use existing brand for compatible.

3. CPU: Please check page #2 of the above manual. You need right part number on page 81.

4. Video: sorry you can't, the chip is solderd to the motherboard and it came with CPU.

5. Motherboard: You are talking about buying new machine, much better. It is not easy and NOT economical to upgrade motherboard for laptops.

Regards.

[TheBossArvie]

Thank you for the big help! 🙂

[TheBossArvie]

Just another sideline questions related to this post:

In terms of the RAM upgrade, should I buy a 8GB single stick? or a 8GB dual channel kit (2x4)? Which is better in yielding me more performance?

And another thing, will it work if I bought 2 8GB in dual channel kit? 🙂

In terms of the hard drive upgrade, am I limited only to upgrade into a 1TB drive? or I can go higher?

I'm sorry for asking a lot of questions, I just want to know and make sure... Thank you again. 🙂