Want to update my notebook. What parts i can use?

[realsam]

Have HP Pavilion 15-ab214ur notebook.

I'm not happy with it cause it's too slow from first day of using.

Often Hard Drive have high loading (about 100%) and system is extremely slow.

I wonder how HP made so "uncomfortable" equipment.

Now I want to solve that problem by upgrading HDD and  RAM.

I can't find any upgrade recomendations for this!

Not about maximum RAM or it's parametrs (compability), and  about compatible HDD.

I've find the same 4 GB module SK Hynix. And i plan to add it.

What SSD i can connect with removing old and slow HDD Toshiba  MQ01ABF050.

What SSD will be good?

What about Samsung MZ-76E500BW?  Is it fast enough? And is it more faster than Toshiba  MQ01ABF050 (that installed in that notebook by HP)?

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@realsam wrote:

Have HP Pavilion 15-ab214ur notebook.

I'm not happy with it cause it's too slow from first day of using.

Often Hard Drive have high loading (about 100%) and system is extremely slow.

I wonder how HP made so "uncomfortable" equipment.

Now I want to solve that problem by upgrading HDD and  RAM.

I can't find any upgrade recomendations for this!

Not about maximum RAM or it's parametrs (compability), and  about compatible HDD.

I've find the same 4 GB module SK Hynix. And i plan to add it.

What SSD i can connect with removing old and slow HDD Toshiba  MQ01ABF050.

What SSD will be good?

What about Samsung MZ-76E500BW?  Is it fast enough? And is it more faster than Toshiba  MQ01ABF050 (that installed in that notebook by HP)?

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Based on your HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-ab214ur Product Specifications, it looks like your system shipped with a 500GB 5400 RPM SATA Disk Drive.

My friend, based on just that I can tell you that upgrading only that drive to any new SSD Drive will result in a huge performance boost.  I personally would recommend the Samsung you inquired about.

I wouldn't try to upgrade both the RAM and the HD on this unit...At that point you'd be better off just going for a newer notebook that has a faster CPU (processor) and specs.

[David_J_W · Accepted solution]

HP make what the market wants - everything from very low end systems that are likely to feel very sluggish through the top end systems that use the best components available. There is a huge price difference from one end of the range to the other.

15-ab214ur is definitely a budget system. You can upgrade the RAM and the primary drive, but you will be stuck with the slow processor and weak iGPU. Only you can judge whether you're better spending money on what you have or whether you are better selling your current system and buying something more powerful.

HP documentation only contains outline specifications for memory modules. The only memory HP guarantee is compatible is that sold by HP Parts for your system. However, that is an expensive way to buy memory, especially as most if not all of those modules will simply be commercially available modules with a HP label. The factory modules in my ZBook are SK Hynix.

My advice would be to buy guaranteed compatible memory from a reputable supplier such as crucial.com. If, however, you have found a module with the same manufacturer part number as that already in the system, that should work fine: the system has two slots and I presume you've checked that only one slot is occupied. Installation instructions are in the Maintenance and Service Guide.

A Samsung 860 EVO SSD should be a considerable leap in performance from the existing hard disk. I cannot guarantee compatibility; perhaps someone who is reading has tried that SSD in a similar system to yours. Samsung 860 EVO is amongst the top performing 2.5 inch SATA SSDs for notebooks. If you go for a 2.5 inch SSD, it must be no more than 9mm high; I don't think you'll find any SSD that breaches this requirement.

The system has a M.2 slot, so you could leave the hard disk for bulk storage and add a M.2 SATA SSD to act as a system drive. I don't believe there is any support for NVMe SSDs; certainly no factory specification included a NVMe SSD and I would not recommend NVMe in this system.

You take on the compatibility risk any time you fit a part that is not on the HP part list for the system. As such, it is up to you to decide how to proceed; nobody here can guarantee compatibility of non-HP parts.