upgrade for notebook

[umut5]

I would like to know what upgrades can I do on my gaming laptop. I need a better SSD, and if i could I would like to upgrade my CPU too. My SSD has only 128gb of storage and I think it is slow

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The processor is an integral part of the motherboard and cannot be upgraded.

You can install a larger capacity NVMe SSD.

I noticed from the manual link I posted below that the 128 GB NVMe SSD is only PCIe 3x2 and there is support for PCIe 3x4 SSD's, so that may be one of the reasons why the drive seems a bit slow since it is only using half of the PCIe lanes.

The PCIe Generation of your notebook's M.2 SSD slot is 3.0, which means that if you decide to purchase a PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD, it will not run at its maximum advertised read/write speeds from the Gen 3.0 slot.

If you haven't upgraded the memory yet, I would definitely add another 8 GB memory chip in the empty slot so you double the memory, and it will also run in the higher performing dual channel mode rather than the single channel mode it is running in now.

Below is the link to the service manual.

Maintenance and Service Guide HP Pavilion Gaming 15 Laptop PCIMPORTANT! This document is intended fo...

[BeemerBiker]

CPU is soldered onto the motherboard

You can easily upgrade your 128 or you can add either a hard drive or an SSD to give additional storage above 128gb

Do you currently have a hard drive?

You can replace your 128gb with a 1TB WD SN570 as follows

Get the SN570, a USB3 adapter, and download the WD cloning software

Use the software to clone the old 128 to the new 1tb and then replace the 128. 

Alternately, you can just add a huge hard drive or SDD as long as it is 7mm thick

parts and diagrams are shown on page 20 and 21 of users manual

 add an SSD or HDD .  The size needs to be 7mm thick and you need to get a cable Ld56898-001 and a tray or caddy

[edit] @Paul_Tikkanen you beat me to it.

[umut5]

Yes, I currently have a hard drive installed on my laptop. Can you give me some ideas on what SSD I should buy? I can buy SN570 as BeemerBiker said, but I am not sure what to buy. I am also thinking that I can buy the same RAM that is in my laptop and install it to the slot that is available

I currently have Samsung 8 GB 3200 MHz DDR4 SODIMM M471A1K43DB1-CWE as ram and TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100 as hdd

[Paul_Tikkanen]

The SN570 is a good performing SSD at a budget price.

If you can't find a SN570 anymore, since Western Digital now has moved on to making the SN580 PCIe Gen 4 x 4 SSD, that would be a good alternative, but it will not run at its maximum advertised read/write speeds from your notebook's Gen 3.0 SSD slot.

A slightly better performing but more expensive SSD would be the Samsung 980 PCIe 3.0

The Samsung 980 Pro is a PCIe Gen 4.0 and would not perform any better than the 980 3.0  because of the notebook's M.2 Gen 3.0. SSD slot.

Usually, an 8 GB Crucial memory chip will work alongside the one HP installed.

Crucial 8GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM | CT8G4SFRA32A | Crucial.com

Or you can max out the memory and install 2 x 16 GB:

Crucial 16GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM | CT16G4SFRA32A | Crucial.com

[BeemerBiker]

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@umut5 wrote:

Yes, I currently have a hard drive installed on my laptop. Can you give me some ideas on what SSD I should buy? I can buy SN570 as BeemerBiker said, but I am not sure what to buy. I am also thinking that I can buy the same RAM that is in my laptop and install it to the slot that is available

I currently have Samsung 8 GB 3200 MHz DDR4 SODIMM M471A1K43DB1-CWE as ram and TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100 as hdd

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You have 1TB hard drive which is about the largest that can go in with 7mm of spaces

Really, the best I can think of is as @Paul_Tikkanen suggested: add memory.

Get an identical 8gb memory, same part number. Look on eBay for used  memory.

It is likely that the speed of the memory will drop but that is expected.  For example, a drop from 2666 to 2133 due to adding memory results in an effective speed of 4266 since the memory is accessed concurrently.