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HP Pavilion Gaming - 15-ec0066ax
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my laptop is HP PAVILLION 15 EC 0066AX

i want to upgrade my laptop RAM and ssd as i can see slow in booting speed and in task manager RAM is consuming almost 95% . i'm bit confused which speed RAM i have to use. i have 2*4 GB ram cards . i want to make them to 4+8 which gives 12GB ram . please also suggest me a best RAM and ssd to keep my device so fast.
thank you

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Here is a source for guaranteed compatible memory and SSD products for your laptop.

https://www.crucial.in/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-15-ec0066ax

 

I suggest installing a Crucial P5 Plus 1TB PCIe M.2 2280 single-sided SSD

https://www.crucial.in/ssd/p5-plus/ct1000p5pssd8/ct20194324

Upgrading to 12 GB is definitely not such a great plan.  16 GB is a better idea.

Crucial 16GB Kit (2x8GB) DDR4-2400  SODIMM

https://www.crucial.in/memory/ddr4/ct2k8g4sfs824a/ct17771803

Remove the original modules and upgrade with identical memory modules if you want it to work the first time you put the modules in. 



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as a budget issue i cannot do both but i decided to add 8gb ram by taking 4gb out to make 12gb. but confused which specified ram to buy and
in future i want to remove 4gb and add 8gb to make 16gb. and also planning to  add 500gb ssd by removing 128gb ssd.
please give me clarity that i have 4gb-2666Mhz speed kingston RAM in slot-1 and 2. when i check them in cpu-z it showing they are single ranked at CL-17.
please tell me can i add dual ranked 8gb RAM of 2400Mhz or 3200Mhz? or 2666Mhz please reply

Thanks.

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I can't help you with upgrading to 12 GB. 

 

I also can't help you with Kingston memory modules.

 

Kingston does not state which laptops are compatible with specific modules.

 

"please give me clarity that i have 4gb-2666Mhz speed kingston RAM in slot-1 and 2. when i check them in cpu-z it showing they are single ranked at CL-17."

 

The only person capable of doing that is yourself. I don't have your laptop.

 

I suggest you download and use HWiNFO. Install and use it to get more information on your system board and the characteristics it has.



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