Need help with Laptop Upgrade
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Due to short budget, I have 5year old laptop and want to upgrade it. It’s running with windows 7 very little slowness… but want to upgrade RAM/SSD to make it little faster to handle windows 10.
It will be helpful if links are shared so I can purchase directly and upgrade laptop on my own.
thanks
| Product Name | 15-af008ax |
| Product Number | N4F83PA |
| Microprocessor | 2.2 GHz AMD Quad-Core A8-7410 APU with Radeon R5 Graphics |
| Microprocessor Cache | 2 MB cache |
| Memory | 4 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM (1 × 4 GB) |
| Video Graphics | Intel HD Graphics |
| Display | 39.6 cm (15.6") |
| Hard Drive | 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA |
| Multimedia Drive | SuperMulti DVD burner |
| Network Card | Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN |
| Wireless Connectivity | 802.11b/g/n (1×1) and Bluetooth 4.0 combo (Miracast compatible) |
| Sound | DTS Studio Sound with 2 speakers |
| Keyboard | Full-size island-style keyboard with integrated numeric keypad |
| Pointing Device | Touchpad with multi-touch gesture support |
| External Ports | 1 multi-format SD media card reader1 HDMI1 headphone/microphone combo2 USB 3.01 USB 2.01 RJ-45 |
| Dimensions | 38.43 × 25.46 × 2.43 cm |
| Weight | 2.19 kg |
| Power | 4-cell, 41 Wh Li-ion polymer |
| Camera | HP TrueVision HD Webcam (front-facing) with integrated digital microphone |
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Thanks for quick reply…Can you recommend me what to check or some sample links for SSD/RAM. Or points to check to avoid compatibility issues.
Your upgrade options are here
Check PCIE version. It should have minimum 3.0 version otherwise (PCIe 2.0) don’t buy ssd.
I checked on website for AMD A8 it is PCIe 3
SSD will help you the most generally. But before upgrading anything open task manager,open performance tab and track what device is at 100% when your system slows down. It will help you figure out what needs to be upgraded first.
If your cpu is at 100% and hard disk is not then SSD upgrade will not be useful as your cpu is the bottleneck.
After opening few applications, I hardly crosses 70% so I think CPU is in good shape… please find the image of task manager.. Let me know if any other thing.
A8-7410 wasn’t a particularly fast CPU even when it was launched and definitely not by today’s standards. I would suggest installing Windows 10 first to see how the CPU fares but without the mandatory upgrades it would be meaningless really. At least the SSD can be reused in a future system and RAM shouldn’t cost more than Rs 1.5k which is manageable.
LTSC 2021 could be worth a try in case the full-fat Windows 10 is on the slower side.
I checked RAM it is costing around 3k is it correct because you mentioned it’s around 1.5k Crucial 4GB 1600MHz DDR3L 204-Pin Laptop Memory (CT51264BF160B)
You can go with Adata at Rs 1.7k https://www.amazon.in/ADATA-Premier-DDR3-SO-DIM...;
Since Crucial also has a 3 years warranty only as opposed to lifetime for DDR4 (10 years in India AFAIK) it doesn’t make sense to pay a 100% price premium.
Kingston is offering lifetime warranty at just under Rs 2k https://www.amazon.in/gp/aw/d/B00CQ35GYE/ref=ps...
It looks like it. SATA II has been around for close to 15 years now.
Instal CrystalDiskInfo and post the ss. It’s hard to believe that the HDD is just SATA II. Laptop manufacturers are infamous for penny pinching…
Bro, check whether HDD is showing under Manage > Disk management ?
While searching on google, I found this link for converting dynamic disk to basic disk without data loss “https://www.diskpart.com/dynamic-disk/unable-to...”
P.S.- They have used 3rd party software [demo version] don’t know whether same will work or NOT. So, be careful before proceeding with this method.
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Yes you can add ssd in place of dvd drive using a caddy and add another 4gb ram.
post which you should reinstall the windows and all the softwares in ssd drive.
you’ll experience significant improvement in performance and os and apps load time