Hello, im looking into upgrading the ram and hard drive of my laptop.
I am a novice with this so please correct me if im wrong on anything.
I just got a new game (Gate Of Hell Ostfront) and the load times are about 2/3 minutes while playing. In multiplayer majority of other players load within 30 seconds, To my understanding if i upgrade the ram and hard drive the load times would be a lot more faster.
RAM
I believe it has room for two sticks of ram and i dont know how much to upgrade by.
Is it acceptable to mix ram sizes, example being put in a stick of 16GB with the 8 already there to have 24GB.
I believe the CPU supports up to 32GB, should I get two 16GB for a total of 32 or one for 32GB, is there a benefit to have one or two sticks of ram?
With installing it is it just plug it in then you're good to go?
Hard Drive
I dont know whether to just get a M.2 SSD drive and place my games on that, or get I believe a 2.5 SSD and clone everything from my HDD to the SSD which I can then speed up the whole laptop.
I believe with cloning everything to the SSD I would have to use a usb cable and cloning attachments, and then replace the HDD with the SSD in the laptop after the clone.
If this was done would there be anything else to do?
Also could I then place the HDD as the 2nd storage drive and set an option to back everything up to the HDD in case the SSD fails in the future, instead of selling or having the it collect dust in storage?
Finally would these be simple upgrades, as I've never taken it apart and pay someone else to clean it and apply thermal paste, and does anyone recommend any brands for the upgrades.
Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 880M - 8.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Storage Drive
750GB WD BLACK 2.5" WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 230W AC Adaptor
Battery
Vortex 17.3" Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)
I am a novice with this so please correct me if im wrong on anything.
I just got a new game (Gate Of Hell Ostfront) and the load times are about 2/3 minutes while playing. In multiplayer majority of other players load within 30 seconds, To my understanding if i upgrade the ram and hard drive the load times would be a lot more faster.
RAM
I believe it has room for two sticks of ram and i dont know how much to upgrade by.
Is it acceptable to mix ram sizes, example being put in a stick of 16GB with the 8 already there to have 24GB.
I believe the CPU supports up to 32GB, should I get two 16GB for a total of 32 or one for 32GB, is there a benefit to have one or two sticks of ram?
With installing it is it just plug it in then you're good to go?
Hard Drive
I dont know whether to just get a M.2 SSD drive and place my games on that, or get I believe a 2.5 SSD and clone everything from my HDD to the SSD which I can then speed up the whole laptop.
I believe with cloning everything to the SSD I would have to use a usb cable and cloning attachments, and then replace the HDD with the SSD in the laptop after the clone.
If this was done would there be anything else to do?
Also could I then place the HDD as the 2nd storage drive and set an option to back everything up to the HDD in case the SSD fails in the future, instead of selling or having the it collect dust in storage?
Finally would these be simple upgrades, as I've never taken it apart and pay someone else to clean it and apply thermal paste, and does anyone recommend any brands for the upgrades.
Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 880M - 8.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
1st Storage Drive
750GB WD BLACK 2.5" WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
Power Cable
1 x UK Power Lead & 230W AC Adaptor
Battery
Vortex 17.3" Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)