Which hard drive (clicking noise,need replacement) and which RAM sticks are compatible with my Toshiba Satellite C850-13H?
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Boogieman_WD
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Hey there, Kreljcina
Basically every 2.5" HDD would be compatible with your laptop as long as it's up to 2TB (not sure about bigger HDDs, but anyway you'll be OK with any 2.5" 500GB drive). You could take a look at the WD Blue and the WD Black mobile drives. The WD Blue mobile drive is a simple and reliable HDD for general everyday usage, which comes with a 2-year limited warranty. However, if you want a bit more from your HDD in terms of performance, you could take a look at the WD Black mobile drive. It's fast,reliable and designed to handle better gaming, demanding programs, video editing etc. and it comes with a 5-year limited warranty. You can take a closer look at those drives' features here:
WD Blue - Mobile
WD Black - Mobile
As for the RAM sticks - from what I found on the web, your laptop comes with a 2GB DDR3 (1,333 MHz) stick and supports RAM of up to 8GB. If you want to upgrade and add another 2GB RAM stick, you should get one which is DDR3 and has the same CAS latency, timings, and voltage as the one you already have. However, if those things match you can add a RAM stick which is a different speed in case you don't find a stick which matches yours. If you don't want to risk it, it would be a lot easier to get a new 4GB DDR3 stick (or 2x2GB RAM sticks) and replace the existing 2GB RAM stick.
Here's a helpful article on how to find out everything you need to know about your RAM, without opening the computer: http://www.howtogeek.com/175434/how-can-i-check-my-computers-ram-configuration-without-opening-the-case/
Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
Basically every 2.5" HDD would be compatible with your laptop as long as it's up to 2TB (not sure about bigger HDDs, but anyway you'll be OK with any 2.5" 500GB drive). You could take a look at the WD Blue and the WD Black mobile drives. The WD Blue mobile drive is a simple and reliable HDD for general everyday usage, which comes with a 2-year limited warranty. However, if you want a bit more from your HDD in terms of performance, you could take a look at the WD Black mobile drive. It's fast,reliable and designed to handle better gaming, demanding programs, video editing etc. and it comes with a 5-year limited warranty. You can take a closer look at those drives' features here:
WD Blue - Mobile
WD Black - Mobile
As for the RAM sticks - from what I found on the web, your laptop comes with a 2GB DDR3 (1,333 MHz) stick and supports RAM of up to 8GB. If you want to upgrade and add another 2GB RAM stick, you should get one which is DDR3 and has the same CAS latency, timings, and voltage as the one you already have. However, if those things match you can add a RAM stick which is a different speed in case you don't find a stick which matches yours. If you don't want to risk it, it would be a lot easier to get a new 4GB DDR3 stick (or 2x2GB RAM sticks) and replace the existing 2GB RAM stick.
Here's a helpful article on how to find out everything you need to know about your RAM, without opening the computer: http://www.howtogeek.com/175434/how-can-i-check-my-computers-ram-configuration-without-opening-the-case/
Hope that helps.
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You are most welcome. I'd recommend that you don't go for DDR3L, it might not be supported by the chipset of your laptop. When you're searching for laptop memory, scroll down to the speed filters and click the little arrow for the speed you want your RAM to have, then mark the DDR3 filter only (without the DDR3L one), so that you get results just for DDR3 ram sticks.
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DDR3 is simply one of the RAM types. Both desktop computers and laptops can use all types there are available (if supported by the motherboard) so there's DDR3 for desktop PCs and laptops as well, but the memory modules (RAM sticks) are different in size. The ones for laptops are smaller than those used in desktop computers, so you should get RAM for laptops. From what I saw when I opened your link, it said at the top - Home > Computer Hardware > Memory > Laptom Memory, which means that all the suggested options there should be for laptops. Just make sure you've selected laptop memory
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