- Jun 24, 2017
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I would be very grateful if the members of this internet forum could assist me in making the right choice. I intend to improve my old and inexpensive, albeit reliable laptop. The laptop in question is a Dell Inspiron n4050 with the following specifications:
- Intel B815
- Intel HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)
Dell(1028 0502) 786MB
- Sandy Bridge HM67 Motherboard
- pretty standard HDD
- Samsung M471B5773CHS-CH9 1x2GB
2GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
1 of 2 slots used
The reason why I intend to improve it is to keep it as a decent, if not very good, computer that would be used for surfing the web and lite Office work. The laptop in question would be used as a secondary computer, while a new one would fill the primary role.
The computer was shipped with a no more than standard 500GB HDD. I swapped it for a Samsung PM851 256GB SSD which, coupled with a fresh Windows install, is working flawlessly. Big improvement, both for comfort and speed.
My question would be, would an additional 2GB of RAM help with increasing the performance of the system? Is the, rather inexpensive, additional memory module worth the effort? Will I be able to combine a module from another manufacturer? Naturally, the one with the same specifications. Is it possible to find faster DDR3 for the laptop I own? Or is the 1333MHz one the maximum for my system?
- Intel B815
- Intel HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)
Dell(1028 0502) 786MB
- Sandy Bridge HM67 Motherboard
- pretty standard HDD
- Samsung M471B5773CHS-CH9 1x2GB
2GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
1 of 2 slots used
The reason why I intend to improve it is to keep it as a decent, if not very good, computer that would be used for surfing the web and lite Office work. The laptop in question would be used as a secondary computer, while a new one would fill the primary role.
The computer was shipped with a no more than standard 500GB HDD. I swapped it for a Samsung PM851 256GB SSD which, coupled with a fresh Windows install, is working flawlessly. Big improvement, both for comfort and speed.
My question would be, would an additional 2GB of RAM help with increasing the performance of the system? Is the, rather inexpensive, additional memory module worth the effort? Will I be able to combine a module from another manufacturer? Naturally, the one with the same specifications. Is it possible to find faster DDR3 for the laptop I own? Or is the 1333MHz one the maximum for my system?
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