Dv7-2173cl memory 4gb to 8gb

So I have a dv7-2173cl laptop, which comes with 4 gb of ram I am wondering if there would be  much of a performance increase, if memory increased to 8gb I am running win7 home premium 64 bit
Thanks

Understandable! I am the same way with my PC. Personally, I wouldn't go and do it if you plan on doing picture editing while using the Media Center on your TV, you would probably won't notice a big difference in smoothness.
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