HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Hi...
just a quick question please,
my HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC came with a 8GB RAM so can i increase the RAM size to be 16GB?
if yes will it have a great effect on my laptop performance or i wouldn't feel the deference?
my laptop details are as follow:
Product name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
Product number: B6K67EA#ABV
thank you for your assistance in advance

Hi:
Yes, you can upgrade your PC to 16 GB of memory.
2 x 8 GB of PC3-12800 notebook memory.
Whether or not you will "feel" a better performance increase depends on what you do with the PC, how many applications you have open at the same time, etc.
If it were me, I would max out the memory while it is still relatively inexpensive.

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