Upgrading Hard drive & RAM

Hi, 
I own a HP dv7-3085dx (product no : VM188UA#ABA) and I need to upgrade my hard drive to a SSD & upgrade my RAM. currenlty I'm having 500GB hdd & 6144MB DDR3 ram. 
1. Please let me know whether Serial ATA III SSD (Samsung - 840 EVO 250GB Internal Serial ATA III Solid State Drive) is compatible with my mother board. And is it possible to use this SSD(primary) together with my old HDD(secondary). 
2. Do i need to buy any extra cables for this upgrade?
3. What is the transfer rate of my RAM? so i could buy a compatible RAM.
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Your specific motherboard has the Intel 5 series chipset which only is capable of SATA-II. However, the SATA-III Samsung 840 Evo will work just fine and you will still see amazing speeds. You have picked a good SSD (the same one I am using so I am a bit prejudiced). 
As for the memory, here is the crucial.com page on your model showing it will take up to 8 gb (2 x 4 gb) of DDR3-1333 SO-DIMM.
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Pavilion%20dv7-3085dx
And yes, you can use 2 hard drives in any dv7. You will need a second drive caddy and cable available here:
http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_5&products_id=222
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