Upgrading RAM and maybe SSD

Question

Alright, so I have a HP Pavilion Touchsmart 14 Sleekbook. I want to have a little more speed and capacity. I would like to upgrade my RAM and SSD, but I have no clue on the maximum capacity on this computer. If you all could help me out, I would greatly appreciate that. Also, any recommendations for the brand or sub categories would also be appreciated.Thank you all!!

Answer 1

Hi again,
Manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03721290
Specs: http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-14​-Sleekbook/5355021/model/5438123/document/c0389800​...
You can upgrade upto 8GB maximum according to the Specs page and Manual. And your laptop already had 4gigs in one slot.
There are 2 customer-accessible slots available & you can buy one more exactly identical 4GB RAM preferably same brand for the upgrade & both can act in Dual-channel configuration for better performance.
About the RAM frequency, the user guide does not give reliable information for Celeron processors. So better you find that from BIOS setup f10, soon after powering on the laptop or running CPUZ program tool.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Crucial has an online scanner which detects and lists compatible upgrades guaranteed in your system, you can run that and probably purchase one from them.
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/systemscanner
You can replace HDD with SSD of similar form factor - 2.5 inch SATA 7mm thick. A 250gb or above Samsung Evo SSD would be good in my opinion. Cloning the HDD to SSD would be preferable if you don't want to do a clean install. You could also use Recovery USB you must have created initially to factory reset laptop after SSD upgrade.
If you don't have recovery media, you could create one now preferably in a 32gb good branded USB (avoid Sandisk):
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03481733
If you've upgraded Windows 8 to 8.1 , recovery partition might have become corrupted , this ordering Recovery USB is the option left.
See Page 54-56, 66, 67 Chapter 5 in the Manual & you can see that, for installing SSD, memory module you have to take the System motherboard out. Its better you give it to nearest HP service center for the upgrade since they'll be having all the tools required.
It'll void warranty if you do it yourself & in the process break something.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-contact-us.​html
Regards
Visruth
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