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Acer Aspire 7740G MS2287

goumich Posted messages 23 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
Miura564 Posted messages 14829 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello,

I bought an Acer Aspire 7740G laptop several months ago. It works well, but I would like to improve it a bit.
I want to change the memory, but I'm not sure which one to choose, and I want to replace the hard drives so that the read and write speeds are faster. Basically, I want the best memory and hard drives (compatible with my laptop).
Can someone give me some advice?
Info: 4GB of DDR3
500GB hard drive that runs at 5400 RPM.
Thanks in advance ;)

Configuration: Windows Seven Pro, Intel Core i5, ATI HD5650, 4GB of memory

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    Miura564 Posted messages 14829 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 560
     
    Hello,

    Your laptop accepts up to 8 GB of RAM (2x4GB) 1066 MHz with a 64-bit system.

    As for the prices, they range from €76 (Kingston ValueRAM SO-DIMM 8 Go (2 x 4 Go)) to €98 (SO-DIMM 8 Go (2x 4 Go)); for the choice, it depends on your tastes.

    Concerning the hard drive, you should keep in mind that if you change it, you will need to reinstall the system and you will no longer have the ACER recovery partition. Even if you have created the recovery discs, they might not work on the new hard drive.

    For prices, they start at €67 and can go over €500 depending on the model. You need a SATA drive at 7200 rpm or even 10000 rpm if you can afford it. The ideal is to find an SSHD (hybrid HDD+SSD).

    Examples:
    HDD: Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000 1 To, €69.95
    2.5" hard drive 1 To 7200 RPM 32 Mo Serial ATA III 6Gb/s (bulk)
    SSHD: SEAGATE Momentus Laptop SSHD - 2.5 inches - 1 To + 8 Go SSD - 5400 rpm - 64 Mo - SATA 6Go/s, €89.39

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  2. Zyglos
     
    Hello,
    You can't change the configurations of a laptop, you can only add RAM sticks!
    Have a nice day.
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    1. goumich Posted messages 23 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   12
       
      Well, I don't want to change the entire configuration....., as mentioned earlier, I specifically want to change the memory if possible, to 6 or 8GB and disks that spin faster, like 7200 RPM SATA II with faster access to the disk, and I know that these can be changed because I've already checked, but I have no idea what to put in. With Windows Seven, I'm getting 5.7 with my hard drives and I want to get higher.
      Thanks in advance and have a great day everyone.
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  3. misanthropedegout Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     
    HDD performance cannot reach the maximum rating by default; you can reach a maximum of 6.5 and HDD performance does not indicate your PC's performance at all. Also, if you want good RAM, take a look at it https://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00126800.html

    a tower has always been more powerful than a laptop; there's no point in optimizing a laptop. At best, get a custom tower built by a technician. You can get a Nvidia Titan Z for €2800 for the graphics card; just imagine the performance (one of the most powerful in the world) with a Maximus Heroes IV C2 motherboard and a 4 GHz Intel processor for €450, and just with that you'll want to throw your laptop away if you install your OS in 64-bit. After that, you will still need an SSD for hardware acceleration, so a 120 GB PNY by default costs you €60. Even with this type of hardware, you will achieve the maximum rating in performance index for both graphics and processor calculations (seconds) if you thought about going through MSconfig (startup--> advanced startup--> number of processors /!\ especially do not do this under AMD /!\). With maximum memory ops, your HDD performance will never exceed 6.5 even with a tower, so forget about it for a laptop.
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    1. misanthropedegout Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      After his request, a certain handling of this type of PC, which I indicated to you, is more for cinematic work and high-performance gaming creation, not for a simple user to do what? Audio-video editing with Windows Live? Playing a few games? Listening to music? It will be useless to have such a powerful PC if you are not doing heavy tasks. Well... it will just be throwing your money out the window. This type of PC is meant to use the latest Adobe Creative Suite and the latest high-precision work plugins in Java and others, where you indeed need power. A simple user with this in their hands is easily fooled by the PC and ends up crashing it by not exploiting it enough.
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