Asus N55SL

Mounthooly · 28 Mar 2014 at 17:53

I have inherited an ASUS N55SL, S2019V. It has original spec, what can I do to upgrade it?

CEUOTC · 29 Mar 2014 at 15:57

The ASUS N55SL will take upto 16gb of DDR3, you could also fit a SSD and use a DVD Caddy to fit the original HDD into the DVD bay. Also searching will also show how to upgrade the screen to 1080p.

Mounthooly · 29 Mar 2014 at 20:57

CEUOTC said:
The ASUS N55SL will take upto 16gb of DDR3, you could also fit a SSD and use a DVD Caddy to fit the original HDD into the DVD bay. Also searching will also show how to upgrade the screen to 1080p.

16Gb? seriously?, I believe you but can you give me the link please. I have just gone and bought 2 sticks of 4Gb. I now intend returning them and buying 2x8Gb.

I never realised I could use the blue ray bay as a drive bay.

Thanks

Mounthooly · 30 Mar 2014 at 03:39

Ok, so Ive been digging around and I came across this However, PC manufacturers should now find it easier to support larger memories because the Intel Core iX chips have the memory controller on the processor. Although 8GB is still common, many mobile Core chips now support 16GB, according to Intel's Ark spec sheets. These include the Core i3 2350M, 2367M, and 2370M; the Core i5 2410M, 2430M, 2435M, and 2450M; and the Core i7 2670QM, 2675QM, 2710QE, 2720QM, 2760QM, 2820QM and 2860QM.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2012/jul/12/windows-laptop-16gb-memory-wanted

I hope no one objects to the link

Mounthooly · 30 Mar 2014 at 03:59

So if I get 16GB of ram and an SSD do you think I can improve on this score or will I need to do something with the GPU?

https://flic.kr/p/mz4jrt

CEUOTC · 30 Mar 2014 at 16:14

Mounthooly said:
So if I get 16GB of ram and an SSD do you think I can improve on this score or will I need to do something with the GPU?

https://flic.kr/p/mz4jrt

I had the N55 with the GT 555M, fitted 16gb of RAM myself, did not replace the HDD or Optical drive, the GPU is fixed ie soldiered to the board.

SSD swap will be easy if need be put the HDD in a external caddy and keep the DVD/BLU drive fitted.

Mounthooly · 1 Apr 2014 at 01:49

I never thought getting 16Gb of dual channel ram could be so hard. Any ideas where to find 2x8Gb of 1333 MHz ram (in stock) for my laptop?

CEUOTC · 1 Apr 2014 at 17:43

Mounthooly said:
I never thought getting 16Gb of dual channel ram could be so hard. Any ideas where to find 2x8Gb of 1333 MHz ram (in stock) for my laptop?

It will run 1600, the laptop will just run it at 1333.

Mounthooly · 5 Apr 2014 at 00:58

Fitted Samsung 840 EVO SSD and 16Gb Corsair 1333 ram and my laptop is running faster than Nico Rosberg, thanks CEOTC

CEUOTC · 5 Apr 2014 at 18:44

Mounthooly said:
Fitted Samsung 840 EVO SSD and 16Gb Corsair 1333 ram and my laptop is running faster than Nico Rosberg, thanks CEOTC

Np dude.

TheVortex · 21 Apr 2014 at 12:36

Hi, could you guys please give me the links as to where you purchased the ram as I own the exact same laptop also can you give me the link for the 1080p upgrade. Thanks in advance.