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Can my laptop handle 8gb of RAM?

I recently received an Acer Aspire 5733z-4851 laptop for Christmas. It has 4gb of RAM already, and it has two RAM slots inside. Also, it's running Windows 7 64-bit. The maximum amount of RAM it can handle is 8gb (using two 4gb sticks of RAM). It sometimes gets laggy when I run programs like Minecraft or Autodesk Inventor, but Gamebooster tends to help. Granted that I buy a laptop cooling pad and keep it properly elevated, will my computer significantly speed up, and will it be able to handle the extra 4gb of RAM?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    It will, and you will notice a good deal of performance from that extra 4gb.

  • 9 years ago

    To answer your question on the RAM yes. and here is a link to help support my answer:

    http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/Acer-memory/Aspire+...

    As far as speed up, it will not be extremely noticeable. there are multiple factors to make significant speed differences especially for a good gaming PC. you need to consider at least a mid-range Graphics card. the cooling pad, Processor and speed, Are you gonna run at default speeds or will you overclock, etc. Just changing a few sticks of memory will not make a significant difference. good luck to you and I hope this was helpful.

    Source(s): Programmer/IT Tech
  • 9 years ago

    your fine adding more RAM.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    should no hurt it at all mate will be alot better and quicker

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