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July 22nd, 2019 07:00
Inspiron 7577 Upgrades
We've been using an Inspiron 7577 for light gaming for 1.5 years. The kids play Overwatch and we have a HTC Vive. I know this isn't a hard core gaming laptop, but It works fine for our needs. Two questions: It still has the OEM 8GM of RAM. Would upgrading to 16 GB of RAM make a difference? The 128GB SSD is always nearly full, and I'd like to have a larger SSD. Is upgrading an SSD fairly easy for a relative novice? How do you move the drive content to a new (larger) SSD?
nyc10036
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Posted July 23rd, 2019 07:00
More RAM is always better than less.
You'll need to download the service manual for the 7577 and see how easy/difficult it is to access the RAM modules and the SSD on this model laptop.
Generally you will want to do a clone of the hard drive to the new hard drive.
My PNY SSD came with a product key for Acronis True Image, but many people use Macrium Reflect Free to do the cloning.