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<blockquote data-quote="enthusiast29" data-source="post: 2367541" data-attributes="member: 86432"><p>I have a similar laptop with same CPU which I got from a member here. Make the jump to an SSD no doubt in that and definitely at least 8GB of RAM if you do web browsing. I have it with 16GB of RAM and 250gb 860 evo. Runs fast.</p><p>SSD size is a personal preference, people may disagree but depending on usage you can still make do just fine with 120GB SSD, I've done it and still doing it with 2 machines. RAM for basic usage like web browsing and document editing now is minimum 8GB. 4GB will be slow and very often will hit the pagefile, a lot. That's bad... Depending upon how many apps you keep open or how many chrome tabs you keep you can go 16GB but on that CPU it'll be a bit overkill.</p><p>Only con with any platform less than 6th gen is that the igpu in this is not capable to do hardware decoding for vp9, which means playing HD and FHD+ videos on youtube would consume CPU cycles a lot.</p><p></p><p>Sadly that's all you can upgrade with this laptop. IIRC i3-5005U is a soldered chip and that can't be removed. With my Fujitsu A555 the heatsink is also soldered on the chip (no thermal paste needed) keeping temps in check with under 60C on extreme loads, though the TDP is very low for this CPU, still good for daily tasks without fan noise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="enthusiast29, post: 2367541, member: 86432"] I have a similar laptop with same CPU which I got from a member here. Make the jump to an SSD no doubt in that and definitely at least 8GB of RAM if you do web browsing. I have it with 16GB of RAM and 250gb 860 evo. Runs fast. SSD size is a personal preference, people may disagree but depending on usage you can still make do just fine with 120GB SSD, I've done it and still doing it with 2 machines. RAM for basic usage like web browsing and document editing now is minimum 8GB. 4GB will be slow and very often will hit the pagefile, a lot. That's bad... Depending upon how many apps you keep open or how many chrome tabs you keep you can go 16GB but on that CPU it'll be a bit overkill. Only con with any platform less than 6th gen is that the igpu in this is not capable to do hardware decoding for vp9, which means playing HD and FHD+ videos on youtube would consume CPU cycles a lot. Sadly that's all you can upgrade with this laptop. IIRC i3-5005U is a soldered chip and that can't be removed. With my Fujitsu A555 the heatsink is also soldered on the chip (no thermal paste needed) keeping temps in check with under 60C on extreme loads, though the TDP is very low for this CPU, still good for daily tasks without fan noise. [/QUOTE]
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