Upgrade options for my Acer Predator Helios 300 "PH315-54"

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Warrior98
Warrior98 Member Posts: 3 New User

Hello Community,

I have purchased my Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-54 around 1.5 years back in January 2022. It is a great and efficient machine and it hasn't given me any troubles until now. As of recently, I've been thinking of upgrading my laptop. Here are my laptop details:

Model Name: Predator Helios 300
Model Number: PH315-54
Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB Laptop GPU
Display: QHD 2560x1440 Refresh Rate of 165Hz
RAM: 16GB (2 x 8GB) SK Hynix DDR4 at 3200MHz [HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN]
SSD: SAMSUNG NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 512GB R/W 6900MBps/5000MBps [PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ-00BT7]
HDD: Seagate Barracuda Pro Performance Internal Hard Drive SATA HDD 1TB 7200RPM 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch [ST1000LM049-2GH172]

I want to upgrade my RAM, SSD and HDD. I have a sticker on my laptop body which says "Available Slots for 2x SSD + 1x HDD" but no such information regarding RAM Slots. Here is where my list of questions start:

1. What types of SSD Slots are available for upgrade, is it M.2 NVMe PCIe or M.2 SATA or full size SATA?
2. If it is full size SATA, is it different from the available HDD SATA slot or is it common?
3. How many RAM slots are available on my laptop for upgrade? (I have checked in Task Manager and CPU-Z and both state that my laptop has 8 RAM Slots out of which 2 are being used but I am not quite sure about this so am asking on this discussion)
4. Any suggestions/links on what products I should go for my upgrades?



Let me know if any input/information is required from my end.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.





Cheers.

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