What is the maximum RAM & SSD configuration can I apply to my product ?

Hello,
I am new here, I have an Acer Aspire E15, E5-575G-50ZZ, I cannot find any documented weblink for my acer laptop in the website. The CPU it has is intel core i5-7200U. I have bought this laptop nearly 2.5 years ago. It had 4GB DDR4 memory of 2133 MHz, I placed an extra 8GB DDR4 RAM from the store, but it was of 2400 MHz. There is no SSD at this moment. Details can be found from the following CPU-Z snapshots.

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Q1. Why CPU-Z shows slot1 and slot3 when I have two slots only?
Q2. Now, I want to upgrade my RAM to the maximum possible Frequency, maximum possible Capacity with minimum possible latency. What will be the best possible option for me. Please suggest me some.

I checked Crucial advisor and scanner and found that max. possible memory is 32GB. here is a link and screenshot.

https://www.crucial.in/scanview/B7D6CE7B31D926C3#maxout

Crucial's Suggestion:

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RAM 1(Self Installed):

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RAM 2(Came with the product):

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Query: The 8GB ram was of 2400 MHz shows 2133 MHz only, and the website also suggests me 2666 MHz RAM's.

Shall I buy 2 16 GB RAM's of 2666 MHz ? If anything else, please suggest some products, if not, then please suggest some products too.
Can I use 500 GB of SSD in my M.2 slot along with my 1TB HDD? Please suggest some products.
I don't want to run into some compatibilty issues. I do very memory intensive codes, I have Windows 10 Pro x64, Ubuntu 18.04 x64 on dual boot. I want to maximize my performance with RAM and SSD.

Please help, I need it urgently.
Thanks in advance.

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aphanic

donnieDarko said:

I read somewhere, that we can go beyond our CPU capabilities if our motherboard supports higher frequency . Can you shed some light on that topic ?

Not really, because the memory controller is embedded into the CPU not on the motherboard nowadays, so it's Intel whose's setting the limits to what one can run. That's why I mentioned at the beginning of the guide to check the Ark page, to know the kind of memory it supports (without overclocking that is).

And overclocking in laptops (memory overclocking that is) would require some specialized chipsets that I don't even know they're available for laptops (it's the Z chipsets in the desktop world).

Besides, I believe overclocking the memory, even through XMP (performant profiles embedded in some RAM) already voids Intel's warranty (WTF, I know, it's kind of sanctioned overclocking, but legally they're covered).

Soooooo in a nutshell, you'll have to stick to what the Ark page says, what you already have, and go for a maximum of 32GB as per that AIDA screenshot since that's the limit of the chipset.

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aphanic

Instead of Crucial advisor, I made a semi-detailed guide on RAM updates that could help you. Drop by it and go through it for your machine, I'm sure you'll find the answer regarding what the maximum is and what to get: https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/608352/guide-how-to-find-out-if-you-can-upgrade-the-ram-and-which-one-you-need

As for the slots shown in CPU-Z, I'm curious as to what other utilites such as HWiNFO or Thaiphoon Burner show. Could it be that slot #2 was meant for soldered RAM and you have none?

And yep, you can use an M.2 SSD, check for the link width to know if NVMe is supported in HWiNFO:

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As for recommendations, that'll come later once we know what you're capable of running. For memory, low latency high performant for laptops you have Kingston's HyperX, Corsair's Vengeance and maybe a couple more (not many more to be sure). For SSDs, Samsung, XPG (ADATA), Sabrent, Corsair, ...

donnieDarko

Thanks a lot,

But I read somewhere, that we can go beyond our CPU capabilities if our motherboard supports higher frequency . Can you shed some light on that topic ?

This is my AIDA64 result

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/editor/ml/50augbrl4ovf.png

aphanic said:

Instead of Crucial advisor, I made a semi-detailed guide on RAM updates that could help you. Drop by it and go through it for your machine, I'm sure you'll find the answer regarding what the maximum is and what to get: https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/608352/guide-how-to-find-out-if-you-can-upgrade-the-ram-and-which-one-you-need

As for the slots shown in CPU-Z, I'm curious as to what other utilites such as HWiNFO or Thaiphoon Burner show. Could it be that slot #2 was meant for soldered RAM and you have none?

And yep, you can use an M.2 SSD, check for the link width to know if NVMe is supported in HWiNFO:

As for recommendations, that'll come later once we know what you're capable of running. For memory, low latency high performant for laptops you have Kingston's HyperX, Corsair's Vengeance and maybe a couple more (not many more to be sure). For SSDs, Samsung, XPG (ADATA), Sabrent, Corsair, ...

aphanic

donnieDarko said:

I read somewhere, that we can go beyond our CPU capabilities if our motherboard supports higher frequency . Can you shed some light on that topic ?

Not really, because the memory controller is embedded into the CPU not on the motherboard nowadays, so it's Intel whose's setting the limits to what one can run. That's why I mentioned at the beginning of the guide to check the Ark page, to know the kind of memory it supports (without overclocking that is).

And overclocking in laptops (memory overclocking that is) would require some specialized chipsets that I don't even know they're available for laptops (it's the Z chipsets in the desktop world).

Besides, I believe overclocking the memory, even through XMP (performant profiles embedded in some RAM) already voids Intel's warranty (WTF, I know, it's kind of sanctioned overclocking, but legally they're covered).

Soooooo in a nutshell, you'll have to stick to what the Ark page says, what you already have, and go for a maximum of 32GB as per that AIDA screenshot since that's the limit of the chipset.

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