Older ASUS notebook max ram

I got a ASUS UL30VT-A1 notebook at a Pawn shop for $110 and I was wondering that can this notebook go up to 8GB DDR3 ram? I seen some sites saying yes about it but I' am not sure if it can. I know it has a 64bit Windows 7 Home on it so just wondered if it can really go up to 8GB ram. Here are the specs of this notebook.

• Intel SU7300 Core 2 Duo 1.3GHz Processor
• 4GB of DDR3 RAM
• 500GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM), No Optical Drive
• NVidia G210M Graphics with 512MB DDR3 + Intel GMA 4500MHD (Switchable VGA); Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System
• 13.3-Inch Widescreen HD LED LCD Display; Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn; Bluetooth; 0.3M Webcam

 

I live on SSI Welfare and have EBT and Medicaid since I have OCD, Tics and some ADD. I don't have a lot of money so I can't afford a new machine. But just wondered if this notebook can go up to 8GB.

 

More than likely the answer is 'no'. Don't waste your time or $$$ on this 'upgrade'.

With 4GB RAM and Win10 (your other thread), while not optimal, it will be fine for light/moderate workloads.

 

Well I do low demanding games like WoW, GW2, SC2 or The Sims 4 so I thought maybe it will run better at 8GB? or it would make no difference? Also are you sure that it won't do 8GB or are you just guessing? I have a Dell OptiPlex 780 SFF desktop PC and it goes up to 16GB even it says only 8GB on Dell. The Dell I have has a faster processor though but same Core 2 duo but the desktop has a E8600 so it's a 3.30 gHz dual core so a lot faster. I got the 16GB rams cheap used on Ebay had four 4GB DDR3 PC3-8500 rams. I thought like my Dell this one can go up to 8GB even ASUS doesn't say it can. But I wanted you guys to verify if for sure it can go up to 8GB so I don't end up returning the rams to the seller. I think the ASUS has two slots so can put two 4GB rams.

 

Okay, so you want to waste your time and $$$ on testing and pursuing this upgrade.

Go for it. Worse comes to worse? You put the RAM on fleabay again.

Of course 8GB is better. Even to browse the forums here.

 

Check out this thread. Seems like 8GB is possible.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/asus-ul30vt-faq-official-owners-lounge-redux.477634/

See Post #1740 (I have the same exact DIMMS on my M15X and they have been super stable for 5+ years now):

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/asus-ul30vt-faq-official-owners-lounge-redux.477634/page-174

 

I honestly doubt it, you'll hit bottlenecks from your other components long before RAM is an issue. Also, running GW2 on a SU Core 2 Duo, in itself is a bad idea. WoW will likely run at potato settings, same for SC2 and Sims 4 as well. Potato settings (aka lowest possible because the computer can't reasonably handle anything else) will not take enough RAM for 4 GB to be an issue anyways.

 

Thanks for the updates kosti and tijo.

To clarify; I will always recommend maxing out a platform with the highest capacity/best quality RAM you can run it with (stable).

I do not know if the games specified would benefit from doubling the RAM to 8GB, but I do know the user experience (especially in multitasking) would definitely benefit.

The Core 2 Duo systems have many, many bottlenecks including not optimally using the maximum RAM as well as more modern platforms can, but that said; if you can max out the RAM on your platform (any platform) and stay within your budget; do so.

(Post #2 made me second guess the OP about the amount of $$ he/she has to spend on these things).