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    HP 8770W Hardware Questions

    Discussion in 'HP' started by anthdawg5443, May 24, 2020.

  1. anthdawg5443

    anthdawg5443 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello i am a new owner of a HP Elitebook 8770w and had a few questions as for upgrades and updating my system here is my specs
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    Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 3720QM @ 2.60GHz 75 °C
    Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
    RAM
    8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
    Motherboard
    Hewlett-Packard 176C (U3E1)
    Graphics
    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
    2047MB NVIDIA Quadro K3000M (HP) 44 °C
    Storage
    931GB Samsung SSD 860 QVO 1TB (SATA (SSD))

    Optical Drives
    hp CDDVDW SN-208DB
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    My questions are the following
    • What memory do i buy to max it out to 32gbs at the best clock speed and from where because i dont want to purchase the wrong memory
    • i have a non dreamcolor display, does this mean i can go only up to a 980m in graphics before id have to do the dreamcolor conversion
    • can i install a webcam without a dreamcolor display
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    Thanks in advance for any info :)
     
    anthdawg5443, May 24, 2020
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  2. hokuto

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    If you really want to upgrade I suggest to consider to sell your hp 8770w and get and other zbook 17 g2 or g3 with at least i7-4800 qm or 4900qm.
     
    hokuto, May 24, 2020
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    I literally just bought it haha im pretty content with it for right now just need help on upgrading it but i will keep that in mind, thank you!! :)

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    anthdawg5443, May 24, 2020
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    I am trying to upgrade my 8770, fantastic 8770w , with gpu m3000m ... unfortunately I need to modify a file.. so my guess it should be replace the gpu with an other 4gb, but according to what I said , it's no so easy to install a new card because of software that seems a little incompatible altough create for it.
     
    hokuto, May 24, 2020
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    I just got mine down to the card and swapped the paste out took me 15 minutes maybe

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    anthdawg5443, May 24, 2020
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    1. The one in my signature works flawlessly on my 8770W.
    2. Yes, it means GTX 980M/Quadro M5000M max in your case
    3. Yes
     
    mirage_bg, Jun 2, 2020
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    What about K5100M ? and what if screen is not DreamColor?
     
    pawelnrg, Jun 5, 2020
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    Also possible, both with DC or non DC screen.
     
    mirage_bg, Jun 5, 2020
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    I have some issue with my hp zbook 15 , it said memory error with some type , can i fix it ?
     
    hokuto, Jul 10, 2020
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