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Question posted by PIMEdayur on February 21st, 2013

Upgrading Ram & Graphic Card For Inspiron 5521

I have a dell inspiron 5521 Lap with i7,8GB Ram and 1GB Radion Grafics. I want to up grade Ram & Graphic Card Can you sugest What are the Nvidea Grphics Suports This Lap And How much is maximum Upgrade ram In this.

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Answer #1: Posted by NiranjanvijaykumarAtDell on February 21st, 2013 3:08 AM

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Hello PIMEdayur,

I am from Dell Social Media and Community.

If you have 8GB RAM on your system, then that's the maximum supported by Inspiron 5521.

It is not suggested to upgrade the Video card on a notebook as it leads to motherboard replacement.
However, Inspiron 5521 system supports, Intel HD Graphics 4000, AMD Radeon HD 7670M and AMD Radeon HD 8730M.

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Answer #2: Posted by ARSiq on February 21st, 2013 3:11 AM

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You can upgrade RAM to 8GB. But there is no way to upgrade Graphic card. In desktop PC it is a separate card, but in notebooks it is a part of motherboard.

Answer #3: Posted by faheemakram on June 11th, 2013 2:02 PM

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i also have a dell inspiron 5521

my graphic card is radeon 8730 2gb

and yes 8gb is the maximum ram you could have with this particular model,

i suggest you stick with your original graphic card as changing a graphic card in a laptop may lead to complications

Answer #4: Posted by haroldemc on August 10th, 2013 1:08 AM

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Maximum Dell reccommends is 8gb, the motherboard itself supports 2x8gb sticks for 16gb though. Upgrading the graphics card is not possible. May I reccommend that, rather than upgrading the ram, you upgrade the hard drive to either a 7200rpm (stock is only 5400rpm) or an SSD (256gb on ebay for less than $200) for a huge difference in performance.

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Owners Manual - Page 2

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Owners Manual - Page 7

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Owners Manual - Page 9

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Owners Manual - Page 49

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Owners Manual - Page 61

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Owners Manual - Page 70

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