It is my daughter, Gloria’s desktop. I bought it two years ago on Costco.ca. Cost $900 plus tax.
The specs of it were a little bit different from what was on Acer’s official website.
- Windows 10 Home
- Intel Core i5 10400
- GeForce GTX1650 4GB
- 12GB RAM
- 2TB HDD
When I got it, I added a Crucial SSD MX100 256GB to improve the performance. The existing 2TB HDD was kept as storage. And I installed Windows 11 Pro on it.
Gloria uses it for school stuff and also playing some games I don’t know. 🙂
Recently, the RAM price and SSD price are dropped. I tried to upgrade the memory and storage on all my systems at home.
So this time is for my daughter’s desktop.
I bought two items at Amazon.ca on Prime Day:
- Crucial Pro RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MT/s $70.17 plus tax. (Today’s price is $93.26)
- Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V7S1T0/AM) [Canada Version] $69.97 plus tax. (Today’s price is $114.99)
![Samsung 970 EVO Plus Front Box](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/970-1tb-front-box-jpg.webp)
![Samsung 970 EVO Plus Box Back](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/970-1tb-back-box-890x1024.webp)
![Samsung 970 EVO Plus Box Back with Seal](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/970-1tb-side-box-jpg.webp)
![Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe Front Look](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/970-1tb-front-view-jpg.webp)
![Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe Back Look](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/970-1tb-backview-jpg.webp)
The box is sealed well. It is a brand new one. Coming with a useless Installation Guide booklet.
![Crucial DDR4 32GB Front Pack](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crucial-32gb-front-box-926x1024.webp)
![Crucial DDR4 32GB Back Pack](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crucial-32gb-back-box-849x1024.webp)
![Crucial DDR4 32GB,Low-profile](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crucial-32gb-two-sticks-jpg.webp)
It is also brand new. Very clean pack.
Then, I open the PC case, and look at it.
![Before the upgrade](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/acer-before-upgrade-jpg.webp)
The NVMe slot is empty. The existing memory is one 8GB plus one 4GB.
I installed Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB first. I find a screw from my PC screws bag. I dug a lot of time to find this special screw.
![Install NVMe](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/acer-install-nvme-storage-798x1024.webp)
Later, I remove the two old 8GB+4GB RAM. Install the two new 16GB RAM sticks.
![After installing](https://www.yinfor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/acer-after-upgrade-688x1024.webp)
OH, remember to disconnect the power cord before opening the case. Even disconnect it, still need to press the power bottom to release the electricity.
Here are all the parts I used to upgrade this PC and what I got. Later, I will discuss the process to transfer all the data to the new NVMe SSD without reinstalling Windows 11.