I think You forgot that 8460p is i5 2nd generation not i7. I am using this laptop for more than 6 years. You can use ddr3L instead of ddr3 ram but there is no increase in performance. Even I used 1600 MHz instead of old 1300 MHz ram but when I googled I came to know that its processor is clocked at 1300 so, ram will still be on 1300. So don't waste money and just increase ram memory like 8gb or 16gb using two sticks. I love the performance of this machine at 8 gb ddr3 with a SSD.
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I think You forgot that 8460p is i5 2nd generation not i7. I am using this laptop for more than 6 years. You can use ddr3L instead of ddr3 ram but there is no increase in performance. Even I used 1600 MHz instead of old 1333 MHz ram but when I googled I came to know that its processor is clocked at 1333 so, ram will still be on 1333. So don't waste money and just increase ram memory like 8gb or 16gb using two sticks. I love the performance of this machine at 8 gb ddr3 with a SSD.
I think You forgot that 8460p is i5 2nd generation not i7. I am using this laptop for more than 6 years. You can use ddr3L instead of ddr3 ram but there is no increase in performance. Even I used 1600 MHz instead of old 1300 MHz ram but when I googled I came to know that its processor is clocked at 1300 so, ram will still be on 1300. So don't waste money and just increase ram memory like 8gb or 16gb using two sticks. I love the performance of this machine at 8 gb ddr3 with a SSD.