The max ram the laptop can handle is 8 gb which can be found here: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1705093&CatId=4153 And too your second question, yes the laptop is excellent for gaming.
Go to http://www.crucial.com/ and use the system scanner to see if you can go to 8gb. 16 GB is overkill. The NVidia 630m 2gb is a medium rated graphics chipset, so it won't play the graphics intensive games on Ultra settings.
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