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    Increase performance of the Aspire V15?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by demonboy, Sep 3, 2016.

  1. demonboy

    demonboy Notebook Enthusiast

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    My gf has the Acer Aspire V15 Intel Core i7-5500U and has recently got in to video editing. I appreciate this isn't ideal for that but we can't afford a new laptop at the moment so I'm looking for ways of increasing the performance of her current set up.

    Is it easy to add additional RAM? If so, what should I be looking for?
    Any other ways I can increase performance? External graphics card, for example?

    Thanks!
     
    demonboy, Sep 3, 2016
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Additional RAM would only help if you are running out of RAM you have.
    CPU can't be upgraded if I'm not mistaken - and that seems to be the limiting factor here.
    External GPU is most likely not a viable solution either - you can head over here and read up on it but I don't see it working.
     
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    I suspected as much, thank you.
     
    demonboy, Sep 3, 2016
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