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    a couple of upgrade questions for 5290g

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by anthony99, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. anthony99

    anthony99 Notebook Consultant

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    1. can you fit 2 hard drives in this machine (ive not opened it up yet)

    2. would you see a big performance increase with one 7k200 hd over the present hd

    3.would i see a good graphics/general performance boost by swapping out 1gb of ram for a stick of 2gb ram to make 3gb
     
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  2. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

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    1. I don't think so. I believe Acer already made the best use of the space inside the laptop.
    2. There is a lot discussions about that already. The answer is "maybe". Beware that your battery life will be shortened.
    3. Personally, I don't see any benefit *yet*. On my machine, Vista uses less than half of my RAM most of the time. Even during gaming, I doubt that more than 2GB of RAM will be needed.
     
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    cheers patrick!
     
    anthony99, Aug 24, 2007
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