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    Upgrade Questions..

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by str4ktt, Aug 12, 2009.

  1. str4ktt

    str4ktt Notebook Consultant

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    I'm thinking about buying the microcenter Version of the alienware... what parts are upgradable after buying the laptop?

    Can the graphics card be upgraded manually by you? Processor?

    Thanks!
     
    str4ktt, Aug 12, 2009
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  2. airplaneman

    airplaneman Notebook Deity

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    You can pretty much do everything, GPU, CPU, RAM, HDD's...
     
    airplaneman, Aug 12, 2009
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  3. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    cpu gpu ram hdd optical drive

    Really a matter of how initiated you are haha (gpu will be hardest to get a hold of)
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Aug 12, 2009
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  4. str4ktt

    str4ktt Notebook Consultant

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    Well I'm getting Quad 2.0 Ghz and dual 260m Graphics. Say in the future I want to upgrade quad to like dual 260m to dual 280 or quad 2.0 to like 2.8 duo... where would I get the parts and would it be expensive? haha
     
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    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    For the cpu, ebay is a common place to buy parts. For GPU, pretty much dell is only one right now that carries them and they want $900 because you keep the gtx 260m's (so will have 2 sets of cards)
     
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  6. str4ktt

    str4ktt Notebook Consultant

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    Dual 260m's aren't bad are they? I'm pretty much going to be playing Aion only.
     
    str4ktt, Aug 12, 2009
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  7. airplaneman

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    Ebay for the CPU like Skook said, you might be able to buy GPU's from other people on here who are selling to upgrade (maybe when the GT300 cards come out) or the rare occasion on ebay. RAM is just regular notebook ram if I'm not mistaken, just make sure to get DDR3..and HDD's are just SATA 2.5" notebook drives.
     
    airplaneman, Aug 12, 2009
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    Dual 260's are fine for almost anything, I think it was said to be something like a 10% performance increase to get the 280's vs the 260's.
     
    airplaneman, Aug 12, 2009
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  10. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    no ..........
     
    The_Moo™, Aug 12, 2009
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