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    New A53Z..Want to upgrade it already, couple quistions???

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by diablo2k, Jun 17, 2012.

  1. diablo2k

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    I just got me new ASUS A53Z-AS61 and I am already thinking about upgrades for it.

    First I want to upgrade to 8gigs of ram. I waited to see what was included and was happy to see it only had a single 4gig stick. All I need to do is buy a second stick of memory, no problem.

    Second I want to upgrade to a Blu-Ray Burner Perhaps a Panasonic UJ240 Its cheap and has great reviews on Amazon. But I have a quistion:

    Is the bezel swapable with the Stock DVD Drives bezel? I would hate to have a huge hole in the side of my new laptop. The stock drive has this nice bezel that matches the laptops contours and adds over a 1/2 inch to the drives length.

    Anyone know of the CPU is upgradable and what it is upgradable to, maybe an A8 hopefully??? CPU upgrade will have to wait for a while, but if I can do it I would like to in time.

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    One last quistion, I am thinking of getting a Seagate Momentus XT to replace the stock drive. Would going from a 5400rpm drive to a 7200rpm drive cause any problems?
     
    diablo2k, Jun 17, 2012
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