Upgrading a G1Sn-X1?

I admittedly know very, very little about computer stuff, so when I saw the G1Sn-X1 on sale for a little over $1000 I jumped on it thinking it was a good deal after looking at similar performance machines from Dell and HP that were much more expensive....

However after finding out my WEI for RAM is only 4.5 with 4gb of RAM I looked around and found out its most likely because my processor isn't strong enough to even use all of it. Is there any way to upgrade the CPU in my X1?

Thanks guys for any help.

 

Forget about WEI as it is the most useless benchmarking tool. WEI scores are inconsistent and don't mean much.

If you do decide to upgrade your CPU, you will void your warranty.

 

Well, WEI or not, is it true the X1's processor can't use the amount of RAM I have?

 

the CPU has nothing to do with the amount of ram you have. You are able to use all the 4gb of ram. memory limitation is due to chipset, bios, and OS, not CPU.

 

It is actually a good deal. This computer is one of the better midrange buys in my opinion. Not the greatest display but you can't have it all on the go.

 

You can't use the 4GB of RAM in a 32-bit OS. There are many threads about this.

I'm not sure about what CPU that computer has, but for most tasks nowadays (e.g., office tasks) any CPU will be as good as any other (from a speed point of view). In some games, having a better CPU will matter significantly, in others, not so much. Also it will make a difference in video encoding or other CPU-stressing tasks.

So unless you have some very specific reason for which you want to upgrade and lose your warranty, I'd say don't upgrade.

 

The CPU should be fine really for reasonable gaming (maybe not so good for brand new rts type games). I'm assuming you can upgrade the cpu, I can on my G1S (no n). But it'd cost you quite a bit and the performance gain wouldn't be worth it imo.