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    Upgrading M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Fludae, Jun 17, 2008.

  1. Fludae

    Fludae Newbie

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    Hey all. I'm planning to buy an XPS m1730 in the next few days - but I'm limited on $$, so I'm thinking I should go for the T9300, 4G of ram, 250g hd, cd/dvd drive, and the Geforce 8700M GT, and just upgrade everything once I'm not so strapped for cash.

    I'm confused looking around the dell website though; is it possible to upgrade the video cards to dual 8800 GTX's a few months down the line? (what about the processor upgraded to a X9000, the optical drive to a blu-ray drive, and the hard drive as well) is it possible to upgrade these? Anyone know if dell does this, or where I could order the parts from (and do it myself)?

    Thanks.
     
    Fludae, Jun 17, 2008
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  2. 72hundred

    72hundred Revolutions-Per-Millennia

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    You can upgrade the GPU later if you can afford $1100 later!
    So my advice is leave everything as you have it set-up above and
    MAKE SURE YOU GET THE 8800M GTX SLI when you order, because its just not viable with the price to get them later.
    (Sorry for shouting, but if miss that point you going down a bad bad road)

    72oo
     
    72hundred, Jun 17, 2008
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    just get the lowest cpu, hdd and ram option and get the sli 8800m gtx. its much cheaper to upgrade them later
     
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  4. Fludae

    Fludae Newbie

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    I must be missing something here then. =) It costs 1000$ to get the 8800 in the laptop (when i'm ordering it). If I spend an extra 1k on this right now, i'm taking two less classes at univ next semester. =p But if I upgrade it three months from now, its 1100$? An extra 100 doesn't seem bad to me.

    Another question: These are all upgradeable. Where would I go to get upgrades later?
     
    Fludae, Jun 17, 2008
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