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    Buying upgrades

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by andollar2, Sep 12, 2007.

  1. andollar2

    andollar2 Newbie

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    hello everyone and I had a question that I though a few of you could answer....would it be worth it to buy a laptop with the base config then purchase what ya want from somewhere like newegg.com? It's a Thinkpad X61...
    TIA
     
    andollar2, Sep 12, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    No, it's only economical to purchase barebones desktops. Esp. since most people don't have the skills necessary to put an entire laptop together due to lack of space.
     
    Lithus, Sep 12, 2007
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Only RAM and maybe HDD are really user friendly for upgrading. RAM being definitly worth looking at to buy on your own. CPU,GPU and most others no way buy from OEM at purchase.
     
    powerpack, Sep 12, 2007
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    andollar2 Newbie

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    oh sorry...didn't mention that RAM and HDD is that all I would upgrade. so then it does?
     
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    andollar2 Newbie

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    whats the fastest HDD for a laptop out there?
     
    andollar2, Sep 12, 2007
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Standard, @7200rpm. Which particular I don't know, also you need to give me the size before I even think about looking.
     
    powerpack, Sep 12, 2007
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    andollar2 Newbie

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    oh I figure that it was just a given that a 7200rpm was always gunna be the faster then a 5400rpm HDD
     
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    With newer yes but some older 7200 might be slower than current 5400.
     
    powerpack, Sep 12, 2007
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    well a smaller one 60GB-100GB.....it will be used as a secondary computer
     
    andollar2, Sep 12, 2007
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    WarlordOne Notebook Evangelist

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    Makes perfect sense to me.

    Memory for sure, HDD maybe. CPU in the distant future if at all. I'm sure you know that the graphics for that model are integrated so it's not upgradable.
     
    WarlordOne, Sep 13, 2007
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    yep, I knew that....I have my sager 5790 to game on anyways, hehe
     
    andollar2, Sep 13, 2007
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