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    How Should I Upgrade My Laptop?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sp33d7oucH, Oct 14, 2008.

  1. Sp33d7oucH

    Sp33d7oucH Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, im just wondering how i could upgrade my laptop to improve performence and just to be generaly better laptop, i mostly game alot on it so go ahead post your thoughts!

    MY SPEC IS IN THE SIGNITURE!
     
    Sp33d7oucH, Oct 14, 2008
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  2. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    If you dont need to upgrade, you shouldnt waste your money... The specs are pretty good exept the Graphics Card and you cant upgrade the GPU...

    You could upgrade your Memory to 3 or 4GB

    get a bigger HDD if needed...

    You might be able to upgrade your processor to a Penryn, you would need a socket P. Run CPUZ to find out if interested.
     
    ahl395, Oct 14, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    HDD to a 320GB 7200RPM will be a very good upgrade.
    CPU is fine.
    GPU upgrade might not be possible.
    2GB is max according to Sony.
     
    Andy, Oct 14, 2008
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  4. Sp33d7oucH

    Sp33d7oucH Notebook Enthusiast

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    hmm ok thankyou :)
    <3
     
    Sp33d7oucH, Oct 14, 2008
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I wouldnt upgrade it. If the 200gb drive is a 4200rpm drive or a 5400rpm drive than its worth it to upgrade the harddrive.
    If you have a Hitachi 7K200 or a 200gb 7200rpm drive than the upgrade to a 320gb 7200rpm drive will not be much of a performance increase for you.
    Upgrade to Windows XP and that will make things faster :D

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 14, 2008
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  6. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    i doubt xp will make things any faster nowadays, drivers are good with vista today :)
    i have the same game-performance in xp and vista.

    If it's a 4200rpm HDD you have in the notebook, then you'll notice a huge different with a new 7200rpm drive anyways.
     
    Michel.K, Oct 14, 2008
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  7. miro_gt

    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    buy SSD ..
     
    miro_gt, Oct 15, 2008
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  8. martinmach

    martinmach Notebook Evangelist

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    except for the Ram there is no need for upgrade. the specs are all decent enough. instead save up the money and buy one after this one dies
     
    martinmach, Oct 15, 2008
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    aimfox Notebook Guru

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    SSD ftw, 7,200 RPM HDD kills the battery life so its up to you
     
    aimfox, Oct 15, 2008
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  10. sxusteven

    sxusteven Notebook Evangelist

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    not true. many 7200 uses less than 5400
     
    sxusteven, Oct 15, 2008
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  11. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I upgraded from a 5400rpm drive (seagate 5400.3) to a single platter 7K320 and I noticed much faster boot times on or off battery, and my battery life is actually about 10 minutes longer over the 120minutes of battery life, which is a nice benefit.

    4300th post

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 15, 2008
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