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    Motherboard

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Miljazzerson, Nov 20, 2011.

  1. Miljazzerson

    Miljazzerson Newbie

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    Hey all, I currently have a Toshiba L305-S5911 and I can't do any sorts of gaming on it. If I was to get a new motherboard, which one would I want to get and if I have to get the same one as right now, would it come with an integrated graphics card already installed onto it? I wanted to find a way to get a new motherboard and a dedicated graphics card. If none of this is possible, can anybody recommend a good laptop that could be used for gaming and a reasonable price. Are there any during Black Friday?
     
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Uhh that specific model line has Intel X4500 graphics. There is no upgrading the motherboard as it is soldered onto the motherboard. The only "for-seeable" upgrade would to find another Toshiba model which has discreet graphics and swap the motherboard, but likely would you need a new heatsink, and brand new DGPU motherboards are $$$. I would save up for like an actual gaming laptop, and you don't have to spend a whole bunch. For 800 you can pick up a used ASUS G series laptop still in warranty.

    However there IS a free ExpressCard slot, which means you could do DIY eGPU, but I wouldn't bother with a system like this (after any sort of half decent GPU setup, your bottleneck would be the CPU).
     
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  3. Abidderman

    Abidderman Notebook Deity

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    Go to the first thread, "which notebook should I buy" and fill it out. Until we know what you consider reasonable and what your needs are, it is tough to help you
     
    Abidderman, Nov 20, 2011
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  4. Miljazzerson

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    I've decided to not get a laptop for now. I don't really do much gaming now that I think about it so I will just use my Xbox 360 to play games and this will be casual stuff. I'll probably end up building my own PC in a year or so. Thanks for the help, though!
     
    Miljazzerson, Nov 21, 2011
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