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    Planning on upgrading my laptop please help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mintyfresh94, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. mintyfresh94

    mintyfresh94 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone i have an acer aspire 4720z and i want to upgrade hard drive and ram. so heres my question...
    1. what kind of hard drive do i need? sata or something else?
    2. whats the maximum size of a harddrive i can put on there?
    3. if i upgrade the ram to 4gb i want to swith to 64bitis that possible?
    really appreciate any help :)
     
    mintyfresh94, Jan 26, 2009
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  2. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    1) You need a 2.5” SATA notebook Hard drive
    2) Your computer is not very old, therefore I don’t think you’ll face any size restrictions.
    3) From what I found on the internet that notebook is sold with a 64bit capable Intel Core 2 Duo T2390 CPU. Therefore yes, you can install a 64bit OS. You don’t have to upgrade your RAM to switch to 64bit, you can even do it now. But I highly recommend the upgrade.
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 26, 2009
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    1. SATA
    2. As big as is available now (500GB) in 2.5" form factor
    3. Yes.
     
    goofball, Jan 26, 2009
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    As always bigger drives are coming if you can wait a bit. I'd suggest getting a 7200RPM drive for a performance boost unless you need the extra space. The biggest 7200RPM drives are 320GB at the moment. The 500GB Seagate 7200.4 is supposed to be out, but you'll have a a hard time finding one.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 26, 2009
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