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    Possible Upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by leerobbo, Nov 3, 2008.

  1. leerobbo

    leerobbo Newbie

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    I'm currently running a Packard Bell B3800 notebook and I don't think there are many upgrades I can do.

    So I was wondering what would be better, buying a whole new laptop or just taking the current one apart and then buying the components seperately?
     
    leerobbo, Nov 3, 2008
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  2. Mr._Kubelwagen

    Mr._Kubelwagen More machine now than man

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    What are the specs?

    I'd say that you're better off getting a whole new machine, though.
     
    Mr._Kubelwagen, Nov 3, 2008
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  3. K-TRON

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

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    The B3800 is an AMD Turion based system featuring a VIA chipset and the Via unichrome integrated video card.
    The AMD turion is upgradeable, but I am not sure if your chipset supports the dual core TL series or not. The stock processors are the ML series single cores from AMD.
    The graphics card is integrated, so that cannot be upgraded at all. You would need to buy a new laptop in order to play games better.
    The harddrive can also be upgraded to any ATA/IDE harddrive you like. The Samsung HM160HC is currently the fastest harddrive for the ATA interface, so that is a good option.
    The system apparently supports 1Gb (2 x 512mb) of memory (DDR Pc2700) - found on the packard bell forums


    You can run cpu-z to figure out which processor you have, and you can use the memory tabs in cpu-z to find out the memory installed on your system.
    You can use hdtune to find out what harddrive you have installed in your system

    I hope this helps,

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Nov 3, 2008
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  4. Omnipotent One

    Omnipotent One Notebook Geek

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    I personally think you should just buy a new machine. It'd be good to change to the newer centrino 2 chipset
     
    Omnipotent One, Nov 3, 2008
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  5. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    Naaa get an amd puma notebook help amd out
     
    Tippey764, Nov 4, 2008
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  6. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Get a new notebook. AMD or Intel. I just bought Intel and it sure does run cool. My AMD still works fine but well does get hot.
     
    powerpack, Nov 4, 2008
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