Upgrading XPS STUDIO 13

1- does it support QX9300?
2- does it support Quadro FX 3700M or even GeForce GTX 280M SLI?
3- can it intake 2 HDDs?

its not that I`m gonna buy these stuff, I just wanna be sure I can upgrade the 'top later..

PS: why QX9300 for 13.3' because: 1-If at home I`ll use a fan 2-if outside I`ll bottleneck the CPU and/or GPU

 

that just made my day. we're not in Kansas no more, Dorothy.

 

Translation i think he means
no
no
and no

 

QX9300 fits in notebooks such as M17
Quadro FX 3700M, I think, is a mobile GPU
can intake 2HDDs, I think this exists in notebook world..

so whats so weird?

well, since its a 13', 2HDDs is really hard.. but since its a high-end laptop I think the other specs can fit.. and so the question, can it be fit in this 'top?

 

um, this is pretty funny actually. U cant be serious can you, if you have that much knowledge about these specific parts, then you should have the knowledge to know that all your questions answers are summed up as "NO!!".

1. No way that it can fit thermal specifications in a 13" chassis.
2. GPUs are irreplaceable in THIS laptop. PERIOD.
3. Do you see another enclosure in this petit notebook where it could possibly fit another hard drive?

btw - 'top is quite lame, just say laptop or notebook. just a suggestion...

haha that would be funny to have a 13 FOOT laptop.

 

Yes but its in a 17 inch for a reason. It generates far too much heat for a 13" to take.

Ya it is a mobile card but the majority of cards including the one in the XPS are not upgradable and heck even if it was it would once again generate far more heat

Yes it does for the seldom 15.4" (replace dvd slot) and quite a few 17" notebooks. Space is the issue.

Notebooks are not desktops, and it (XPS Studio 13) is not a "high end" notebook per say

 

no I don`t have knowledge, thats why I came to ask? and if I knew then I would have answered myself..

well, its all mobile parts.. so the question was just about how far I can go with the XPS STUDIO 13'

anyway, so u said 17 inch are sufficient for such stuff, and there is a Studio XPS that is 16 inch, so would it support the GPU and CPU mentioned?

 

No it will not.

 

As far as I know, the xps 16 also has the GPU embeded on the mobo. As for a quad, you might just get away with it if you undervolted it to run cooler and maybe limited the clock frequency a tiny bit. You should remember that this laptop is renowned for running hot. I'm not sure if the BIOS would support a quad though, if you happen to have one lying around and you know what you are doing then I guess there's no harm in trying though

 

If you want that, go for the Dell Precision M6400. Trust me on one thing. If a 13" notebook (that wasn't half a foot thick) could support the specs you mentioned, none of us would have 17" notebooks. None of us.

But seriously. Two of the most powerful notebook cards in SLI??? It's a 13" chassis. It already runs very hot as it is.

On a unrelated note, I'm planning to install a T9900 and 280M in my 9" Dell Mini netbook

 

Laptops are NOT like desktops in the respect that most parts are proprietary. Yes, there may be a mobile graphics chip that you want, and you think since its mobile you can install it. But the GPU chip is built into the motherboard, which is also a proprietary design for the specific computer.

Your XPS 1340, here's your options for GPU: 9400M, or 9500M, both chips are soldered into the motherboard so you'd need to swap mobos to upgrade

2HDD slots are common on 17" notebooks, but no way this one has enough room for 2 hard drives.

You are looking at laptops like desktops in the regards to upgrading and you can't do that because its simply not possible to upgrade as many ways on a laptop as you can a desktop.

You need to find a laptop that comes with what you want becaues chances are any upgrading thats possible is minimal.

1) Replacing the CPU to whatever is the max for that particular socket type/chipset
2) Upgrading RAM to the max capacity
3) Replacing the HDD to one thats faster/higher capacity
4) replacing DVD drive to Blu-Ray reader/burner

Those are the "upgrades" that are available on the 1340, and that goes with most other laptops too. There aren't too many other expansion or upgrade options.

 

Just to add to tmaxxtim, full sized desktops have tons of space for cooling and can easily take powerful CPU/GPUs (who release lots of heat, that needs to be dissipated). Mini sized desktops have less space and can only go up to midrange CPUs/GPUs.

Now shrink that even more and you have a notebook. The physical chips from a desktop CPU/GPU can fit into a notebook, but the cooler cannot. The smaller the notebook, the less room for the cooler, which is the biggest limiting factor in terms of how powerful a CPU/GPU you can put inside a notebook.

Check out the thermal envelope (TDP) of a CPU/GPU to see how much max power they can draw. For example, the P series Intel CPU is 25W, T series is 35W but Q series is 45W. While for GPUs, the lower end 9200M GS is 13W, middle end 9600M GT is 23W, while the 9800M GTX is 75W.