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    What are the components that can be upgrade by myself to safe money on configuration?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by corona7w, Mar 23, 2008.

  1. corona7w

    corona7w Notebook Consultant

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    I'm looking forward to buy a Dell XPS m1530. I know I can save money on the RAM by upgrading it myself. I also checked out the video card, which costs $150 extra for the NVIDIA 8600GT on the dell site. Is it cheaper for me to upgrade it myself? Also, are there anything else I could upgrade myself?
     
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    you cant upgrade your video card!you can upgrade hdd(not recommended because price difference is not that big)and ram.
     
    Xirurg, Mar 23, 2008
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  3. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    ^^ What he said, buy the best GPU! HDD is more on the fence unless you have a plan I would buy from DeLL. And RAM you already know.
     
    powerpack, Mar 23, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    We really need to put a big sign on this section saying GPU's are NOT upgradable on todays laptops. The stickys arent working at all.

    And for HDD its usually not worth upgrading it yourself. It will probably cost you extra and maybe even void your warranty

    RAM is the only upgradable part you can save $$. Manufacturers charge an arm and a leg for it
     
    flipfire, Mar 23, 2008
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