So, I basically want to upgrade my HP laptop. I’m wondering how much DDR ram would cost me nowadays, what a good graphics card would be for a laptop, and which dual-core processor would be better for my laptop AMD or Intel? Also, anything else you think I would need would be great. Please don’t tell me to just switch to a desktop computer. I prefer my laptop & I don’t care if it’ll cost me more. Laptops are easier to carry around & I go a lot of different places! :o
Also, any neat little accesories you found worthwhile to get with it? Like. I may be looking into a good wireless mouse, and maybe possibly some stuff to help cool off my laptop faster. I’m also curious how much it would cost to get a spare battery on average? I know it’ll be hard to guess if you don’t know my particular model computer but yeah.
You won’t be able to upgrade your current laptop in the ways you’re thinking, you will have to buy a new laptop. As for which one you should buy i’m not too sure, someone else can help you out there hopefully.
Oh? Well that’s kind of disapointing. I was told I could to some degree and i’ll see what degree with my trusty tech guy lol, which possibly will be tomorrow when I get around to asking him. Anyone else have any helpful information? =P
Yeah, that’s what i’ve been told for the most partt. I was hoping the person I heard it from was wrong, but then I heard it from like three other people including you, siigh. I’ll see what I can get upgraded to my laptop tomorrow when I call with some questions. Thanks for the help! Anyone else want to help? =P
You can replace/add ram of the same type to the laptop, the max is usually 2 or 4GBs on newer laptops, sometimes only 1GB depending on the slots and ram type… sometimes you can replace the CPU with a similar but faster CPU of the same socket type if your BIOS supports it… Just remember laptops are not ideal for gaming… You have serious heat and battery life issues to consider when adding faster/more components. also taking apart and putting back together some laptops and getting to some parts can be a real pain in the arse… Also sometimes you can replace the hard drive with a larger or faster type, do things with the CardBus, USB, and other slots, but in any case you are way more limited than any desktop…
HP Laptop? You can upgrade that straight into the garbage can. Get an Asus, less onboard crap, better support.
Buuuuuuut… if you’re dead-set on keeping it, post the name of it and model number if you can (I.E. HP Pavilion xxxx or whatever) and I’ll see exactly what your options are with upgrading, and what you could consider for an upgrade.
If you’d rather keep it private, just throw me a PM.
[QUOTE=Yenairo;80540]Pisses me off even more that my computer is worse than most laptops. O__o[/QUOTE]
Desktops can be updated somewhat though. Even my very oooold shitty desktop could play some decent games when I upgraded the video card. Laptops are hardly flexible at all, and you end up being stuck with what you paid for… and even if you can play games they’re not gonna do well with heat.
[QUOTE=Shiny;80555]Desktops can be updated somewhat though. Even my very oooold shitty desktop could play some decent games when I upgraded the video card. Laptops are hardly flexible at all, and you end up being stuck with what you paid for… and even if you can play games they’re not gonna do well with heat.[/QUOTE]
That’s why laptops are good for nothing other than Text Documents, research, etc.
It’s not powerful enough for gaming.
Also, I might be getting a tune up. This computer here is sitting at:
1.70 GHz Pentium 4
512 MB RAM
16MB Video Card.
The reaaaallly hideous computer just bit the dust last night and I will be quite likely salvaging the Video Card and a hard drive or two.
If I were given a laptop I wouldn’t trash it though. They have their purpose, but my interest is in desktops first. You get way more bang for your buck.
Even if a laptop says it has good speeds like “2.4Ghz Dual Core”, don’t expect it to have the same horse power as it’s desktop equivalent.
Laptop parts are specifically designed to require less power to keep the battery alive for longer.