I want to Upgrade MY laptop

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so as you can see i want to upgrade my laptop so it can play gears of war, cod4, gta4 on the highest quality or atleast pretty close to it and i want your recomendations on what i should get upgraded i have a budget up to $500, so i want something powerful yet affordable.

 

Here is my laptop spec

 

Optical Drive 8X DVD+/-R/RW

Processor Speed 2 GHz

Processor Type Intel Core 2 Duo T6500

RAM 4GB

video memory Ati Readon HD 256 mb

 

is there also a way to increase my 2 GHz. ( but i'am still mainly looking for a graphics card and Ram upgrade)

 

I might also buy a internal Bule Ray drive so i can watch blue ray movies, but it says i need 3.2 GHz and i only have 2 GHz but i have the rest of the requiriments plus more, so if i get a blue ray drive on my pc is it gonna still work fine on 2 GHz or no.

[tinkerbell]

up grading laptops is like getting blood out of a stone, all you can really do to upgrade a laptop is get a faster HDD (solid state) and increase the amount of RAM. upgrading anything else is a pain in the arse and really complicated.

 

as for getting a blu ray drive, your 2GHz processor isnt fast enough, even though it has 2 cores its the frequency that it needs to process the video decoding for it to run smoothly

 

if you want to upgrade your gfx/processor, you really need to take it to a speciallist... which will cost money. if you really want better performance in games and BluRay. you should think about getting a new laptop, you can get one that will do everything you want for $700 - $900.

 

Save your money

 

 

EDIT: overclocking a laptop by big amount is NOT ADVISED. too much heat will be generated

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i will get someone to do this becvause i have a friend in the computer indstry but i still have to buy the video card and ram so any suggestions on what i should buy then.

 

 

Is this laptop memory good http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10125913&catid=20361

and this video card http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10124317&catid=20397&logon=&langid=EN

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i dont want to buy another laptop because i bought this one just 7 months ago and it cost me $900.

[tinkerbell]

do you know what you FSB runs at?

 

and that gfx card is for desktop computer. ive had a quick look and i dont hink anyone sells mobile graphics cards as they have to be integrated with all the heatsinks and copper heatpipes already customised for the dimensions on the gfx and the laptop case

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im not to good at tech so what is an FSB and how do you know what it runs at.

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anyways i can hire someone to install it but i need to know if this laptop memory is good http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...13&catid=20361

and this video card http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...gon=&langid=EN

[tinkerbell]

anyways i can hire someone to install it but i need to know if this laptop memory is good http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...13&catid=20361

and this video card http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...gon=&langid=EN

 

both pages not found

 

but did u listen to my advise, there is not point in pricing anything up yet when u dont know if its compatable and will improve your laptop.

 

http://download.cnet.com/SiSoftware-Sandra/3000-2086_4-10556571.html?tag=mncol

 

download this and will tell you what your motherbard is and will give us an idea on what your laptop can support

[BORN A REBEL]

k try these links

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10125913&catid=20361

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10124317&catid=20397&logon=&langid=EN

[tinkerbell]

k i will try it then i'll report it here k thx

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10125913&catid=20361

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10124317&catid=20397&logon=&langid=EN

 

ok, maybe you did not read it correctly first time round

 

THAT IS A DESKTOP GRAPHICS CARD AND WILL NOT FIT IN A LAPTOP!!!!!!!