whatdafuzz

Curious, is it worth it to upgrade my laptop? I figure I could swap out my HDD with an Intel Generation 2 SSD, then add 4 Gigs of RAM and install Win 7 x64.

I guess what I want is to have a more snappy experience better performance and if I get more battery life then that's alright too.

I'd expect to spend around $400.00 on the upgrades, what do you guys think? is it worth it? Should I just sell this one and use the cash to get a better laptop?

I'll attach some pics of my Hardware Specs because I don't really know if my system will even be compatible.

Any feedback is apprecieted.

D3TH.GRUNT

you could buy like a good intel ssd and better ram, but at the end of the day, your laptop will not be better performing in games and other tasking stuff as the ssd impacts boot speeds and program speeds, not likely to improve other performance, so if that is ok with you then sure upgrade, if you want better all around performance sell and get something better.

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FIX_ToRNaDo

The only possible upgrades are the ssd or a good 7200 rpm hdd plus 4gb of ram.

Don't know if it'll dissipate less power, depends on which models you buy.

whatdafuzz

@ D3TH.GRUNT

I wish I could play games on my Laptop, it can barely keep up with high quality flash video!

By the way, how do I know if my Motherboard will even support 4 Gigs of RAM?

D3TH.GRUNT

google your mobo and find out. to find it, open up cpuz and it should tell you.

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whatdafuzz

this is what it says...

FIX_ToRNaDo

You should check the "Mainboard" section, then look for the motherboard model through google and see how many gigs of ram it can support.

whatdafuzz

in my first post, there's a CPUz shot showing:

Manufacturer: ATI
Model: Ant3
Chipset:780G

When I search AMD's site, there's links to 780G Desktop Motherboards or HD 3100 Mobility Graphics, nothing really that would tell me RAM compatibility...

any advice?

Daney

Try out www.Crucial.com - very helpful and I've used it in the past.

whatdafuzz

hmm, thanks for the link +rep. but this is what I got when I ran their Memory Advisor tool:

"Our System Scanner couldn't make a complete match..."