Upgrade, or buy new? Laptop Query

andrewoverhere · Aug 11, 2015

I've grown attached to my stock toshiba satellite L775D-S3750. i'm sure most of you scoff at that statement, but it's the truth. i spent 190$ on the machine used, i've scanned crucial.com for a potential 100$ 8 gig RAM DDR3 PC3-14900 and a 380$ crucial MX200 1TB solid state drive. I am a gamer, I have not played much newer than mass effect two however. as is, the machine will not run skyrim correctly on its lowest settings. should i install those upgrades, or get something new? the computer cannot upgrade GPU. thanks

Vynavill · Aug 11, 2015

Upgrading RAM and/or SSD won't be useful if you can barely run games to begin with, IMO. As an extreme, think it as trying to attach an 18-wheeler cargo to an electric motorbike; what's the use of having so much space when you can't make use of it correctly?
By what I found, it looks like you're on an APU, and a pretty bad one at that too, so this definetly applies. Skyrim could run tho, with the unofficial patch packs installed and hi-algo boost; you should try that out.

As a side note, you're actually lucky you still own the laptop. I've seen too many new Satellite laptops die from overheating a couple months after purchase; a second hand one that still works is a miracle from my point of view ;D

velo3100 · Aug 11, 2015

I would buy a new laptop as you can't play skyrim with the gpu you have at the moment. SSD and ram doesn't improve fps by that much as the gpu does.

andrewoverhere · Aug 13, 2015

Vynavill :

Upgrading RAM and/or SSD won't be useful if you can barely run games to begin with, IMO. As an extreme, think it as trying to attach an 18-wheeler cargo to an electric motorbike; what's the use of having so much space when you can't make use of it correctly?
By what I found, it looks like you're on an APU, and a pretty bad one at that too, so this definetly applies. Skyrim could run tho, with the unofficial patch packs installed and hi-algo boost; you should try that out.

As a side note, you're actually lucky you still own the laptop. I've seen too many new Satellite laptops die from overheating a couple months after purchase; a second hand one that still works is a miracle from my point of view ;D

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