upgrading a laptop??? need help be for deal goes away

[klobnitrones]

can you upgrade a laptops Video card and cpu or not???
the reason for urgencey is there is a really good sale on a laptop for 200 dollars

 

[iMAKEtheDEVIL CRY]

No you cant upgrade either but on some asus laptops you can upgrade your graphics but you wouldn't be able to find a laptops graphics card easily.

 

[zenmaster]

In general, the HDD and RAM are the only easily upgradable parts.

 

[klobnitrones]

thanks but then why does new egg sell notebook cpu's??

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Who knows, but I know I am working in a job with Macs, and the Mac laptop I worked on the other day...I seem to remember the cpu being soldered onto the mainboard.

 

[flip_x]

some laptops u can remove the CPU..

 

[klobnitrones]

thanks just wondering im gettin a dell xps 1530 for 200 with 3 gigs of ram 250 gb hdd 8600gt videocard and a core 2 duo t7250

 

[amd_fanboi]

200??? that seems a little too cheap...

 

[doghills]

Where is this deal? 10 to 1 you are getting scammed.

Also you can probably upgrade the GFX in that laptop.

 

[bliq]

some laptop CPUs can be upgraded *IF* you are willing to risk taking your notebook completely apart. It's not for the faint of heart.

There are a small number of notebooks that use a MXM module that is a standard form factor for notebook graphics. MXM modules are not exactly readily available, but if you can find one, it should work.

That said, a $200 notebook is not going to have a MXM graphics card. We're talking about $1500+ notebooks that use MXM. Also, MXM tend to be used in desktop replacement notebooks, 17 and 19" screen ones that weigh a lot.

 

[klobnitrones]

this is a $1700 laptop and the deal is from my friend who got two laptops one for his b day and one for christmas