Help please :(

I'm not sure, I use desktops for gaming.

you cnanot install GFX card on a laptop. you have to use what comes with it, be it good or bad.
if you want a good one on a laptop, buy a laptop that comes with a good one.

not worth getting an i3, itll go out of date before you know it, because technology is constantly improving. but if your only gonna play games like JKA then why not, jus dont expect mass effect on it lol

soran wrote:not worth getting an i3, itll go out of date before you know it, because technology is constantly improving. but if your only gonna play games like JKA then why not, jus dont expect mass effect on it lol

Aw, I wanted mass effect

You can do ME1 and 2 on an i3, not sure about ME3. But ya, a good i5 with a good spec gfx card and 6-8 GB of RAM should play anything out right now. You can find that at bestbuy for under $500.

But can I add more RAM if I get one with 2 gb for example?

Yeah, but it's a pain in the ass and you have to check how many slots you have and what their max is.

Aardvark wrote:Yeah, but it's a pain in the ass .

Explain lol.

Desktop RAM is easy to get to, you unplug it, open the case, and you'll see the RAM slots on the motherboard. Once you unlock them you can easy slide them out and new ones in. IN laptops however the RAM slots are never in the same place, never lock the same way, never slot in the same way, and the RAM is very small and very hard to lock in place without snapping the stick off. I've done RAM changes in 3 desktops, the first time took me a half hour because I didn't know what I was doing, the next time took 10 minutes because I didn't fully unlock one, the most recent one took me less than 5 minutes to unplug, open, unlock, remove, replace, lock, close, and replug in. I've done laptop RAM twice, each time took me an hour.

wow o_o I think I'm gonna need some practice

aard simply sucks. good laptops have accessible ram slots. most of them are a press and release trigger and they pop out of the slots easily. i removed my ram the other day in a minute. most of htat minute spent unscrewing the lid.

Dray The Fingerless wrote:aard simply sucks. good laptops have accessible ram slots. most of them are a press and release trigger and they pop out of the slots easily. i removed my ram the other day in a minute. most of htat minute spent unscrewing the lid.

My experience is based off a laptop from 96 and 92, they may have made it easier in newer models. In the ones I had I had to remove the battery and casing on the 96 and then unscrew it and pull it out without snapping the wires, then slot the RAM in and out while holding the casing at the right distance. The 92 required I remove the keyboard, remove the metal casing, and then work the RAM into a slot that didn't move when the RAM stick really had no room to come out.

HP laptops are usually easy to customize, you dont even have to unscrew alot of em, just the bottom of the laptop, you pop off the cover, right away you see open slots for RAM. then you jus buy 4 or 8 more GB's if there are open slots.

Aardvark wrote:

Dray The Fingerless wrote:aard simply sucks. good laptops have accessible ram slots. most of them are a press and release trigger and they pop out of the slots easily. i removed my ram the other day in a minute. most of htat minute spent unscrewing the lid.

My experience is based off a laptop from 96 and 92, they may have made it easier in newer models. In the ones I had I had to remove the battery and casing on the 96 and then unscrew it and pull it out without snapping the wires, then slot the RAM in and out while holding the casing at the right distance. The 92 required I remove the keyboard, remove the metal casing, and then work the RAM into a slot that didn't move when the RAM stick really had no room to come out.

and you didnt question if technology 15 years old was perhaps a bad example to make assumptions on? you fail me nerd

RAM slots in desktops hasn't changed at all in the last decade, why would I assume laptop RAM had changed?

because its more convenient?

Aardvark wrote:RAM slots in desktops hasn't changed at all in the last decade, why would I assume laptop RAM had changed?

the way to get to the RAM has changed depending on the make of the laptop. Dell still has a slot under the keyboard, IBM and HP have thier slots on the bottom of the machine.

Just depends on who made the box...