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Upgrading Studio xps 1645 Laptop
Hi I have a studio xps 1645 Intel(R) core(TM2) duo CPU P8600 @ 240GHz with 4GB ram, 64 bit operating system.
I have had this laptop for 6 years now and would like to upgrade it to an i5 or an i7. I would look at replacing it completely but it is not possible to do so with blu-ray player. So I thought how about upgrading the components.
I would like to know if it would be possible to upgrade with new: -
Motherboard and either 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processor or i7 chip set,
8 or 16 GB of DDR3 ram
2GB GDDR5 Nvidia® GeForce GT 750M video card
Also what other components might I need such as heat sink.
I am looking for a straight swap over of components, if these parts do exist with the ability to still keep my blu-ray player working with them pls let me know, also links to these components would be a help.
Thanks
ejn63
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November 24th, 2014 03:00
What you want to do is not possible. There were successor models with i5 and i7 CPUs, but those use different boards that require a different base assembly - about the components you can re-use are the keyboard, drives and possibly the display panel. If you go that route, you'd be better off buying a complete, used system of the type you want --- but you'll still be limited to older-generation processors, and nothing you'll find will have anywhere near that new a video chip.
Though optical drives are disappearing from new systems, it is also still possible to get external, USB drives - so you can have BluRay in a new system that way.
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November 24th, 2014 10:00
Thank's for the reply I think for now I will just have to keep using my existing laptop until it dies completely as a new xps is way more in cost than I am willing to pay for right now.