Hey guys, i'm new here and really to the whole upgrading laptop parts. i love taking things apart and putting them back together and really don't think this little endeavor i find myself in will be to difficult to handle by myself. but i do need some assistance, mostly in checking some of my work. My notebook is 2 years old and was my first, and i've been using it regularly everyday. i'm a sophomore at OSU and have almost all my notes saved to Office on either Power Point or Word. yesterday, Office decided not to work, i deleted the program, reinstalled it, and it just kept crashing, saying something might be wrong with my Hard drive. and i've been meaning to upgrade to 7 for a while because i get it for $30 so i was just gonna buy a new hard drive, 4gb upgrade, and i need my right side USB card because it's faulty. i did some investigation and found i need:
2 2GB 200PIN SO-DIMM DDR PC2-6400 about $100
I haven't decided on a brand or capacity of hard drive yet. Maybe you guys can give me some input on that. I'd really appreciate it. But i want a 7200RPM w/ a seek time less than 12ms, of course it's a SATA 2.5"
And Windows 7 64bit- i was wondering if i should just burn it to a DVD or upload it to a thumb drive?
i'm going to be doing a clean install and i heard flash drives are quicker. you input is appreciated.
Also, i am looking to upgrade my CPU from AMD Turion64X2 TL-58 to the TL-68 model. It's a difference of .5Ghz. i'm not sure it'll make a difference, but if the price is good, who knows. ANd if i do find the Tl-68, it runs 4w warmer, but i always have my notebook on an external fan so i don't think it'll be an issue, but the CPU is not really a necessity.
Well, that's my story. Thank you for your time and any and all input is greatly appreciated.
2 2GB 200PIN SO-DIMM DDR PC2-6400 about $100
I haven't decided on a brand or capacity of hard drive yet. Maybe you guys can give me some input on that. I'd really appreciate it. But i want a 7200RPM w/ a seek time less than 12ms, of course it's a SATA 2.5"
And Windows 7 64bit- i was wondering if i should just burn it to a DVD or upload it to a thumb drive?
i'm going to be doing a clean install and i heard flash drives are quicker. you input is appreciated.
Also, i am looking to upgrade my CPU from AMD Turion64X2 TL-58 to the TL-68 model. It's a difference of .5Ghz. i'm not sure it'll make a difference, but if the price is good, who knows. ANd if i do find the Tl-68, it runs 4w warmer, but i always have my notebook on an external fan so i don't think it'll be an issue, but the CPU is not really a necessity.
Well, that's my story. Thank you for your time and any and all input is greatly appreciated.
And in worst case, they will throttle down. I did not realize that you can get the higher speed ram with at the same price.
