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post #1 of 12
5/17/05 at 7:42pm
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i just bought a new alienware and first off this thing is awesome. i want to replace the current cd burner drive with a new dvd burner. what can anyone recommend? i mean brands, specifics anything. also, what other kind of upgrades can i get. i play doom 3, unreal tournament, halo, counterstrike. this is my first actual gaming computer. do i need more memory? i read a thread that said the laptop could have 2 hard drives. how and where does the other one go. any help would be awesome. alot of people will say go to the store and buy one, but i am in the military and am in baghdad so that is kinda hard


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post #2 of 12
5/18/05 at 1:47am
U can have a look there :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Value=365:8673
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post #3 of 12
5/18/05 at 1:50am
Which ones are compatible with the 5500?
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post #4 of 12
5/18/05 at 2:17am
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Originally Posted by cheba63
Which ones are compatible with the 5500?
Have a look at the specfs of your system and browse the site for looking a compatible one.

Sorry, i don't know this model
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post #5 of 12
5/18/05 at 3:17am
well you are going to be looking for a laptop hard drive, which is is going to be slim drive. Plus if you want a dvd-rw d/l drive it will also have to be slim....just to be safe is it a laptop or desktop you are talking about.
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post #6 of 12
5/18/05 at 7:26am
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my cpu is a laptop. just got it for around $1600 and am still trying to figure if it was good deal or not. i originally looked on newegg.com but thought that i would give this a shot first because we got actual people on here. any kind of other upgrades i can do while i am at it?
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post #7 of 12
5/18/05 at 12:37pm
u got it from ebay?
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post #8 of 12
5/18/05 at 5:48pm
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yeah i got it from ebay
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post #9 of 12
5/18/05 at 6:56pm
good ole e-bay
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post #10 of 12
5/18/05 at 10:06pm
well a gb of ram should be fine im runningthat now and my 7700 is smooth and you cant have dual hdd in your laptop the newer 7700s are the ones that do that unless im mistaken
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post #11 of 12
5/19/05 at 2:40am
i believe that the NEC 6500A drive is compatable with the 5500 series, dont take my word as absolute, but i think it can be done, and someone here has tried it if im remembering correctly... best of luck on your system. enjoy it and i hope you find the right upgrade for yourself.
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post #12 of 12
5/19/05 at 5:08am
Not much more you can upgrade on that, it's already pretty maxed out. You could put in a 5700 or 9700 GPU, but (1) you can't buy them anymore, and (2) nobody is likely gonna sell you theirs.
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