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    Dell Studio 14z into Alienware??

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by mswilson2007, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. mswilson2007

    mswilson2007 Newbie

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    Got this laptop for 300 dollars...was looking something portable to replace my Dell Inspiron 1720 which is a monster of a laptop. Anyway it's pretty standard but I what I chose to do with this laptop is make it godly as far as laptops go, similar to Alienware. I want to upgrade nearly everything...but for starters I want to do the back lit keyboard, and do some searching for a newer Graphics Card.
    I'm not really big on hardware but I have a friend who will do the work.

    Now...make some suggestions for me please :)
     
    mswilson2007, Sep 2, 2010
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Probably not much you can with it... if this is the C2D 14z, you can probably take the processor up to a T9800, memory up to 5GB, and HDD to... well, any 2.5" SATA HDD or SSD. I guess there's a small chance you could find a higher-resolution display that'll work with the machine, but you can't upgrade the GPU, which is honestly the biggest difference between this and a "gaming" machine.
     
    Commander Wolf, Sep 2, 2010
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