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#1 User is offline   Beefyboy16 

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Posted 05 December 2012 - 01:44 PM

Hey guys I'm new here so bear with :)

So I have an all in one PC and wondered if I could upgrade the RAM, Graphics card and Intel Processor?
I don't really fancy only buying a whole new PC as I've only had this one for a year.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
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Posted 06 December 2012 - 09:05 AM

Hi, Beef.

Could you give us the brand name and model number?

Lincoln
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Posted 06 December 2012 - 10:01 AM

View PostLincolnSpector, on 06 December 2012 - 09:05 AM, said:

Hi, Beef.

Could you give us the brand name and model number?

Lincoln


Hey Lincoln!

It's a Lenovo B320, Intel 5, 4gb ram, 1gb graphic card, 1tb hardrive.

Cheers!
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Posted 06 December 2012 - 01:42 PM

The ram will be easily upgraded, but you have to use SoDIMM ram. The CPU might be upgradable, but I doubt it is worth the effort. Most of those machines have a very limited thermal headroom, as such, you may find that a faster CPU ends up throttling more. The video card will not be upgradable.
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