Upgrade Laptop?

[AngelFrosty]

Hello everyone, So I bought this laptop and would like to upgrade it a bit if that's even possible :P. This is the computer I bought it was on sale for 750$ at the time of purchase.

 

 

http://www.staples.ca/en/HP-Star-Wars-Special-Edition-15-an050ca-Notebook-15-6-FHD-IPS-6th-Gen-Intel-Core-i5-6200U-8GB-DDR3L-1TB-HDD-Bilingual/product_1939965_2-CA_1_20001

 

So I'm not sure how it works, but is there a way I could add a dedicated gpu to the laptop? And if not, Would it be worth it too buy the best cpu the 1168 bga socket supports? 

Thanks for reading, looking forward to comments!

[HPWebcamAble]

12 minutes ago, AngelFrosty said:

So I'm not sure how it works, but is there a way I could add a dedicated gpu to the laptop? And if not, Would it be worth it too buy the best cpu the 1168 bga socket supports? 

You MIGHT be able to buy a desktop grade GPU and put it in one of those things that lets you plug it into a laptop

Maybe something DIY like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP_8EYQ-2RA

There are more professional (but expensive) devices as well

 

As for the CPU, even if you can upgrade it (assuming it isn't soldered in), the cooler on that laptop isn't very substantial, and is designed to be used with an ultra-low power CPU.

 

You can totally upgrade the RAM though.

[AngelFrosty]

I'm not really looking for that as that ruins the complete purpose of a laptop in the first place :P, So there is no way to add gpu too laptop?

[Blazeman.exe]

22 hours ago, AngelFrosty said:

I'm not really looking for that as that ruins the complete purpose of a laptop in the first place :P, So there is no way to add gpu too laptop?

It honestly depends on the laptop.

 

Some Gaming Laptop's mobile Graphics cards are removable (and hence replaceable), while a lot of laptops have their Graphics cards soldered into the motherboard. Even in the cases that you can, it's not usually that feasible of an idea unfortunately.

(If you want to know why, I could elaborate, just trying to avoid a wall of text)

 

 

In your case, it looks like your laptop just uses the integrated graphics of it's Processor. It's likely that there's not even a spot reserved on the motherboard for a dedicated mobile graphics card to go.

 

 

tldr; nope

 

[normsofGTAwars]

This actually depends on the laptop things to note

1. your laptop is limited to upgrades -CPU GPU since both soldered to the motherboard

2.i know you laptop here since they are the HP PAVILION Line so you can only upgrade the RAM ddr3l  and Storage 

ONLY SOLUTION: 

1. Get a desktop, I understand that but the 940m is soldered and so far you can only upgrade both ram and storage but a desktop has better advantage for upgrade

2. You want a laptop still Get a higher model that are upgradable or better yet 960m-980m as the sweet spot not motherboard upgrade A. brand new laptop.

3. Cpu only find a motherboard for your laptop since this is a ULV cpu or HQ Cpu you cant upgrade them but a motherboard swap can be a possible solution