cheaper change gpu or processor in clevo?

[storm1]

im trying decide between buying 3 clevo laptops with these speces which would be best..

*gtx660m 2gb ddr5 / i7 3610qm / 8gb ram / 1tb hdd

*gtx 950m 2gb ddr3 / intel i3 4100m 2.5ghz / 2x 4gb ddr3 / 1tb wd blue hdd

*amd hd 6970 / i7 2670qm 3.1ghz / 16gb ddr3 / 1tb hdd

 

would it be cheaper change the gpu or processor to change the i3 to i7 or the gtx 660 to gtx 950/960m?

thanks

 

[Telebubbies]

Will it be used for gaming or working? 

[storm1]

1 minute ago, Telebubbies said:

Will it be used for gaming or working? 

oh ya be used for gaming and photoshop/illustrator vector work.

 

[Telebubbies]

I would go for the gtx 950m one but I think that the processor will bottleneck it..  I am not 100% sure if it will. 

[PokeCatz]

Just now, storm1 said:

oh ya be used for gaming and photoshop/illustrator vector work.

 

GPUs in laptops are non upgradable, they are sautered to the

motherboard. I can't upgrade my Clevo w650sz GPU because it's sautered to mobo. So easiest thing to upgrade is CPU

[Mr.Meerkat]

4 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

GPUs in laptops are non upgradable, they are sautered to the

motherboard. I can't upgrade my Clevo w650sz GPU because it's sautered to mobo. So easiest thing to upgrade is CPU

not true, they could be MXM cards where you can change them...

[PokeCatz]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

not true, they could be MXM cards where you can change them...

But they could be non-mxm. And that would make for a bad day.

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, PokeCatz said:

But they could be non-mxm. And that would make for a bad day.

They probably are soldered onto the motherboard but I'm just stating the fact how it's not exactly true and you can get laptop's with interchangeable GPUs

[don_svetlio]

17 minutes ago, storm1 said:

im trying decide between buying 3 clevo laptops with these speces which would be best..

*gtx660m 2gb ddr5 / i7 3610qm / 8gb ram / 1tb hdd

*gtx 950m 2gb ddr3 / intel i3 4100m 2.5ghz / 2x 4gb ddr3 / 1tb wd blue hdd

*amd hd 6970 / i7 2670qm 3.1ghz / 16gb ddr3 / 1tb hdd

 

would it be cheaper change the gpu or processor to change the i3 to i7 or the gtx 660 to gtx 950/960m?

thanks

 

Personally, I'd go for the 660M/i7 combo - the i3 4100M is not what I'd call top-class performance.

[PokeCatz]

4 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Personally, I'd go for the 660M/i7 combo - the i3 4100M is not what I'd call top-class performance.

This might be too expensive but you could upgrade the i3

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, PokeCatz said:

This might be too expensive but you could upgrade the i3

True - but it depends if the laptop can handle the extra heat of an i5 or i7

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

This might be too expensive but you could upgrade the i3

 

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

True - but it depends if the laptop can handle the extra heat of an i5 or i7

Well the i3 apparently uses the G3 socket where you can change it up to a  i7-4940MX...

[storm1]

10 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

not true, they could be MXM cards where you can change them...

two of them are not changeable i just checked..the gtx950 and gtx 660 arent but the amd i7 is upgradable and has a 17" screen.

8 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

But they could be non-mxm. And that would make for a bad day.

the amd gpu is changable for a amd 7970 or gtx 680m iv found so far but think can also fit a 960/970m all the gou have to be clevo and flashed..whatever that means

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Personally, I'd go for the 660M/i7 combo - the i3 4100M is not what I'd call top-class performance.

true but the i7 amd is fully upgradeable which seems a better option plus the 172 screen and 16gb ram what jah think

[storm1]

anyone reccomend a cheap clevo and ill upgrade to gtx960m/ 16gb ram

[storm1]

deciced to go for either a y50 70 lenovo gtx 960m i7 or asus rog i7 gtx960m for same money

[exercutor5]

7 hours ago, storm1 said:

anyone reccomend a cheap clevo and ill upgrade to gtx960m/ 16gb ram

http://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP7258.html

[storm1]

On 4/24/2016 at 0:22 AM, exercutor5 said:

http://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP7258.html

do you know if this sager is upgradeable like in the future changing the gpu /cpu or are they soldered in

[exercutor5]

1 hour ago, storm1 said:

do you know if this sager is upgradeable like in the future changing the gpu /cpu or are they soldered in

Soldered.

[PokeCatz]

1 hour ago, storm1 said:

do you know if this sager is upgradeable like in the future changing the gpu /cpu or are they soldered in

Thought CPU was upgradable. 

[exercutor5]

4 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

Thought CPU was upgradable. 

No. The new series use soldered mobile CPUs. The only series where you can upgrade the CPU are the desktop CPU ones.

[don_svetlio]

On 4/24/2016 at 8:13 PM, storm1 said:

deciced to go for either a y50 70 lenovo gtx 960m i7 or asus rog i7 gtx960m for same money

If you go for a Y50 - you need to do 2 things

1 - get an SSD
2 - loosen the hinges when you buy it (it's a fairly easy thing to do)

[D2ultima]

On 4/24/2016 at 10:56 AM, PokeCatz said:

GPUs in laptops are non upgradable, they are sautered to the

motherboard. I can't upgrade my Clevo w650sz GPU because it's sautered to mobo. So easiest thing to upgrade is CPU

I'm pretty sure your GPU is an iGPU only. You don't even have a discrete GPU.

 

Also, laptop GPUs are upgrade-able. It depends on if you have MXM socketed GPUs or not. Cheaper laptops will not. Thinner laptops will not. Sacrifice weight, thickness and price paid and you'll get a soldered GPU, or an iGPU-only solution. Pay more, get a thicker notebook that weighs more, and you get socketed stuff.

On 5/1/2016 at 8:40 PM, storm1 said:

do you know if this sager is upgradeable like in the future changing the gpu /cpu or are they soldered in

All mobile CPUs are soldered. The last time there was a socketed mobile CPU was in early 2014. Assume all 965Ms are soldered, and I can guarantee all 960Ms, 860Ms (that still sell), 950Ms, and anything below it, are soldered.