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HP Envy 13-d004no
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Hello. I use my HP envy 13-d004 laptop mainly for school jobs and it is very good in that. But I also use this laptop for gaming although it is clearly not intended for it. That is why I ask, can this model be upgraded in ANY way that it would be better suitable for gaming. Any upgrades for the laptop itself or accessories will do.

 

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Thundernerd13

 

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

 

Sorry, but unlike desktops, which use cards, laptops have chips that are soldered directly to the motherboard or system board, or come in the form of "modules".

Only a very limited subset of HP laptops actually allow the replacement of processor, audio, video or WiFi "modules" and, as far as I can tell, yours is not one of these models.

This means there is really no way to upgrade the video, WiFi, or processor on your laptop. You're stuck with what came with the PC.

 

You COULD consider putting an SSD in the laptop, but that really only helps with reducing the boot time and program load times.  Once the game is loaded into memory and running, the SSD doesn't help real-time performance.



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Thundernerd13

 

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

 

Sorry, but unlike desktops, which use cards, laptops have chips that are soldered directly to the motherboard or system board, or come in the form of "modules".

Only a very limited subset of HP laptops actually allow the replacement of processor, audio, video or WiFi "modules" and, as far as I can tell, yours is not one of these models.

This means there is really no way to upgrade the video, WiFi, or processor on your laptop. You're stuck with what came with the PC.

 

You COULD consider putting an SSD in the laptop, but that really only helps with reducing the boot time and program load times.  Once the game is loaded into memory and running, the SSD doesn't help real-time performance.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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