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‎08-16-2016 11:53 AM

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Product: hp 15-r030wm
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I want to upgrade this laptop into a gaming one without the hassle of gutting it and starting from scratch.  

 

I have already upgraded from 4gb ram to 8gb ram and want to push it even further to a 16gb ram card.  (only one slot for ram)

 

I want to see about upgrading the graphics card or at least supplementing it with a more powerfult one to give it a boost.(currently looking into a few ways of connecting a desktop gpu via usb3.0 but not having much luck)

 

I will eventually need to swap the hard drive for a larger one so any advice on what will work is more than welcome.(original 500gb hdd died and was replaced by one of same size)

 

I am willing to upgrade just about any part necessary to accoplish my goal of a gaming laptop up to the motherboard.  If I need to upgrade the motherboard I will be making a portable desktop with scratch buit case and just go always plugged in.

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‎08-16-2016 12:07 PM

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None of this is going to happen, I am sorry to rain on the parade. What you have there is a very low end inexpensive laptop. It has a weak processor and video chip on the motherboard and both are soldered on so there is no upgrade. There is a single memory slot and 8 gigs is the maximum. 

 

There is no way to add a video card that is worth anything by way of a usb 3.0 port. They do make such things but they are not for gaming, they are for people that just want to run lots of monitors for business purposes like a stockbroker that needs to have 4 monitors with stock ticker feeds. The response time is too slow for gaming. 

 

Save any money you would invest in trying to upgrade that machine. It is designed for email and facebook, not to run games. 

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‎08-16-2016 12:02 PM

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@ADKWolf

 

Sorry but the CPU and GPU are soldered to the system board.

 

Your manual here.

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04409502

 

REO

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‎08-16-2016 12:07 PM

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None of this is going to happen, I am sorry to rain on the parade. What you have there is a very low end inexpensive laptop. It has a weak processor and video chip on the motherboard and both are soldered on so there is no upgrade. There is a single memory slot and 8 gigs is the maximum. 

 

There is no way to add a video card that is worth anything by way of a usb 3.0 port. They do make such things but they are not for gaming, they are for people that just want to run lots of monitors for business purposes like a stockbroker that needs to have 4 monitors with stock ticker feeds. The response time is too slow for gaming. 

 

Save any money you would invest in trying to upgrade that machine. It is designed for email and facebook, not to run games. 

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‎08-16-2016 12:08 PM

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ok so I can't upgrade them with out swapping the board as well.  Is there any way to boost the performance or to supplement it?

 

Is there anyway to tell if the integrated gpu would be able to use part of a large ram card?

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‎08-16-2016 12:11 PM

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There is no motherboard for that model series that would be worth the price it would cost. And no, no, no on the video. Everything is set and configured and you cannot change it. You don't think you could turn your cell phone into a gaming computer? This laptop is really a glorified cell phone with a bigger screen and no way to dial any phone numbers. It is a fixed package. 

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‎08-16-2016 12:20 PM

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Alright, guess I will be saving to custom build a desktop.  I do want to note that I didn't buy this to make it a gaming laptop it just ended up being that I needed one and didn't want to spend a couple grand making a desktop when I thought I could upgrade this just enough to make it work.  

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‎08-16-2016 12:35 PM

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Understood. You are not the first to ask similar questions and will not be the last. 

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