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Today while doing some light gaming on my laptop (i7 3632QM, HD4000, 8GB Ram, Windows 7 Pro) I noticed the area around the CPU was hot. I downloaded a cpu temperature monitor. It said my CPU was 80-75C, and 3 of 4 cores had 75% load on them. I figured that this was about normal, but just to...

Well while surfing the web I came across a method that allows the user to insert a desktop GPU into a laptop. I have a laptop, and was wondering if it is a viable solution to it's current lack of graphics. I would link to the sight, but I am not sure if I can, so somebody please let me know.

I have a Dell Inspiron 15r 5520. Here are the current specs: Core i7 @2.2 with turbo boost up to 3.2, 1TB 5400 RPM HDD, 8 GB DDR3 1600Mhz (I think), intel hm77 chipset, HD4000 graphics, Win 7 HP 64 Bit. What would be the best upgrade for $50 to boost my gaming performance?

So I wiped the drive and installed Windows 7 and now it is running perfectly.

I have a Dell Inspiron 15r 5520 (2.2 i7 Quad Core, HD4000 Graphics, and 8 GB of ram). When I first got my laptop (Christmas 2012) here were some of my benchmarks: Minecraft ~150 fps Need For Speed World ~60 fps on ultra 35 fps on Portal 2 on ultra. Now running the same version of Minecraft I...

I have a Dell Inspiron 15r 5520 (2.2 i7 Quad Core, HD4000 Graphics, and 8 GB of ram). When I first got my laptop (Christmas 2012) here were some of my benchmarks: Minecraft ~150 fps Need For Speed World ~60 fps on ultra 35 fps on Portal 2 on ultra. Now running the same version of Minecraft I...