Recent content by DylanKCC

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    MSI Notebook GPU Upgradability

    I dont have the answer you need but I would like to say I was pleasantly surprised when I opened my HP PAvilion and found the APU was not soldered in.
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    Swapping my HDD (sata3) with my optical drive(sata2) to open up room for SSD

    Hi all, I want to remove my optical DVD RW from my HP Pavilion G7 2233cl. A previous post was answered that my HDD runs on sata3 while the DVDRW is sata2. The DVDRW had an adapter and is listed by HP as "Bezel Sata" I'm not sure what this means. Will it even be possible to use an internal...
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    HP Pavilion G7 2233cl - Replace DVD RW with SSD, improve cooling, custom case.

    I have a G7 as in the title. I have a few things I was looking for feedback on. 1)I want to replace the DVD RW with an SSD. I know the DVDRW is a SATA connection. I am not sure if the bay for the DVDRW is big enough to fit an SSD, possible workarounds? Maybe a SATA extension cable? 2 &3) These...
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    Can I play planetside 2 with AMD 7640g

    As a followup: The game is playable with your system. Competitively you are at a disadvantage though due to the performance. I got 8 gigs of ram and also found the AMD A10-4600m w/ Radeon 7660G graphics for under 50 dollars. Get this processor and stick it in your laptop (Took me about an hour...
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    Can I play planetside 2 with AMD 7640g

    I play PS2 on a G7 2233CL (Same processor, video card.) The game is playable but definitely bogs down in big fights. One thing I would recommend is maxing out the ram (Mine came with 6 but im putting it to the limit of 8 with two 4 gig 1600s) Since the graphics are integrated you are really...