Ok so a few yews back I bought an alienware area 51 m15x laptop for gaming. While it really is not that bad, it is not worth what I paid. I'm wondering what others would do in my position. First it's specs.
CPU: Intel core 2 Duo T9500 @ 2.6GHz
GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Ram: 2x 1GB DDR2 667 MHz
Storage: 250GB HD
OS: Vista 64 bit
I'd like to use to largely to play the dayZ standalone when I'm not home, which would include using an out of game chat like ventrilo or teamspeak. At it's current state it probably could but it would probably not be too enjoyable. Not to mention the hinge where the screen connects to the base has cracked on the one side (a big problem with these models).
The biggest things I would want would be in this order: upgrade os to win 7 or 8, up the ram, up the GPU, up the CPU, fix the broken hinge.
Is it worth it to put the money into my current laptop? What would you do?
CPU: Intel core 2 Duo T9500 @ 2.6GHz
GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Ram: 2x 1GB DDR2 667 MHz
Storage: 250GB HD
OS: Vista 64 bit
I'd like to use to largely to play the dayZ standalone when I'm not home, which would include using an out of game chat like ventrilo or teamspeak. At it's current state it probably could but it would probably not be too enjoyable. Not to mention the hinge where the screen connects to the base has cracked on the one side (a big problem with these models).
The biggest things I would want would be in this order: upgrade os to win 7 or 8, up the ram, up the GPU, up the CPU, fix the broken hinge.
Is it worth it to put the money into my current laptop? What would you do?