Keep or sell laptop?

[koridoroff1]

Hi! So i have this laptop, ASUS RoG G750JW (link: https/www.asus.com/us/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/ROG-G750JW/)
So i have had it for about 5 years, but have only recently starting to take care of it (clean it, cool it etc) and despite it being a very good laptop im noticing severe drops in efficiency. For example its overheating a lot, hard drive is sometimes disconnecting by itself and most importantly i cant play some of the games i have anymore. I bought overwatch on release and havent had any problems up until recently,running smoothly at about 40-60 fps on mid-settings, but now i get 10 fps at most on lowest possible with resolution scale. My question is should i sell the laptop and get myself a PC, or invest some money to repair it? Any help appreciated!

 

[USAFRet]

A 5 year old mostly broken laptop?
$100.

 

[GreyCatz]

As implied by USAFRet you may have to face the grim fact that your ASUS has reached the end of the road - at least as a powerful gaming rig. A GTX 765M card was probably very attractive 5 years ago, but games are constantly 'upgrading' in terms of hardware requirements - as you found out with OverWatch.

If you like messing with hardware components, the good news is that the ASUS is very easy to work with. I can't say how much it would cost to remedy your current issues, but dusting off the system fan and putting on new thermal paste are steps nos 1 and 2.

But keep in mind that even if you manage to get the machine back in shape, it still uses a 700-series GPU and there's nothing you can do about that.

Cheers,
GreyCatz.