Upgrading a Toshiba Satellite P845-S4200

[AlexWirtes]

As the title says, I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop. Here are the general specs of it when I bought it: http://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-satellite-p845-s4200-14-core-i5-3317u-windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-6-gb-ram-750-gb-hdd/specs/

I have a decent hard drive but it could be a little larger. I'm thinking of booting my Win7 OS from a small SSD for the sake of making it go faster. I added some more RAM so I'm at 8GB instead of 6GB as it states in the specs I posted above. I also am thinking of upgrading to a faster processer. I have an i5 bu it's pretty laggy when I play a game such as Skyrim. That could also be because of my lack of a graphics card. However I don't know if I cn even put a graphics card in my laptop.

So any help would be most appreciated. Thank you!

 

[IDontUnderstand]

1. It is hard to find compatible mobile CPU and it is usually not worth the price.
2. You may not install a GPU into your laptop.
3. You can install a SSD and transform your current HDD into external HDD.

 

[AlexWirtes]

So I'd only be able to insert an internal SSD inside my laptop and use my current HDD as an external? If that's the case how would I be able to turn my originally internal HDD into an external one? I understand Google is my best friend but I need more specific opinions for my situation.

I've already adde some RAM. I now have 2x4GB (8GB) Is that enough to smoothly play a game such as Skyrim?

What would I have to do to my laptop to make it play games faster?

Anything I can do to boost it's preformance would be great. I just want to be able to play games smoothly with at least medium graphics.

Also the battery is no longer retaining much of a charge. I get brought down to 0% within an hour or so if it's not plugged in. Any suggestions?

I thank you for your help. I really appreciate it and look forward to reading more.

 

[IDontUnderstand]

HDD Enclosure http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182140
SSD will help your map load faster.
Gamer do not utilize more than 8 GB of RAM.
Skyrim is CPU depended, so there is not much you can do.

 

[AlexWirtes]

Does the HDD enclosure attatch to the outside of the laptop or do I need to find a seperate way to mount it?
SSD will load the Skyrim map faster?
Looks like I'm good on RAM.
SOL with the processor then, huh?

 

[IDontUnderstand]

The enclosure is pretty much a box with SATA to USB built-in, you open the enclosure, connect the SATA to USB to the HDD, put the HDD into the enclosure, close it, connect to the laptop via USB.
SSD will read a lot faster, aka loading maps, opening applications, starting OS, etc.
The processor is set in stone, unless you really really want to give it a shot, but I'm not willing to put in the effort of researching for at least an hour to find a compatible one.

 

[AlexWirtes]

I understand how the HDD works but is there a way to literally fasten it to the outside of the laptop itself? Velcro or something?
I wouldn't expect anyone to do that kind of digging for me. Thanks for your imput though. It's been most helpful

 

[Prostar Computer]

I understand how the HDD works but is there a way to literally fasten it to the outside of the laptop itself? Velcro or something?
I wouldn't expect anyone to do that kind of digging for me. Thanks for your imput though. It's been most helpful

I suppose anything that will support the weight of it could work. I haven't personally seen anyone make an attempt to affix an external drive to a laptop, but hey, if women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

 

[IDontUnderstand]

If you want to do a Velcro, go for it.
It is pretty much an external HDD just like any other ones out on the market. You can carry in your bag and use it as a flash drive.