Acer Aspire 8930G Owner's Lounge

[greddyrx7]

Hello and from me,

Newbie around here,i wanted to buy a laptop but i don't have much money , almost 400 €,i was searching around about something with big screen and good specification but nothing came up...

Until the time,that i found a person that is giving this laptop Acer 8930G, with 4 GB DDR3 1066,and 9700 GT card for 400 €, so i think i will buy it .

I also think that until next week i will have it.

Do you think it's a good order ?

Hello! I am from Thessaloniki to! I have also an 8930G if you want to see it before you buy it just ask!

[greddyrx7]

Hello! I am from Thessaloniki to! I have also an 8930G if you want to see it before you buy it just ask!

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[Agony]

Hello and from me,

Newbie around here,i wanted to buy a laptop but i don't have much money , almost 400 €,i was searching around about something with big screen and good specification but nothing came up...

Until the time,that i found a person that is giving this laptop Acer 8930G, with 4 GB DDR3 1066,and 9700 GT card for 400 €, so i think i will buy it .

I also think that until next week i will have it.

Do you think it's a good order ?

If you want i sell my Quad Core 8930g with new battery original from ACER with the extra bag . perfect contition trust me its better than the new ones.

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This Quad core doesnt work . to any acer 8930g with Core 2 duo motherboard.

[PetrosGR]

Hello,once again the Laptop ,is in my hands,the condition is just PERFECT.

I searched around the net and the chipset that we have PM 45, can take up to 8 GB Of ram 1066 Mhz DDR 3.

I have 2 module of 2 GB each , so i will buy a new set with different GB.

And one other think ...

What SSD is better , to have inside ?

[Agony]

Intel is the best . The bigest improve is a good ssd but you have to spend 400 euro to have a good one.

I dont think you need to buy more DDR ram you will see no diference . I have 2 SSD INTEL postviles on my 8930g and my memmory never goes up to 35% so for me look for a good SSD . or FX3700 gpu if you play games

[Agony]

very happy with my acer aspire 8930g got it december 8th 2008 after working 7 days a week. must say its fantastic out of all the laptops i have owned this one has lasted the longest and not had single problem and i am on it every day gaming, net and also film watching.i have the highest spec model that came out that time t9400 2.53ghz dual core 512mb 9700m gt. and i just love to game on it. i have a xbox 360 but i would rather game on my 8930g. laptop looks as new as when first bought except tiny wear on touch pad area from using finger to move cursor. i finding giving this laptop long live is i blow into the speakers holding laptop up lol sounds funny but i do this each sunday and use fibre optic cloth on screen, and keys. laptop was 1,289 from pc business in birmingham england where i live. its funny how i did have a alienware laptop 9700 before in 2005 december was 1,500 before clicking drop down menus. after i clicked all the menus to increase spec laptop came up to 3,000 lol. i payed this in installments when i was working. anyone else enjoying there acer aspire 8930g, i do like the 8951g model for the gtx 555m if anyone wants to comment on there laptop i from birmingham england liquid_swords180@yahoo.com

Nice but the highest spec 8930g is the Quad core one . I bealive that 8942g it was better laptop than 8951 g .

[PetrosGR]

So ... you suggest that i shouldn't change the RAM ?

And also , what did you say about the GPU ? How can you change a GPU in this laptop ?!

[Agony]

Petro , i suggest NOT to add more Memory. Its NO diference if you have 4 giga or 8 giga ram .I have monitor with tools laptops with such a ram and they dont use it at Windows or any aplication.
The only way that you will need more ram is a GAME like Battlefield but waste of time because 8930g GPU cant handle it. So DONT buy more Memory waste of money trust me .
Ps.The only diference is IF there was a way from the BIOS to get Higher clocks for the DDR but We cant OC the DDR so ..... NO extra ram.

ALso to your second question If you use a lot of the operating system programs videos and NO gaming then you should BUY SSD DISK GREAT improvement.
CPU.... You can only update to Core 2 Duo the Xtreme is very good But dont BUY QUAD core Because Quad Cores work Only to 8930g motherboards that already had Quad Cores. Like mine. But No problem Because the Xtreme is much quicker to everyday use Quad Core is much quicker only to Multi thread programs like video edit , Its for profesional use Not games .

Last the GPU.... 9600m gt and 9700m gt is the same cards just an oced one some machines had the 9600m gt 1giga ram ddr2 that is much slower.

Its very easy to change your GPU but because the MMX type of the card the only Card that you will see a improve it the FX3700m . you can buy ati 4670 to but there is not so much improve so i sugest if you buy GPU BUY the FX3700m it works nice.

Hou to change GPU ??? Its easy you open the laptop you unscrew the GPU and take it off , You clean it add some artic silver and that is all.

But you have to know if you have the 9700m heatsink all works nice. if you have the 9600m heatsink you have to cut it and buy zalman heatsinks like i do. when i change my GPU. i have photos to my previus posts how to.....

I hope i helped

[PetrosGR]

Hello again, i just can't believe it It's just a great laptop.

I do some video editing and so on. so i will need a little bit more of RAM in the future.

I have uploaded the specification of my laptop in the CPU-Z and now in the forum.

So you should see them clear.
My CPU is , P8600 , which is a good buy now to buy from ebay better than my CPU ?

And also about the GPU , i have the Nvidia 9700GT. What could i put into this spot ?

And the SSD type,its easy a friend of mine is giving a Agility 3,for 50 €

[PetrosGR]

And as far as i have seen in the official site of Intel.

The PM45 Intel Chipset which is what we have supports a lot of CPU.

CPU-Upgrade: Intel PM45 Express chipset processor support

I have the P8600 .

So , i could buy the T9900 or the Q9100 ?