Next Acer Upgrade?

[LfcLee]

Hello, I have just recently upgraded my Aspire 5315 from the original spec to:-

Core 2 duo t7300 2Ghz
2gig Ram
160 Gb 7200rpm hard drive
latest BIOS
Win 7

I dont want to upgrade this any further (might put 3gig in).What is the next step up from the 5315 in regards to chipset/graphics? Can I find another Acer with such upgradable headroom for a reasonable price -£150 ?

[V_Chip]

For what functionality are you looking to upgrade?

An SSD is by far the best single upgrade you can make to your system in order to make it more responsive.

[Meaker]

Any machine from the MXM list.

[LfcLee]

Any machine from the MXM list.

Where can I find this list?

I mainly use my laptop for Dreamweaver/Photoshop and would like to play a few games. I really just like to upgrade them, taking them from there original spec and pushing them to there limits of capability.The 5315 was a prime example of that.

I wanted to move away from intergrated graphics and onto mxm if possible.

[ellalan]

Here it is:Is my laptop MXM?

[LfcLee]

Here it is:Is my laptop MXM?

Thanks great site.
I have just bought a aspire 5715z on e-bay, it was an impulsive buy didnt really do my research, but it was only £31 including shipping no hard drive or memory though( I have some from my last upgrade to test it)

Any ideas were I can go with this? What is the difference between the 5715z and the 5315? Iam not being lazy I do search haha , but is there anything I need to know about this specific machine?

I have bought the 5715z in haste, in my previous posts I was going on about moving away from intergrated graphics! what have I done oh well

[LfcLee]

Oh no...Looks like Iam starting over again. By the looks of it The 5715z and the 5315 are both the same apart from the fact that you get a dual core with the 5715z. dam, but for £31 you cant complain.

[zombymusix]

Acer S5 looks sweet, upgrade to that (kidding I know this is irrelevant)

[MuteMath]

any models ending with a 'z' are the budget versions (low end) and any upgrades are very limited. gpu chips usually come integrated with the mobo chipset in the z models. Buying an SSD is the best upgrade for a noticeable boost in performance like someone else commented above.

[niffcreature]

Um you can upgrade the motherboard in both of those models to a G model with an MXM slot. That is what you should have done with the 5315 instead of buying a new laptop. You need a 5720g motherboard.