Optimus V upgradability

[gmm]

Am looking to buy a gaming laptop and was initially looking to get a 2nd hand dell laptop or something until seeing the Optimus V. Just wondering whether maybe 2 or 3 years down the line it would be possible to upgrade any of the parts in the laptop - GPU or CPU? Thanks.

 

[keynes]

CPU yes, gpu no.

 

[gmm]

Thanks for the reply. I'm new to buying a gaming laptop so apologies if this sounds dense but are there are laptops sold on pc specialist that do have GPU's that can be upgraded?

 

[keynes]

Thanks for the reply. I'm new to buying a gaming laptop so apologies if this sounds dense but are there are laptops sold on pc specialist that do have GPU's that can be upgraded?

Skyfire and vortex chassis

 

[Xaser04]

As Keynes states the Skyfire and Vortex Chassis are the only ones that PCS sell which offer MXM slots for the GPU's.

Bare in mind that upgrading a GPU on a laptop; 1) Costs a pretty penny - 780m's are ~ £600+ on the bay, 2) Is not quite as straight forward as upgrading a GPU on a desktop (bios flash, heatsink modification / replacement, vendor specific alterations etc).

 

[killzusall]

Quite often the sockets change, so 2-3 years down the line you'd only be able to "upgrade" to the same years or the following years cards - which as mentioned above aren't cheap even second hand. Anything newer than that you would propbably need to get a newer laptop to get a newer motherboard with a newer socket, you might as well get the best you can afford at the time and then start saving for the next one.