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Title: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: Reaper on October 06, 2013, 06:14:13 AM

Hi i was just thinking is there any way i can upgrade my acer aspire one netbooks cpu, ram, or my gpu.

Here are my specs

MODEL: ACER ASPIRE ONE 725

OS: Windows 7 64 - bit Home Premium Service Pack 1

Processor: AMD C-60 APU 1.0 GHz - 1.333 GHz

RAM: 4096 MB

GPU: AMD RADEON 6290

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: patio on October 06, 2013, 06:56:23 AM

Unfortunately...No.
It is what it is.

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: Reaper on October 06, 2013, 07:05:04 AM

then can i at least upgrade the ram to 6 or 8 Gigabytes

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: patio on October 06, 2013, 07:28:27 AM

Not that i saw in the laptops reviews...the Acer site is down right now.

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: Reaper on October 06, 2013, 07:31:00 AM

well do you know any good games i can play on it

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: patio on October 06, 2013, 08:09:54 AM

I'm not a Gamer...however we have a whole section dedicated to it...you may want to ask in there.

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: camerongray on October 06, 2013, 09:30:09 AM

With a netbook like that your limiting factor is your CPU/APU - 4gb of RAM is plenty.

You cannot replace the CPU/GPU.

Netbooks really aren't designed for gaming - They are fine for office tasks and web browsing but if you want a machine for gaming your best bet would be to sell the netbook and put the money towards a new machine.

On a machine like that, upgrading the RAM beyond 4gb will make no difference so you would just be wasting money.

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: Reaper on October 06, 2013, 11:55:52 AM

then do you know of any good gaming laptops/desktops i can get for under $800

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: patio on October 06, 2013, 03:52:45 PM

Just MHO but the terms gaming and laptop should never be used in the same sentence...
Just opinion.

Title: Re: Can i upgrade my acer aspire one Netbook
Post by: camerongray on October 07, 2013, 05:29:02 AM

As patio stated you are usually better with a desktop for gaming, as you already have a netbook for portable stuff getting a nice desktop would probably be your best bet.

For gaming the two best options would be to build it yourself (My choice) or to buy it from a specialised custom computer manufacturer such as Cyberpower.  If you find anything you would like an opinion on or would like advice on building one yourself I'd be happy to help.