Should you upgrade or change your notebook?

When your laptop is already using microbicides, you may start to consider whether to change a new one. Of course you can just look at our evaluation and choose one that you like, or you can use less money to make the right upgrades and add a few months to your old notebook. So, to see if your computer can be upgraded, ask yourself a few questions first:

1. Will the upgrade solve my problem?

If your notebook is running slowly or has no hard disk space, you can solve the problem by adding more memory or a larger volume of hard drive. If it's a more complicated use problem, such as your laptop's inability to play 1080P HD video, it may be due to poor performance in addition to poor processor performance, low memory or hard drive capacity. If you want to pack the above hardware upgrades, it is better to directly choose to buy a new notebook to the appropriate.

2. Do I know how to upgrade?

Replacing a notebook's hardware can be simple or difficult. For example, replace the memory or hard drive, you just need to remove the battery, open the extension slot on the back of the computer, you can easily replace. But if you want to replace more complex parts, you may need to remove the keyboard, or the whole machine disassembly, and each specific product design is not the same, so suggest you can refer to the relevant product forum and the dismantling of the site information.

3. Is it more appropriate to upgrade or to buy a new one?

Upgrading hardware naturally takes into account costs, so you need to see how many parts you want to upgrade, usually ranging from hundreds of to thousands of yuan. For example, the battery may cost only 300 yuan, the memory is almost also the price. A 500GB capacity of 2.5-inch notebook hard drive costs around 300 yuan, but a 480GB capacity SSD hard drive is at least 2500 yuan. So, if there are too many upgrades or too many requests, it may be more appropriate to buy a new notebook directly.

If you've already considered the above issues and are sure you need to upgrade, then keep looking.

Battery. Typically, after a year of battery use in a laptop, battery endurance declines, and after two years, it is unlikely to last one hours. Thankfully, the battery is the easiest part of the laptop, so you can buy a larger battery to meet your long standby needs, or a small battery to meet your portability needs.

Memory

Memory is an important part of the speed with which a laptop is running, so the larger the memory, the faster the computer system (and, of course, the system support), especially when it comes to multitasking. Notebook memory slots are generally designed at the bottom of the fuselage, occasionally placed under the keyboard, need to disassemble the machine to replace. Of course, it's very difficult to replace a machine that is similar to an Apple MacBook Air that has the memory welded to the motherboard.

For the general Internet and document processing, 2GB memory just enough, if you want to do more heavy processing of multimedia and games, 4GB and above is more ideal, you can be more use of the requirements and the notebook itself to support the maximum memory to upgrade. Relatively speaking, because of the low memory price, so it is your first choice to upgrade the notebook. At present, the models commonly used in the market DDR3 memory, some old models are DDR2, as long as the same memory voltage, can be mixed, of course, this will limit the performance of the play.

Hard disk

Laptop Hard drive replacement is also not complex, is usually designed at the bottom of the fuselage, remove the screws to open the expansion slot can be seen. The hard drive can be replaced by a hard drive box and turned into a removable hard drive to use. As for the type of hard disk, traditional mechanical hard disk capacity, cheap, and SSD solid-state hard drive is fast, small and more stable, but the price is more expensive, if the choice depends on your budget and use of the scene.

Drive

The optical drive is becoming an optional option for laptops, but if you need to burn a lot of data, you can still choose to burn DVD or more advanced Blu-ray drives. Some laptops can easily replace the optical drive, if not convenient, it is recommended to buy an external optical drive to use.

Keyboards, touchpad, and screens

Keyboards, touchpad, and screens are also interchangeable parts of laptops, and if you are not a professional, you need to rely on a maintenance station. Replacing these three parts doesn't actually get any new functionality, it's just a continuation of the laptop's life, and you need to weigh the price to a new one if the price is too high.

Motherboards and processors

Desktop computers can easily replace motherboards and processors, but laptops are hard to implement. Of course if you are a DIY enthusiasts, you can try, but for ordinary users, if the idea of replacing the processor, direct purchase of new notebook is the most convenient choice.

Summarize

Laptops do not have a higher upgrade space than desktop computers, and their service life is basically set in microbicides, after which, even if upgraded, overall performance is not up to the latest in the same market. So, for notebook users, it is wise to upgrade as early as possible to bring a better use experience; Once the computer starts to lag, the best way is still to replace the new equipment, in fact, it is the most economical choice.