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Question

aspire switch 10 upgrade

Jan 11, 2015 9:35PM PST

I need product specs and is it possible to upgrade my acer aspire switch 10 to .8-12 gb ram,intel i7 over clock able processor,2-4 gb dedicated vram and a battery with nearly triple power what do I need to get done to have these kinda specs on my acer asp switch 10.are there any tuts on the web.

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Re: upgrade
Jan 11, 2015 9:57PM PST

The specs should be on the Acer site, in most reviews, possibly on the site of the shop where you bought it, and for a small part in the documentation that came with the unit (these tend to be rather general, and describe several different models in one document). What did you find already, and what information are you missing.

If not in these sources, try crucial.com for information about the possible configuratiosn of RAM.

Changing the processor, the video RAM and the battery into one that has a three times larger capacity is much more difficult, if not impossible. But why did you buy such an underpowered laptop?

Kees

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Nod to Kees.
Jan 12, 2015 12:05AM PST

Crucial seems to the go to for RAM and now SSDs.
Bob

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NO GO ON CPU UPGRADE!
Jan 20, 2015 1:08AM PST

The CPU is an Atom and soldered onto the motherboard. You can throw that idea out the window.

The RAM and SSD can be upgraded. It looks like this officially supports 8gb of RAM. I have seen units where you can double this unofficially with mixed results but you can do 8gb.

Unfortunately this is a lower end unit meant to be low cost, not a performance powerhouse. Use it for what it is. It will never be a gaming computer.