Doomon17

yea i kinda get what ur sayin and thanks for recomendations too but i also now have help from a friend of mine who said he can help me out upgrade cause he works on building computers so he said he can set up an appointment for my laptop with me and he can help out good with the pricing too apperently, so i hoping he can help me out and upgrade my system for me for a good price but ill tell him about these suggestions too and see how this goes but thanks guys.

i like the stuff listed and the lenths i now know my cpu can go to but im not really that high on money, like can u tell me what upgrades would be best recomended right now for me thats in my budget range also i wana know if i can get a good hard drive upgrade too cause my external drive is really spose to be for backup yes but i used that and my main drive for space and now i just really want everything on 1 drive so everything works properly cause some stuff dosent operate corectly on my external drive and now both are filling up a bit so i was wondering like if can get like a 2TB drive at least or somthin also due to current gen games are just getting bigger and bigger too.

yea thats the bad part that the price seems steep but ill look into what upgrades might be more important then the others but i just wana know as far as RAM goes how far do you think i can go on this model cause i like the other suggestions and im truthfully heading for nvidia brand graphics cards as far as those go so the cards seem quite good upgrades but i wana know the RAM capability on this machine.

Yea im new to this site but i found info i browsed usefull even before i joined because im looking for a good upgrade for my M15x alienware laptop for december (christmas / birthday) instead of getting an entirley new system which would cost alot of money cause i like aiming for laptops due to the fact i got the space for this thing and desktops even though cheap are stationary. so due to that fact ,till i get the space eventually for a desktop i want to try and see the upgrades i can get for this laptop. and this is my problem, i dont really know what would be compatible with the laptop so ima just say the upgrades im looking to get, the specs of my current cpu, and price range. So what im looking for is increased RAM (if possible), a new graphics card, and a new hard drive. (any other suggestions i will exept too if you think somthing else would be nice also, or in place of one of my suggestions). My basic specs are: Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830-0333) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Alienware System Model: M15x BIOS: Ver A09 1.00 Processor: Intel® Core i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz Memory: 4096MB RAM Available OS Memory: 4020MB RAM DirectX Version: DirectX 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M and the price range really for total upgrades im lookin for is about less then 500$- maybe little over (but mostly lookin to go cheaper if anyone knows any deals) NOTE: txt attachment is if your interested in my full specs. DxDiag.txt