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I'm guessing you have the core i5 and do you have 2x 650M in SLI? You could add a second 650m if you don't. That should help with game performance. As far as upgrading the CPU I don't think you can and even if it was possible I don't think it would be the best bang for your buck. You would be better off selling your current laptop and upgrading to something else.

I just installed a 128GB Crucial M4 in my computer with a fresh load of Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and RST software installed perfectly. I am not sure if it is faster as I didn't do any speed tests before. I will say that my computer boots in about 10 seconds so somethings working pretty good

I just got my Y500 in today. I have already put an SSD in it and put windows 7 ultimate on it. I can not stand windows 8... Complete garbage if you ask me. However Windows 8 does have one feature I wish windows 7 had. Hibernating core system files which allows for quicker boot times. With Windows 7 and my 128 GB Crucial M4 SSD it takes around 10 seconds from hitting to the power button to have the desktop up and fully loaded.

I am running a 128 GB Crucial M4 I just installed today. The difference is day and night. From the time I hit the power button it takes around 10 seconds to get in the desktop fully loaded..

Haven't had a chance to unlock the bios so I can only get to 925mhz core clock and 2854mhz memory clock. Any higher on memory and it starts causing issues. I figure once I can up the core clock higher I will have to lower the memory clock to avoid issues. I'll let you know once I get the bios flashed.

I wish I would have read this earlier. I just removed the back of mine less than 2 hours ago before reading this post and broke off the top left plastic tab. Great instructions though!