morris14cc

can the minis cpu, ram, hdd, video card be upgraded? guessing many parts are laptop parts?

Kill Bill

Maybe ram. The rest are made into MB. But for HDD try an external.

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tlarkin

CPU, yes

RAM, yes

HD - yes (it uses laptop drives though)

Video card - no

Ultimately it won't be worth upgrading though and even then you would be building a new computer every time anyway since RAM needs faster bus speeds as well as processors.

Kill Bill

UPGRADE CPU HOW?

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morris14cc

i was just looking at getting a small portable computer would these cases be able to fit an 8800GTS? and dual core?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811153093

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811163081

using this MOBO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813141007

if i cant can i use a smaller case than this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144161

tlarkin

They use standard Core 2 Duos in those machines, it is not like they use some weird alien form of intel processors.

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I wouldn't pack that much heat in a small form factor case with out some sort of special cooling. Those mini computers aren't made to run big bad video game cards. You should look at a Shuttle PC, think they have the small form factor gaming rigs with liquid cooling built in.

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try mini itx if you want it to be really small like a mac mini and you can fit a 8800 whatever

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morris14cc

which chipset would be better in the shuttle: p35, x38?

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The CPU CAN NOT be upgraded. At least not in the G4 series.

RAM can be. They use single sticks; G4's use standard desktop style DDR1, intel's use laptop style (I'm pretty sure they're DDR2)

Hard drive can be upgraded with any standard laptop IDE drive. Newer Intel based ones may be SATA, but still 2.5" for sure. I've heard of people using larger drives, but it requires case modifications and you must modify the port (at least with IDE)

Can't upgrade the video card. It's onboard and there's no expansion slots inside.

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tlarkin

Actually, I was referring to the Intel ones where you can in fact upgrade the processor. The only way you can get a G4 mini is ebay nowadays.

it is just like a small form factor PC, with a socket prcoessor

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=91459