New Latop Question

[KaiserKnight]

So I recently purchased a laptop that was on sale and was wondering if anyone can give me some advice and opinions on how to update a few things on it. The main updates Im interested in is the video card and ram though I dont know which ones to get though if you see anything else that needs replacement please feel free to let me know. Also I was thinking of downgrading to Windows 7 Pro

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 @ 2.40GHz 53 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
48 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce 610M
Hard Drives
699GB Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB (SATA) 33 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

[AWAR]

You can't update anything but the RAM, which at 6 gigs is more than enough.

EDIT: Maybe putting in an SSD drive, but it's hardly worth the money.

 

[KaiserKnight]

You can't update anything but the RAM, which at 6 gigs is more than enough.

EDIT: Maybe putting in an SSD drive, but it's hardly worth the money.

I thought the type of video card/chip this has was removable? Or was I mistaken when I purchased this one and if thats the case should I return this for another model?

EDIT: What benifits would the SSD drive provide?

 

[AWAR]

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I never heard of a Laptop with a removable graphics card, what's your particular model?
An SSD would provide faster boot times, maybe faster loading times for games.

 

[KaiserKnight]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5120862&CatId=4935

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

GPU's cant be change on Laptops as they're built INTO the Motherboard. RAM is swappable, though @ 6GB, that's plenty. You can swap the HDD out for a SSD, but with 720GB space on the HDD you have, I'd wait until you hit 200GB left, take it out and put it in a 2.5" SATA case. Then install a SATA SSD.

Other then that, you can't really do anything. Still, for ~$700 US, that's a good deal for it.

EDIT: Like said above, SSD's provide with faster load times, on a laptop it would be good since you can only fit 1 HDD in at a time.