Question Can i upgrade my all in one pc

[ryuh]

So recently for my birthday my parents got me an Asus A3202 all in one pc even after me insisting to not get one and the specs look pretty bad so i would like to know if upgrading anything in it is even possible so i could start saving for it

 

[rgd1101]

only thing you can upgrade is the ram and ssd

 

[turtletarget111]

Not likely. You are able to upgrade its storage capacity and memory, but any upgrades beyond that will not be possible. You certainly won't be able to install any type of meaningful graphics performance in it. Buying more RAM and upgrading the SSD will not boost performance in any significant way. Even if they are using the bare minimum spec for their memory, you won't get much benefit out of getting a faster kit. You may want to sell it as like new and save the money for a tower. Hope this helped, take care.

 

[Eximo]

Basically a laptop without a battery and keyboard, generally not much you can do to one but replace memory and storage and that seems to be all ASUS lists as potential options (aside from the various CPUs soldered to the board)

Basically stuck with integrated graphics. Now it does have an M.2 slot, so conceivably with a lot of investment you could get an M.2 to PCIe x16 adapter, an external power supply, and a GPU. A lot of that depends on which CPU you have, if it is one of the lower end ones, probably not worth it.

It also has room for a SATA SSD or hard drive, so you would have to have one of those for the OS in place of the M.2.

So power supply, janky adapter, possibly a switch to SATA storage (you would pretty much lose the M.2 drive, so maybe a USB enclosure to turn that into external storage), and a GPU.

Better off finding a used desktop for that kind of money and putting a low end GPU into it.

 

[Order 66]

Basically stuck with integrated graphics. Now it does have an M.2 slot, so conceivably with a lot of investment you could get an M.2 to PCIe x16 adapter, an external power supply, and a GPU.

Wouldn't that kill the GPU's performance, being limited to 4 lanes of PCIE? (unless it is PCIe 5)

 

[Eximo]

Wouldn't that kill the GPU's performance, being limited to 4 lanes of PCIE? (unless it is PCIe 5)

I doubt they put much effort into the motherboard for PCIe 5.0 rating. These are designed to be disposable.

Of course, same old problem with doing this to any laptop and using an M.2 adapter or even thunderbolt dock. But a bottlenecked GPU is better than no GPU at all for gaming.