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> No indication for whether the CPU/GPU/RAM/SSD are upgradable or all soldered together on the board. Almost certainly. This is the direction the industry is h
by legitster 1y ago
> No indication for whether the CPU/GPU/RAM/SSD are upgradable or all soldered together on the board.
Almost certainly. This is the direction the industry is heading, and the perverse unavailability of high-end discrete graphics cards is the nail in the coffin.
See also the Framework PC.
- esskay 1y agoWe do have an indication. The RAM and SSD are both upgradable. The RAM is SODIMM, and storage is NVME
- SchemaLoad 1y agoI feel like these are the only things worth upgrading even in a desktop too. Unless you are the kind of person who buys the new CPU every year, upgrading anything in a desktop usually means replacing almost everything. Every time I've looked at upgrading a part in my PC it's been the case where the CPU socket has changed, memory has changed to the next number of DDR, etc so it's basically just buying a new one of everything but the storage, psu, and case. There are absolutely cases where I've wished I could upgrade the storage in devices though.
- krige 1y agoNo, not really. I bought my current motherboard in 2018, and it's still more than good enough - runs almost everything at max detail 1080p/1440p - after I replaced the CPU+GPU 2 years ago.
- herewulf 1y agoUpgrading, yes, but sometimes one of those parts breaks and it is nice to be able to fix the machine with the cost of just that one part.
- esskay 1y agoValve's already said they hope to extend their relationship with ifixit to allow parts to be purchased, so that would presumably cover this kind of situation.
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- a96 1y agoThe Framework Desktop has unified memory, which is the usual excuse.