Improve laptop?
I have a laptop (E6234 Notebook) that is a bit older and I wonder how it can be improved
What do you want to improve? Gear up? It is often time-consuming and if it is an older one, the parts should also be compatible.
SSD instead of HDD would be possible without any problems.
I mean graphics cards for games and so on
Everything is missing there
the current values (settings / system / info)
Then what do you want
Well, laptops are always difficult because the CPU is soldered to the mainboard and can't easily be changed. Most laptops have the graphics card integrated in the CPU, so nothing can be done about that. But what you can do would be: If you still have an HDD, install an SSD. SSD are by far faster that is. Windows starts faster, loading games on the ssds is faster. Open apps…
Ram would also be possible, but with a graphics card or chip, the motherboard should also play along.
I don't know anything about it
You can't upgrade any hardware (i.e. CPU & GPU as you like). GPU's work with almost no laptops, because BGA and CPU's only work with a few modular models where you are then only limited to the same gene. You can only upgrade properly on the desktop.
The CPU is not always soldered, but the GPU is.
I beg your pardon haha The CPU is soldered to the mainboard or the socket. The GPU is integrated in the CPU of most laptops as I said, so it doesn't make sense what you say.
You can't improve your hardware, it wouldn't be financially worthwhile either.
Maybe one HDD at most, but since we don't have any information about your laptop, they can't help you either.
If it has a separate GPU, it will also be soldered, but that's true, but you can't do anything with the CPU.
Of course it makes sense. Then please tell me what a GTX 960M is and the socket G1 / rPGA 988.
The CPU is not always soldered and there are not only iGPU's but also BGA dGPU's which, however, are also soldered.
I don't know why you are now using a mobile socket to query. GTX 960M will be an NVIDIA graphics card. Still I don't know what the questions are? Exactly the CPU are not ALWAYS soldered the SAME with the GPUs. I'm speaking of the majority here. I'm also sure that the CPU on his laptop is soldered. He hits an Intel Pentium.
Yes that's right. What I want to say: CPUs are not always soldered, GPUs are (with laptops).
Would rather get a new one.
Upgrading can be even more expensive than a new one.
Even if it will disappoint you:
Nothing can be changed on the CPU and graphics card.
The existing HDD on a notebook can be exchanged for a Sata3 SSD. That brings a good performance boost. So a significantly faster booting and a higher response speed when accessing the hard disk.
And you can possibly upgrade the Ram. It depends on what is currently installed and where the maximum is.
Hereby read out the exact technical data:
https://www.heise.de/...eccy-87914
I found two different CPUs for this model:
Intel Pentium B960 (2/2) from 2011 and
Intel Pentium 2020m (2/2) from 2012.
I would install a 500GB Sata3 SSD and install the old HDD in an external USB 3.0 housing.
And (if possible) upgrade from 4GB to 8GB DDR3.
And parallel to Win8.1 I would install a fast Linux.
It is sufficient to branch off roughly 30GB, or even better 50GB, from the SSD / HDD.
With that you would be on the go much faster than with Win8.1.
And many important programs are known from Windows:
Firefox, Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Gimp, Audacity, VLC-Player, Shotcut, and many more.
I recommend the current Ubuntu 20.10 with the Xfce-Destop: https://xubuntu.org.
This pre-installed desktop is very resource-saving, adaptable and pretty fast.
As a window switch you can get along with it very quickly. Even if under the hood a lot works differently than with Windows. But you can learn that. But explanations on this would go too far at this point.
