Upgrade Path for HP 500-a60

[goobernoodles]

My friend recently drunkenly bought a woot.com deal for a HP Pavilion 500-a60.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03786042&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en

AMD A6-5200
8GB RAM
1TB HDD
Radeon HD 8400 Onboard
External 65w power supply

Considering the thing has a 65w external power supply I'm going to guess that there is just about zero chance this thing has any sort of upgradability as far as the graphics goes... right?

 

[nsafreak]

Yep, zero chance for an upgrade on that system, motherboard pictured on HP's site doesn't even have any PCIe slots.

 

[escrow4]

No Gigabit ethernet, ALC 662, SoC only (Kabini), only DVI and VGA, maybe solid caps. Why what trash I'd say! Drunk indeed. Its a tablet in a tower.

 

[frozentundra123456]

"Its a tablet in a tower". I like that.

Unfortunately, with the confusing naming of Kabini, which makes them easily confused with Richland/Kaveri chips, and with the upcoming atoms branded as celerons and pentiums, I think this is going to happen often to those who dont research their purchase carefully.