Octane upgradeablity

[MattB]

Hey all,

I am looking at buying an Octane III (not sure which size yet) and I wondered what these are like for DIY upgrading.

Specifically, if I was to choose a 1060 now, could this be swapped out later for a 1070 or higher if I decided I needed to give it a boost?

Also, when Intel releases the Kaby Lake CPUs, could I plonk one of those in (assuming it is LGA 1151)?

I've always built my own desktops but have no experience of this kind of thing with laptops so would appreciate any thoughts or experience anyone has.

 

[Oussebon]

It's never really a good idea to buy a laptop with the idea of upgrading the CPU and GPU.

Even if everything was fine for upgrading the GPU, where would you get a laptop GTX 1070 from? There don't seem to be any on sale even on ebay last time I checked. I think the laptop makers aren't using standard MXM but custom PCBs which might make finding the right one even if any were on sale at all that bit harder. Plus the value argument - mobile GPU cards tend to be hugely expensive, far moreso than their desktop counterparts. So why buy a GTX 1060 now, which is expensive enough as it is, and then upgrade it with an even more expensive card. Surely better to just shell out the extra ~£270 to start with, saving money and hassle, and having it covered by the warranty, etc.

As for Kaby Lake, I think it's due out before too long so it might just be best to wait, or get the 6700k now and be done with it. As an i7 7700k probably won't be worth a £280 upgrade over an i7 6700k for most people if it just gives ~10-15% more performance. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Kaby-Lake-Core-i7-7500U-Review-Skylake-on-Steroids.172692.0.html And you may well be at the mercy of appropriate BIOS updates to allow Kaby Lake CPUs.