Save money on your next gaming laptop with our daily deals: https://gaminglaptop.deals

Stuff mentioned in video:
Tools I use for opening laptops: https://geni.us/eT3n
Metal laptop stand: https://geni.us/metal-stand
How to allow 6GHz Wi-Fi band in Windows 10: https://dongknows.com/wi-fi-6e-6ghz-intel-ax210-driver/
Honeywell PTM 7950: https://www.lttstore.com/products/ptm7950-phase-change-thermal-pad
LTT guide to applying PTM 7950: https://youtu.be/2BhKx0iQ4K8
LTT laptop screen change: https://youtu.be/6xQo_ITmhNY
List of ASUS laptops with liquid metal: https://shorturl.at/3wqcX

Chat with me and the community in Discord and get behind the scenes videos! https://patreon.com/jarrodstech

This is the ULTIMATE guide to upgrading your gaming laptop!

EVERYTHING I USE:
My Current Laptop – https://geni.us/JarrodsLaptop
️ My Current Desktop PC – https://geni.us/JarrodsPC
My Camera Gear – https://geni.us/JarrodsStudio
My Smart Ring – https://geni.us/oFfTMJ

Timestamps:
0:00 Upgrade Your Gaming Laptop!
0:18 1. Warranty – Do Upgrades Void Warranty?
0:56 2. How To Open Your Gaming Laptop
1:15 2.1 Watch Out For This Annoying Stuff
1:35 2.2 Important – Track Your Screws!
1:49 2.3 Which Screwdriver Bits You Need
2:17 2.4 Using Pry Tools to Open Laptop
2:38 2.5 More Silly Stuff to be Aware of…
3:03 2.6 Putting Laptop Back Together
3:07 2.7 Laptop Not Powering on After Opening?
3:15 3. Identifying Internal Components
3:22 4. Battery – You MUST Do This Before Other Upgrades
3:45 4.1 How to Unplug Battery
4:05 4.2 Can You Upgrade Your Battery?
4:57 4.3 How to Upgrade Battery
5:07 4.4 Battery Upgrade Results
5:19 4.5 Swap Degraded Battery for New Battery
5:33 4.6 How to Identify Battery Model & Buy New
5:43 4.7 Removable Batteries
6:05 5. Storage Upgrades
6:15 5.1 M.2 Slots – How Many do you Have?
6:51 5.2 M.2 Drive Sizes
7:12 5.3 Make Sure Bigger Drives Fit Your Laptop!
8:20 5.4 SSD Coolers
8:36 5.5 PCIe or SATA for M.2 SSD?
9:06 5.6 M.2 Socket Key Differences
9:55 5.7 SATA/PCIe Gen 3, 4 & 5 Speed Differences
10:27 5.8 Can You Upgrade the PCIe Version?
10:46 5.9 Gen 4 Doesn’t Always = Faster Than Gen 3
11:09 5.10 Backwards Compatibility
11:27 5.11 Everything to Consider When Picking a New SSD
11:59 5.12 How Much Disk Space to Choose?
12:30 5.13 How to Install M.2 SSD
13:10 5.14 Clone Existing OS, or Reinstall Fresh?
13:32 5.15 Important – Beware of Automatic Bitlocker Encryption!
15:00 5.16 2.5” Drives, SSD or HDD?
15:32 5.17 How to Install 2.5” Drive
15:45 6. Memory (RAM) Upgrades
15:47 6.1 How Many RAM Sticks Does Your Laptop Support?
16:18 6.2 How Much RAM Capacity is Enough?
18:04 6.3 DDR4 or DDR5 Memory?
19:17 6.4 Memory Speed Depends on Your Processor
20:30 6.5 Important – Why to Use 2 memory Sticks
21:11 6.6 Memory Banks, Ranks & Timings
21:57 6.7 Why Choosing RAM is Hard
22:20 6.8 Everything to Consider When Picking New RAM
22:38 6.9 Ideally Use Same Memory Stick Capacity
23:07 6.10 How to Change RAM Sticks
23:33 7. Wi-Fi & Ethernet Upgrades
23:49 7.1 Fast Wi-Fi is Relatively Cheap
23:58 7.2 How to Check Current Wi-Fi Version
24:09 7.3 Which Wi-Fi Version to Upgrade to?
24:47 7.4 Wi-Fi Card in its Natural Habitat
24:56 7.5 Which Wi-Fi Card Types Fit in Your Laptop? Understanding M.2 Keys
25:47 7.6 Watch Out For Intel’s Proprietary CNVio!
26:52 7.7 Why AMD Laptops Don’t Use Intel Wi-Fi, But you can Upgrade to it
27:25 7.8 Wi-Fi Speed Differences – Why Intel is Recommended
27:52 7.9 Best Wi-Fi Card for Most People?
28:11 7.10 Windows 10 Users Need More Work for Wi-Fi 6E
28:21 7.11 Limited Wi-Fi 7 Options (For Now)
28:39 7.12 How to Change Wi-Fi Card
29:00 7.13 Install New Drivers – Download a Copy Before Upgrade
29:53 7.14 Soldered Wi-Fi? Try This
30:28 7.15 Ethernet Upgrade?
30:41 8. Cooling Upgrades – Why Heat = Bad
31:03 8.1 Why Most Laptop Thermal Paste is Bad
31:42 8.2 How Often to Change Paste?
32:31 8.3 Important – Liquid Metal – Watch Out!
33:45 8.4 Which Thermal Paste to Use?
34:08 8.5 How to Remove Cooler
34:36 8.6 Cleaning Off Old Paste Residue
35:07 8.7 Applying New Thermal Paste
35:31 8.8 Jarrod Rants at Years of Thermal Paste Comments
36:02 8.9 Honeywell PTM 7950 Application
36:08 8.10 Thicker VRM Paste, I Replace With Thermal Pads
36:21 8.11 Putting Cooler Back
36:40 8.12 Temperature Differences
37:01 8.13 Cooling Pads & Stands – An Easier Alternative
37:40 8.14 Liquid Cooling Upgrades
38:06 9. Screen Upgrades
39:30 9.1 A Better Alternative
39:55 10. CPU & GPU Upgrades
40:05 10.1 Why Most Laptops Don’t Support This Upgrade
40:44 10.2 Laptops With Upgradeable CPU or GPU, & Why They Aren’t Great
41:18 10.3 Is This The Future of Upgradeable Laptop CPUs & GPUs?
41:36 10.4 Secret Stuff Coming Soon…
41:53 10.5 Thunderbolt External Graphics (eGPU) “Upgrade”?
42:42 10.6 Thunderbolt 5 Might Change Things Soon
43:04 Make Your Upgraded Laptop Last Longer

Disclosure: Purchases made through store links above may provide some compensation to Jarrod’sTech

Please take the opportunity to connect and share this video with your friends and family if you find it useful.