Upgrades & Tune-ups in Frisco, TX

What this actually involves

Most computers that feel finished are not broken at all. They are running an operating system from a mechanical hard drive with too little memory, and every single thing they do waits on the disk. Swapping that drive for an SSD is the single biggest speed improvement available to an older machine, and it routinely costs a fraction of a replacement.

Memory is the other half. Eight gigabytes was generous once and is now the point where a browser, a video call and Office start fighting each other. Going to sixteen stops the constant swapping to disk that makes a machine feel unresponsive even when the processor is barely working. Between an SSD and a memory upgrade, a five-year-old laptop usually stops being frustrating.

A worthwhile caveat: not every machine is worth upgrading, and we will tell you when yours is not. Soldered memory, a failing board, or a laptop already struggling with heat will not be rescued by parts. We would rather send you away with an honest "put the money towards a replacement" than sell you an upgrade that disappoints you. When it is worth doing, we will also show you what we would fit and what it costs — the parts are in our shop, priced openly.

What the price depends on

We quote after the free diagnosis, never before — a fixed figure you approve before any work starts. For this job, the things that move the number are:

• The parts themselves, which we price openly in our shop
• Whether your existing setup is cloned across or reinstalled fresh
• How much disassembly your model needs to reach the drive and memory
• Whether the machine also needs a clean and repaste while it is open