Presario CQ62-215DX hardware upgrade

Hi there, HP Forum.
I love HP computers. So, when I needed a laptop, I chose a nice Presario CQ62-215DX. However, I didn't realize it wouldn't fully fit the bill for what I needed in a laptop. It's fine for browsing the web, listening to music, or whatnot, but not for programming and the occasional round of TF2/Left 4 Dead.
So, I came to the conclusion that I either needed to: 1.) Upgrade the laptop I already own, or 2.) Buy a new laptop that will do everything I want.
I've checked around the Internet, and I realize I can upgrade to a Phenom N920 quad core, and 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and I'm almost certain HP sells extended batteries for this particular machine. However, I was wondering if a new laptop would be a better choice, and if so, what laptop do you guys recommend for a person who does a decent bit of programming, and plays games like Minecraft and Left 4 Dead 2?
So...what do you guys think would be the better route? Buy a new machine, or find parts online to fix up my current machine?

You can easily upgrade to 4 gigs of RAM but that will not help with your gaming. I do not recommend laptop processor upgrades. For one thing, have you checked the price of the top of the line laptop processors? When you buy just one, you pay an arm and a leg. The graphics cannot be upgraded at all so even if you could manage to upgrade to the Phenom processor you are not going to be able to play games. And I think the laptops with the Sempron processor cannot be upgraded to dual and quad core cpus anyway; the motherboards are different. Sell your laptop. Low end laptops keep their value real well and you should be able to get back most of what you paid. Then go scrape together about a thousand bucks because that is what it takes to get a decent gaming laptop. I configured a dv6z right here on this site with 8 gigs of RAM, the ATI HD 6550 1 gig video card (still a mediocre performer), a 640 gig 7200 rpm hard drive, and the Phenom N970 processor quad core 2.2 ghz for just under $1000. Personally I would prefer an Intel laptop with an i7 and even better graphics but you would pay even more for that.

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