A:AnswerThis is not the ideal gaming laptop. The laptop has the ram and cpu; however the graphics card is not up to par. Older games do seem to work well though. For example, counter strike source runs well on this laptop.
A:AnswerThe bottom of the laptop is a solid back, no HDD door. So the whole thing would come apart however it might be possible the screws are not hidden but thats a guess. It is in fact SATA 3.0 6.0 GB/s verified using Linux commands on mine.