Curious when the GPU expansions will be back in stock. Thanks!
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It’s in stock for me. What’s your region?
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I’m in USA.
Weird, I can’t order it in the DIY system, but I can just buy the expansion module/card thing.
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If you order parts in the store, they are send from a regional warehouse. If you order a laptop, everything is shipped from Taiwan.
Thank you!
So I should order the laptop, and leave that back side expansion port empty and make another order for the GPU.
It’s interesting, it makes sense, but also: I’d rather not to have to know any of this and be able to buy the product with the thing I want. 
I was only looking for the whole price with the GPU so I can budget one for my daughter in Feb 2026.
Oh you dont own the laptop yet? Are you aware of all the threads screaming about lack of software updates, build quality and the bad value of FW16?
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I am NOT, thank you for that. Bad value? Dang it. I was hoping for a gaming laptop from Framework. Clearly you don’t work for these guys 
thanks for the scoop.
Yeah, the only reason I’d recommend one right now as an owner myself is if you need a laptop with excellent Linux compatibility. Currently, for its price it’s rather underpowered, you can get something with a lot more power for a few hundred less.
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That’s fair of course,but I also believe in their mission; that’s worth something to me. But I still want to know exactly how many hundreds of dollars in comparable performance that belief in their mission actually would cost me
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Now definitely isn’t the best time to buy, but this thing can still run cyberpunk with ray tracing 60fps and Oblivion Remastered both native. If you want a Framework laptop with all the benefits that incurs than it’s still a great laptop. the bios update from last week has cleared every single software issue I had with it (I had quite a few including browser-based video playback some were very strange) The price is also not terrible at all if you don’t get the GPU, but I’d hold out until Q1 2026 as FW already announced they have 3 updates they are bringing to the fw16 after the rollout of the FW desktop. No idea what those updates will be, but given the refresh of mobile GPU’s it seems likely to be a mobo/cpu, gpu, and no idea what the final one will be. Up to you how you want to spend you money, but a left handed mouse pad, 64gb of swapable ram, and 240w charging all gives QOL that I truly appreciate, and that’s without the expansion cards that I adore. Use them at work every single day on my phone, but on price/performance the other person is right that this is non-competitive and I bought mine 3 months back so it has all the QOL updates like liquid metal cooling, improved chassis, etc
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Haha, I am really sorry, but this post cracked me up ;). Guys, it’s not exactly that we are selling the Framework 16 well here ;).
No, but seriously, @rutherford , as a real, real fan of Framework as a company, sadly, the price is too high in 2025. But I completely understand that you would still like to support the company or get the notebook as a platform for upgradability.
So I agree with others that you could as a solution get the notebook, but stay far away from the current GPU they are offering. Mind you, the onboard graphics (without the GPU) are quite solid too, so you could go with that for some time.
It’s time for an upgrade to be offered. A module with a 9060 or 9060 XT (preferably with 16 GB of VRAM), along with a new 240W charger, would be good things to see about now, and would be a worthwhile upgrade over the original GPU module.
Ah yes, a GPU that doesn’t exist would be a perfect option..
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It theoretically (barely imho) fits in the FW16’s power envelope, so an (undervolted) desktop 9060 XT (16GB) isn’t impossible. And I am saying this as a person critical of this endeavour.
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