Laptop Cpu Upgradeability?

[Connor Bittick]

I have this old laptop(2013) and I want to see if I can revive it. It is an HP Pavilion 17-e024nr. I don't think you'll be able to find it on Amazon, but you should find it on HP's website: https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-17-e000-notebook-pc-series/5375409/model/6422023 

 

I've found that I can upgrade the laptop quite a bit. Scouring the internet I have found several cpu's that fit the same slot as the current cpu, but I don't know if they will actually work in it. Even if the cpu would work in the slot I don't know if the BIOS would support it. I also don't seem to be able to access the advanced BIOS, only one with almost every option removed. If anyone knows how to access the advanced options in BIOS that would really help.

 

Spec Sheet: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03977465

 

I am sorry I can't give pictures right now. If anyone can help I would be very thankful.

[Princess Luna]

It really isn't worth any of this hassle, it's an old AMD Athlon based laptop, trying to upgrade its CPU would demand a lot of work and be very expensive while it's processing capacity will still be below value orientated laptops of today with something like the i5 8250U.

 

There's really nothing to do here other than start hunting for a brand new laptop if this one no longer suffices... replacing old HDDs for brand new SSDs is usually the only thing worth doing on the upgrading department... that and adding memory if you're limited.

[Connor Bittick]

5 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

It really isn't worth any of this hassle, it's an old AMD Athlon based laptop, trying to upgrade its CPU would demand a lot of work and be very expensive while it's processing capacity will still be below value orientated laptops of today with something like the i5 8250U.

 

There's really nothing to do here other than start hunting for a brand new laptop if this one no longer suffices... replacing old HDDs for brand new SSDs is usually the only thing worth doing on the upgrading department... that and adding memory if you're limited.

You're right, but I've already gone through the massive(MASSIVE) pain in the a** of taking the laptop completely apart  Btw I wasn't just going to go for simple upgrades. I was actually thinking about upgrading the cooling system a ton, modifying the case, replacing the monitor, adding a graphics card(maybe, it'd have to be extremely low power(there is a pcie x4 slot for a wifi card that could be repurposed)), etc.

 

I'm not actually doing this for a usable computer, it's more for a learning experience. Cost might not actually be insanely high if I exclude a display upgrade.