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Upgrading laptop CPU

Sevrnce
By Sevrnce
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So i decided to go back to school and i just now finished repairing my old 2011 hp2000. Currently i have a Pentium B950 and I'm wondering if swapping that out for an I7-3940XM or an I7-2960XM could cause any problems. I've found both on ebay for around $300 USD and $150 USD respectively and both CPUs are g2 socket, never swapped laptop processors before so I'm a little nervous. Also, a good source for a replacement keyboard as this one is absolutely terrible.. 

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greater TDP than your current CPU is not recommended.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Unless CPU is not BGA (which it is in this case), it is bad idea to swap CPU to a higher one that wasn't featured in this line of laptops.

Plus there will be huge problems with thermals and power delivery since they weren't designed to sustain higher load with beefier CPUs. Not even mentioning BIOS compatibility with CPU (that were installed in this line of laptops of this generation).

Same with keyboard. It will be a miracle if you find one that perfectly fits your case (unless it is from the same line-up and refreshed in the same chassis like MacBooks).

The only reasonable thing you can try to do is find a better CPU that WAS IN THE SAME LAPTOP OF THIS YEAR and try it (socket PGA988, check it at ark.intel.com).

And, of course, SSD, better Wi-Fi card (assuming your laptop doesn't have whitelist of hardware, which it might), and more RAM can still benefit your laptop. As well as tweaking windows to use resources more efficiently.

Purify your Windows 10/11, don't give Microsoft anything that you don't want to share.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZwVs9zrM493rjD42E2Pf0YcOkaW92ZUo

Tips for folding on laptop:

Lazy man wants upgrades from the sky.

https://stats.foldingathome.org/donor/Spakes

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I'd always try RAM and storage upgrades first.

And running a Linux distro like LUbuntu if at all possible.

As others have said, swapping a laptop CPU to something outside spec generally doesn't go very well.

-アパゾ

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Ah damn, was really hoping to not have to get a new laptop but I just might now. I've upgraded the ram to 8gb and I've put an ssd in as well. Was already planning on a new wifi card thats dual channel. The only issue with a linux os is I have little no experience with any linux os and I need ms office for one of my classes. Can I use ms office with ubuntu? I have office 365 with win 10 pro already.

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Through Wine yes but there are alternative native apps like Libre Office or Open Office which support the vast majority of MS Office features.

Can also try Linux on a usb drive to see if it can fit into your workflow.

help.ubuntu.com is a great place to start for getting started with Ubuntu.

-アパゾ

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