RAM OR PROCESSOR WHICH ONE IS IMPORTANT.

[ryder_]

hey fellas!

                This is ryder here i just wanna know which one is better to upgrade i have a tight budget and want to upgrade my old laptop, but i have only two ways one is to upgrade my RAM to 8 GB from 4GB or to upgrde my processor to core i5 from i3. Can someone help me

EDIT 1 :IT's terribly slow because of intel HD 4400 GRAPHICS

[Oswin]

just to clarify, you want to upgrade a laptop processor?

[Enderman]

You sure you can change the CPU on your laptop?

Usually they're soldered on.

[ryder_]

Just now, Oswin said:

just to clarify, you want to upgrade a laptop processor?

yeah

as it's teribly slow

[bellabichon]

1 minute ago, ryder_ said:

yeah

as it's teribly slow

...Does your laptop have a standard desktop socket? Because otherwise, there isn't going to be any way for you to upgrade your processor, unless you replace the whole motherboard. You can't just de-solder the old CPU and put a new one on there. 

[ryder_]

Just now, Enderman said:

You sure you can change the CPU on your laptop?

Usually they're soldered on.

yes my laptop provides me the facility to upgrade or replace processor

[Oswin]

Just now, ryder_ said:

yeah

as it's teribly slow

how will you manage to do that? as @Enderman said they are usually soldered on

[ryder_]

1 minute ago, bellabichon said:

...Does your laptop have a standard desktop socket? Because otherwise, there isn't going to be any way for you to upgrade your processor, unless you replace the whole motherboard. 

yeah its something like that plese see the below image

[PineyCreek]

What's the model of the laptop?

[LAwLz]

In most laptops you can't upgrade the CPU. It's soldered onto the motherboard. 

 

Also, chances are it wouldn't help anyway. I've found that when people say their computer is slow, it's usually a storage problem or software problem. If your laptop is even slightly modern it should have far more CPU power to not feel sluggish. A clean install of windows (not the OEM image that came with the computer) on an SSD should absolutely fly even if it's an old dual core. 

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, ryder_ said:

yes my laptop provides me the facility to upgrade or replace processor

What's the laptop?

What i3?

What i5?

It might be better to just save up for a new laptop depending on how old that is...upgrading a potato often isn't worth it, just a waste of money.

[Letgomyleghoe]

5 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Does your laptop have a standard desktop socket? Because otherwise, there isn't going to be any way for you to upgrade your processor, unless you replace the whole motherboard. You can't just de-solder the old CPU and put a new one on there. 

this is untrue in some circumstances, i have laptop sitting right next to me with a socket on it.

[ryder_]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

What's the laptop?

What i3?

What i5?

It might be better to jsut save up for a new laptop depending on how old that is...

it's from the year 2013-14 

this is dell inspiron 15 3000 series with core i3 4005U @1.7GHZ

[ryder_]

4 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

What's the model of the laptop?

IT's a DELL INSPIRON 15 3000series

[Blue4130]

7 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

In most laptops you can't upgrade the CPU. It's soldered onto the motherboard. 

 

Also, chances are it wouldn't help anyway. I've found that when people say their computer is slow, it's usually a storage problem or software problem. If your laptop is even slightly modern it should have far more CPU power to not feel sluggish. A clean install of windows (not the OEM image that came with the computer) on an SSD should absolutely fly even if it's an old dual core. 

Plenty of companies can resolder laptop cpu's. Here in Beijing, I took my wife's laptop to a local market and they swapped a soldered on cpu in less than an hour. You just need the right machine.