Dell 3520 Upgrade

[bobo0246]

I have a Dell Inspiron 3520 with an i5-3210m, 6gb of Ram and a 1TB Hard Drive. Here are my upgrade strategies, tell me if you think it possible...

 

1. CPU: i5-3210m to an i7-3720qm

 

2. RAM: 6gb to 8gb. (Max Supported)

 

3. SSD: Replacing the optical drive with a 256gb SSD, cloning the OS to it, then using the 1TB for files.

 

4. Upgrade WiFi card to an AC WiFi card.

 

What are your thoughts, is it possible, any feedback is appreciated.

[Altecice]

3>1>2>4

 

All possible so long as the CPU is not soldered in and the BIOS doesnt block other WIFI cards.

[Senzelian]

You cannot simply upgrade the CPU. It is soldered directly to the motherboard.

The rest should be possible, even tho I don't think it is neccessary to upgrade the ram.

But a SSD would definitly make sense.

[Swndlr]

SSD!

I dont think laptop CPU's are very upgradeable at all.

[bobo0246]

3>1>2>4

 

All possible so long as the CPU is not soldered in and the BIOS doesnt block other WIFI cards.

Yeah they weren't in any real order. And no the CPU is not soldered into the motherboard. 

Skip to about 4:00.

 

You cannot simply upgrade the CPU. It is soldered directly to the motherboard.

The rest should be possible, even tho I don't think it is neccessary to upgrade the ram.

But a SSD would definitly make sense.

[Senzelian]

Yeah they weren't in any real order. And no the CPU is not soldered into the motherboard. 

Skip to about 4:00.

Thats pretty cool. Then it shouldn't be a problem at all.