Can laptops be upgraded?

[thoms_johny]

I have an inspiron 17r 5737 dell laptop and it has intel HD 4400m graphics card and I wanted to know if it can be upgraded or not

[SkilledRebuilds]

I have an inspiron 17r 5737 dell laptop and it has intel HD 4400m graphics card and I wanted to know if it can be upgraded or not

Most cannot upgrade the CPU or GPU. Some rarer modern models can, but hardly a common feature.

 

Most of the time, Memory and HDD's can be swapped/upgraded.

 

EG SSD instead of a laptop HDD, or doubling the Memory with higher capacity sticks.

[techguru]

I have an inspiron 17r 5737 dell laptop and it has intel HD 4400m graphics card and I wanted to know if it can be upgraded or not

basically no

[Smooth Bunz]

If you can find the same socket cpu you can upgrade it I have done that with my old laptop and you can upgrade ram and storage too. And on some gaming laptops you can upgrade the gpu

[don_svetlio]

5-6 years ago you could swap out a CPU and/or GPU on a laptop most of the time but nowadays they're soldered onto the motherboard

[Cwazywazy]

Sometimes you can upgrade the CPU if it has a CPU socket instead of just a soldered CPU and support for a CPU better than what it already has. RAM and SSD upgrades are definitely doable though. Some laptops have an upgradable GPU but those are usually thick high end gaming laptops and such.

[Cwazywazy]

5-6 years ago you could swap out a CPU and/or GPU on a laptop most of the time but nowadays they're soldered onto the motherboard

Some are. Some aren't. Really thin laptops and cheap Walmart specials have soldered CPUs most of the time but AFAIK a lot of laptops still have CPU sockets.

[ApolloX75]

Some are. Some aren't. Really thin laptops and cheap Walmart specials have soldered CPUs most of the time but AFAIK a lot of laptops still have CPU sockets.

From what I've been seeing and reading, anything after Ivy Bridge was done using BGA soldered chips.

Only exceptions so far have been "extreme edition" chips and that is still not proven as a rule.

[Cwazywazy]

From what I've been seeing and reading, anything after Ivy Bridge was done using BGA soldered chips.

Only exceptions so far have been "extreme edition" chips and that is still not proven as a rule.

It might just be because all my laptops are Dell Latitude/Precision models from at least a few years ago. The only soldered CPUs in any of them are in the E4300/E4310 ultrabooks.

[GoZone]

I wish I can do it in my old laptop but an SSD usually makes storage and boot up faster so its the only possible upgraded part if not an ultrabook...

[Antwan]

I have an inspiron 17r 5737 dell laptop and it has intel HD 4400m graphics card and I wanted to know if it can be upgraded or not

 

 

CPU - Possible, if you find the same soket one.

GPU - on your model, not possible.

RAM - Possible

Storage - Possible

Here is a cool trick if you want to add a SSD and keep your HDD. There are "cases" that turn your optical drive in to a 2.5" bay.

 

More advanced upgrade would be, removing the lan card or something and use an external gpu. DIY Perks on YouTube has a good vid on the subject.

[D2ultima]

Most cannot upgrade the CPU or GPU. Some rarer modern models can, but hardly a common feature.

NO MODERN LAPTOPS CAN UPGRADE THE CPU.

 

There exist only five still-selling laptops in existence that can upgrade their CPU, and they all use desktop CPUs (one X79 chipset laptop and four Z170 chipset laptops).

 

Most laptops could have upgraded CPU 2-5 years ago (or maybe more).