Laptop CPU upgrade

[Voicu]

Hi all. I have a Asus x55vd with intel b970 CPU and i want to upgrade that cpu with an I7 or I5. Is that posible, can you please help me. :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:  :wacko:

I have intel hm 76 chipset and cpu socket is FCPGA988

[shanmu54321]

I don't think that is possible for laptops.

[ShadowCaptain]

Hi all. I have a Asus x55vd with intel b970 CPU and i want to upgrade that cpu with an I7 or I5. Is that posible, can you please help me. :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:  :wacko:

I have intel hm 76 chipset and cpu socket is FCPGA988

 

Not possible, its a soldered chip

 

 

I don't think that is possible for laptops.

 

it is in some, but not many, its rare

[shanmu54321]

Not possible, its a soldered chip

 

 

 

it is in some, but not many, its rare

Didn't know that. Sounds interesting.

[ShadowCaptain]

Didn't know that. Sounds interesting.

 

And some have upgradable GPUs and all sorts

[Messisan321]

And some have upgradable GPUs and all sorts

But aren't those chips REALLY expensive

[ShadowCaptain]

But aren't those chips REALLY expensive

 

yeah a bit, like a 970m would be $500

[Messisan321]

yeah a bit, like a 970m would be $500

Oh wow not worth it by a mile... just buy a small formfactor pc and bring it everywhere

[ShadowCaptain]

Oh wow not worth it by a mile... just buy a small formfactor pc and bring it everywhere

 

nowhere near as good as having a laptop, I could never be without a gaming laptop

 

since I cant power a PC without a wall outlet, and also have to carry a screen, keyboard, mouse,power cables etc

[Messisan321]

True but you dont have to charge it every five minutes... oh wait thats my laptop.

[Voicu]

Not possible, its a soldered chip

 

 

 

it is in some, but not many, its rare

no is not soldered.

[X_X]

I have intel hm 76 chipset and cpu socket is FCPGA988

 

LMAO. OP, of course it's socketed.

 

PGA means pin grid array and you don't solder pins you put them in a socket. BGA are soldered and pre Haswell (Gen 4) there are many socketed laptops.

 

You'll have to check how much power and cooling that laptop can provide as the Pentium you have is rated with a 35W TDP while some of the better processors may be 45W. Technically IVB can be supported but it would be very unusual for the laptop manufacturer to do that. Check out the mobile SNB processors, shouldn't be a problem except as already stated about power and cooling. Maybe google and see if someone has already done this.

 

[Voicu]

Yes. You are awesome. I have tdp 35w. I think intel i7 3632qm îs compatibile. Right?

[ShadowCaptain]

PGA means pin grid array and you don't solder pins you put them in a socket. BGA are soldered and pre Haswell (Gen 4) there are many socketed laptops.

 

Oop I got it backwards

[harrynowl]

Most laptops, including this one are socketed. It's a pretty big misconception I see a lot on this forum that all laptops are soldered.

 

CPU world has a good list of CPUs supported by the socket:

 

http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket%20G2%20(rPGA988B).html

[don_svetlio]

Oh wow not worth it by a mile... just buy a small formfactor pc and bring it everywhere

Not remotely as practical as a laptop - my Y50 weighs about 2.5kg and takes up as much space as 2 medium books - a SMFF PC would be hell to lug around with a car and on a bus or train

[Crowes]

True but you dont have to charge it every five minutes... oh wait thats my laptop.

 

I get that feel, bro.

 

>Splashes on gaming laptop

>Battery lasts an hour

[X_X]

Yes. You are awesome. I have tdp 35w. I think intel i7 3632qm îs compatibile. Right?

If it hasn't been done before then you'd need to check the laptop firmware and also whether it's able to handle the extra power.

[Voicu]

If it hasn't been done before then you'd need to check the laptop firmware and also whether it's able to handle the extra power.

how do i check firmware and how do i know if it is able to handle that power?

[Messisan321]

I get that feel, bro.

 

>Splashes on gaming laptop

>Battery lasts an hour

Well mines not a gaming computer its a lenovo thinkpad x131e

[Messisan321]

Not remotely as practical as a laptop - my Y50 weighs about 2.5kg and takes up as much space as 2 medium books - a SMFF PC would be hell to lug around with a car and on a bus or train

my laptop is as big as my desktop and as heavy but way shittier

[Crowes]

Well mines not a gaming computer its a lenovo thinkpad x131e

 

That just makes it worse.

[ApolloX75]

Sandy and Ivy mobile i7s run hot. Very hot. My GT780DXR has an extensive heatsink setup and even it's 2670QM can hit 80C when pinned. 90C if it gets a little dusty.

I do not believe that ThinkPad will run a mobile i7 for very long unless it has a beefier heatsink than I'm assuming it does. And you may be stuck with Sandy Bridge as its unlikely that it even has a bios update to support Ivy Bridge CPUs.

Mobile platforms are abandoned very quickly, even high end ones.

[Flibbib]

I once upgraded a celeron 900 to a Core 2 Extreme X9000. Some guy sold it to me for £15 lol, everything's the same except TDP was 45 instead of 35. Put decent thermal paste in, it does run fairly hot but never had an issue.

[Messisan321]

That just makes it worse.

I know the battery barely able to run a whole day in school (4-5 hours)