Laptop Motherboard help

[CannedLobster]

Hey, got a question and I hope you guys can help.

I usually stay on my desktop but I needed a laptop for a while so I bought a prebuilt Lenovo Z70 that I thought could still play a reasonable amount of games.

Everything looked fine. 8gbs of 1600mhz RAM, 1TB HDD, GTX 840m 2gb, 1080p, 17", i7-5500U Processor 2.4ghz

Only when i got home and got to using it, I saw that the processor is a dual core, not quad. Which I personally do not think is at all good in 2016.

Being the socially awkward person I am I don't want to go back to the store and ask for a refund to buy another PC so i'd rather just upgrade the CPU with something cheap.

I know that the motherboard is Lenovo Z70-80 but this is where my knowledge ends. Could any of you guys tell me if it's upgradeable, the CPU. If yes, some suggestions?

Thanks.

[Skiiwee29]

Unfortunately alot of the "i5's" in laptops are actually dual core with hyperthreading, essentially an i3. You should still be fine with gaming through. 

[don_svetlio]

32 minutes ago, CannedLobster said:

Hey, got a question and I hope you guys can help.

I usually stay on my desktop but I needed a laptop for a while so I bought a prebuilt Lenovo Z70 that I thought could still play a reasonable amount of games.

Everything looked fine. 8gbs of 1600mhz RAM, 1TB HDD, GTX 840m 2gb, 1080p, 17", i7-5500U Processor 2.4ghz

Only when i got home and got to using it, I saw that the processor is a dual core, not quad. Which I personally do not think is at all good in 2016.

Being the socially awkward person I am I don't want to go back to the store and ask for a refund to buy another PC so i'd rather just upgrade the CPU with something cheap.

I know that the motherboard is Lenovo Z70-80 but this is where my knowledge ends. Could any of you guys tell me if it's upgradeable, the CPU. If yes, some suggestions?

Thanks.

1 - your CPU is soldered to the board so it's not upgradeable
2 - every single intel ULV CPU (those which end in "U" - i7 5500U, i5 4200U and etc) are dual-cores with HT and are TDP limited to 15W so perform poorly
3 - if you like the machine, use it. Quad-core laptops usually cost 900$ and upward.

[SlipperyPete]

12 hours ago, CannedLobster said:

Hey, got a question and I hope you guys can help.

I usually stay on my desktop but I needed a laptop for a while so I bought a prebuilt Lenovo Z70 that I thought could still play a reasonable amount of games.

Everything looked fine. 8gbs of 1600mhz RAM, 1TB HDD, GTX 840m 2gb, 1080p, 17", i7-5500U Processor 2.4ghz

Only when i got home and got to using it, I saw that the processor is a dual core, not quad. Which I personally do not think is at all good in 2016.

Being the socially awkward person I am I don't want to go back to the store and ask for a refund to buy another PC so i'd rather just upgrade the CPU with something cheap.

I know that the motherboard is Lenovo Z70-80 but this is where my knowledge ends. Could any of you guys tell me if it's upgradeable, the CPU. If yes, some suggestions?

Thanks.

hey. My laptop is a 1000$ HP and it has a dual core i7. If the laptop isnt for gaming than i wouldnt worry about it. i play csgo and lol on mine and i even play overwatch on it. i bought it not for a gaming computer, but for a computer that could be used for light gaming.

[CannedLobster]

Thanks for the responses. I did buy it for light gaming, but also so my girlfriend could use it to play Dragon Age Inquistion. I was honestly expecting it to be able to run that game with this laptop, but I doubt it now that I've seen the CPU. http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/z-series/z70-80/#tab-tech_specs
THat's the PC, do you think it can run it? Everything is at the "Up to" except 8gn instead of 16 and no 8gbs of SSHD, whatever that is for.

I guess the only solution here is to either accept the PC as it is, and hope it can run Inquisition or get back to that store that I've already been difficult for twice now and ask for a refund so I can buy a 15" that has better components (including quad core) for a little bit higher price.

Is this where I ask for motivational advice rather than technology advice?

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, CannedLobster said:

Thanks for the responses. I did buy it for light gaming, but also so my girlfriend could use it to play Dragon Age Inquistion. I was honestly expecting it to be able to run that game
with this laptop, but I doubt it now that I've seen the CPU. http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/z-series/z70-80/#tab-tech_specs
THat's the PC, do you think it can run it? Everything is at the "Up to" except 8gn instead of 16 and no 8gbs of SSHD, whatever that is for.

I guess the only solution here is to either accept the PC as it is, and hope it can run Inquisition or get back to that store that I've already been difficult for twice now and ask for a refund so I can buy a 15" that has better components (including quad core) for a little bit higher price.

Is this where I ask for motivational advice rather than technology advice?

Dual-cores with HT will run it AS LONG AS they are not ULV crap. Get something with a CPU not ending in "U" - like an i5 4200H, i5 6300HQ or i7 4700MQ or whatever. Just no ULVs.