laptop cpu upgrade

[scooter13]

ok guys i have an HP 2000 series laptop and i would like to upgrade my CPU. right now i have an AMD E-350 1.6GHz duel core. and i have a limited budget. any sugestions

[AwesomeTimeTraveler]

Replacing the CPU on a laptop is difficult, if possible at all, in most systems. First of all, are you looking for a new system, or just a CPU. Also, what is your budget?

[Dave :)]

Unfortunately, the E350 is BGA. This means it is soldered to the motherboard, therefore, to upgrade it, you would also have to upgrade the motherboard. This isn't really going to be practical or beneficial as it's not worth the money to buy it new. You're better off buying a new laptop if you want increased performance unfortunately. :/

[fishymamba]

You can't replace it. The CPU is soldered onto the motherboard.

Also it is almost never a good idea to upgrade laptop CPUs because they have very bad cooling.

[scooter13]

ohhh well that stinks thx

[scooter13]

what about a pentium dual-core T4500 2.3GHz

[scooter13]

and you cant upgrade the vid card in a laptop right?

[fishymamba]

You can't upgrade anything unfortunately, maybe the RAM, but there isn't really a point in doing that if you have a low end CPU.

[Glenwing]

The GPU and CPU are soldered to the motherboard in all but the highest end laptops, so you can only replace the whole motherboard so you would be limited to what is available. Even if you could replace it, you'd be limited to the motherboard socket which means you'd need a CPU that was from the same series, which probably wouldn't be much of an upgrade since you'd need to stay within the same general thermal range as well. Older CPUs can be hard to find, particularly laptop ones as they aren't commonly for sale. You're better off getting a new laptop for a few hundred dollars.

[TechTheWorld]

Replacing the CPU on a laptop is difficult, if possible at all, in most systems. First of all, are you looking for a new system, or just a CPU. Also, what is your budget?

I disagree I have replaced the cpu in a laptop many several times. It was pretty easy. Just time consuming.

[Asusmad]

Laptops are the hardest things to upgrade. I have a dell XPS M1530. There has been a lot of talks on the internet with people wanting better gpu's but as mentioned there soldered in making it almost impossible to replace . I believe that the cpu is replaceable but again the cost would out weight the benefits. I think the best upgrade for an laptop with a HDD would be getting a SSD. That is my plan. Either a Crucial M4 for the dell or by a 840pro to put in my new build and put the OCZ SSD in the dell.