Please help!!! I3 to I7

[NewGamer]

Hi everyone,

I own a Vaio VPCF11C5E that has an Intel core I3 330M and I would like to upgrade it to an I5 or an I7.

Could anyone plese help me choose the right processor becase I am really lost,

Best regards

 

NewGamer

 

Ps. Attached is my CPU-Z result.

[Crunchy Dragon]

This is a laptop, correct?

 

If so, get a new one. Upgrading a laptop CPU generally isn't really worth the time and effort put into doing so.

 

(I do understand where you're coming from, I too used an i3-330M)

[Theguywhobea]

You should probably look up if other people have done this upgrade and see if your machine can even handle the extra heat and power load.

[Droidbot]

Not worth it - Arrandale cannot go to a quad core CPU, so the max performance gains you get from upgrading your processor are very little. 

[3 Lions]

This is a laptop CPU so mostly likely it is soldered to the motherboard. 

[BloodyWaters]

I don’t think it is worth upgrading. Your machine may not be able to handle the extra heat output and might not be able to  power the processor. 

[Theguywhobea]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

This is a laptop CPU so mostly likely it is soldered to the motherboard. 

Nah these ones are up gradable, see how it says rPGA for the socket type, that means it's a standard pin grid array, the BGA sockets are the ones where the CPU is soldered.

[BloodyWaters]

2 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

This is a laptop CPU so mostly likely it is soldered to the motherboard. 

I think this specific model can be upgraded, but it’s not really worth it. 

[NewGamer]

Thaks everyone,

I thik i'll just buy a new laptop

[3 Lions]

Just now, Theguywhobea said:

Nah these ones are up gradable, see how it says rPGA for the socket type, that means it's a standard pin grid array, the BGA sockets are the ones where the CPU is soldered.

I knew there were laptops that could have a CPU upgrade but I thought that was in the Core 2 Duo/Quad era.

[Theguywhobea]

Just now, NewGamer said:

Thaks everyone,

I thik i'll just buy a new laptop

But if you really wanted to do it, I think this should be compatible.

 

https://www.ebay.com/p/Intel-Core-i7-620M-2-66-GHz-Dual-Core-CP80617003981AH-Processor/80753371 

[Theguywhobea]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

I knew there were laptops that could have a CPU upgrade but I thought that was in the Core 2 Duo/Quad era.

Yeah surprisingly you can upgrade some all the way to 3000 series CPU's in laptops, all those those are only some. 

[Droidbot]

Just now, Theguywhobea said:

Yeah surprisingly you can upgrade some all the way to 3000 series CPU's in laptops, all those those are only some. 

Haswell too. They stopped it in Broadwell tho. 

[Theguywhobea]

Just now, Droidbot said:

Haswell too. They stopped it in Broadwell tho. 

Oh really? I had never encountered a haswell laptop CPU with a PGA socket, good to know though, thanks.

[Cysero]

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_i3_Mobile/i3-330M_(PGA988).html

 

That VAIO model like most around that era can be upgraded to 8GB Ram with a 2.5 inch SSD. I guess it depends what you want to use it for in the future and what performance issues you are having currently.

 

I wouldn't be too hasty in buying a new laptop unless you want it to do something demanding. 

 

I own a 2011 Sony VAIO VPCEH1L8E which came with an Intel i3-2310m, 4GB ram, 500GB HDD and a single band wireless card. I upgraded it to an Intel i7-2720QM, 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD and a dual band wireless card. It works fine for the majority of tasks you could ask of it unless you were wanting to do rendering or medium-high quality gaming in which case you would probably have bought a desktop or a top of the range laptop.