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Technically, it's possible. You just wouldn't have much of a laptop at that point.

 

Physically, the motherboard likely won't fit in your laptop's chassis. In order to successfully swap, you'd lose most if not all of your portablility.

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Hi, is it possible to swap my laptops motherboard? It currently has an i3 5005u which is crap, 8gb ddr3, and on board graphics (intel hd graphics) which is also crap.

I was wondering if I could just swap out the mobo for a gaming laptop mobo with good dedicated GPU, and good CPU. Is this possible?

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CPU: AMD RYZEN 2200G || GPU: EVGA GTX 780 || PSU: EVGA 500W  ||  MOBO: MSI B350M MORTAR ||

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Technically, it's possible. You just wouldn't have much of a laptop at that point.

 

Physically, the motherboard likely won't fit in your laptop's chassis. In order to successfully swap, you'd lose most if not all of your portablility.

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3 minutes ago, The Cheeto Bomb said:

Hi, is it possible to swap my laptops motherboard? It currently has an i3 5005u which is crap, 8gb ddr3, and on board graphics (intel hd graphics) which is also crap.

I was wondering if I could just swap out the mobo for a gaming laptop mobo with good dedicated GPU, and good CPU. Is this possible?

 

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

No.

Yeah, basically no.  At least not worth it.  Laptop MOBOs have more components attached to them, so you cant swap them and then add your RAM and GPU and eveyting else back again.  Better to buy the gaming laptop.

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is it possible?

 

yes, but it's complicated since laptops have custom motherboards, so you would have to get your hands on a motherboard with the specs you want from the exact same laptop model that you have.

 

So short answer : no ...

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4 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

 

Yeah, basically no.  At least not worth it.  Laptop MOBOs have more components attached to them, so you cant swap them and then add your RAM and GPU and eveyting else back again.  Better to buy the gaming laptop.

Yes it's possible, you'd have to find a compatible board online for the laptop. 

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