Is it worth upgrading e6410's cpu?

overther · September 20, 2018

I have an old dell latitude e6410 with an i5-460m that I use for college.Is it worth upgrading the cpu to an i7 620m? (its the max cpu supported since I have the integrated gpu model)

tbh I dont have any problems with browsing the internet, doing home work, coding etc. What I want is to play some older titles in it when I am on trips and cant use my desktop. Is the performance boost i'll get with the i7 even worth it? They are like 30 euros on ebay, which is not that bad, but dont really feel like wasting them for nothing.

Electronics Wizardy · September 20, 2018

It won't be any faster in games really, the igpu is basically the same on those. The model of the laptop with a dgpu will be a good amount faster(you can often get the different board pretty cheap)

3 Lions · September 20, 2018

12 minutes ago, overther said:

Is it worth upgrading the cpu to an i7 620m?

No, this is the first generation of 'core i mobile' CPU's and by todays standards they are very slow. I'd start looking for a new laptop, you know something a bit more powerful.

Edited September 20, 2018 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

Razor Blade · September 20, 2018

It wouldn't really be that significant of a jump in performance. IMO you're better off saving those euros for incidental repair or eventual replacement.