CPU Upgrade Worth It?

[Jmedhawk]

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad E530c that was just given to me. I'll primarily be using it for Microsoft office, Adobe connect meetings, browsing the web in Chrome, and some Youtube streaming. I just upgraded from a HDD to an SSD. Currently there is an Intel i3-2348M which is 2 cores 4 threads @ 2.3GHz. Surprisingly enough the CPU is just socketed, so after doing a little research on the board and socket, I found I can go up to an i5-3210M which is also 2 cores 4 threads but the clock goes up to 3.1GHz. With this info I have 2 questions:

1. Is the upgrade from the i3 to it worth the 100 bucks the CPU will cost me and,

2. Is there G2 socket processor that has 4 cores that would be compatible?

 

Thank you for the feedback.

[Fasauceome]

that's like a 50% increase in clock speed, so I'd say it's worth it if the CPU isn't wildly expensive.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-SR0MZ-Processor-i5-3210M-2-50-GHz/202489486421?epid=219603468&hash=item2f25505c55:g:RfQAAOSwhzhb29L2:rk:3:pf:1&frcectupt=true

at a price like this i think it's worth it.

Edited November 2, 2018 by fasauceome

[Fasauceome]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-3520M-Laptop-CPU-Processor-G2-2-9GHz-SR0MT/202488835489?hash=item2f25466da1:g:d~YAAOSwXOhbzxjC:rk:1:pf:1&LH_BIN=1&frcectupt=true

 

are you sure an i7 wouldn't work?

[Jmedhawk]

I'm not sure if the motherboard would send it enough juice. The i7 is a 35W TDP, the i3 in it is only 23W or 25W. Plus that's a 2 core 4 thread processor as well. So I guess my question really boils down to is the clock speed jump from 2.3GHz to over 3GHz even with the same cores and threads worth upgrading?

[Jmedhawk]

Unfortunately I only know just enough to get myself in trouble, do you think the i7 would work. It's the same socket, but would the bios load it and would it get enough power being 10W higher TDP?