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Old Dell Latitude E5520 2nd gen i5 cpu upgrade to 2nd gen i7 quad or 3rd gen i7

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by jedisurfer1, Dec 23, 2017.

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    Would this be possible? I think the i7 2nd gen quad is possible, could I put in a 3rd gen i7 or would the bios/microde throw me an error. I have a relative that really like that laptop and they just want an ssd/ram/cpu upgrade.
     
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    The Ivy Bridge (3rd gen) upgrade is an unknown, but if the laptop came stock with a Sandy Bridge (2nd gen) CPU, odds are good you can't move "up". Ivy Bridge chipsets / mainboards are backwards-compatible with Sandy, but not the other way around.

    For what it's worth, a good few years ago i did actually "shoehorn" an i7-2720qm into my previous laptop, a Thinkpad E520 (stock it came with an i5-2430m) with no issues.
     
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