CPU Upgradeable Laptops

Can I upgrade the cpu in a laptop? we can answer yes if that cpu is a socketed cpu




there are 2 type of socket:

-PGA https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_Grid_Array



-LGA https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Grid_Array


and each type of socket ask a different construction of the cpu




Are there laptops with upgradeable socketed PGA cpus or LGA cpus? Yes
both are/were used in laptop mobos. today many ODM/OEM use BGA cpus (soldered) like U, HQ, HK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array




_______________________________INTEL________________________________


OLD Intel Laptop upgradeable CPUs

PGA (work in progress)
here a list of intel core i5/i7 with a PGA socket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i3_microprocessors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i5_microprocessors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i7_microprocessors

Do you have a laptop with a PGA Socketed cpu like these? it could be upgraded with a same generation cpu

Nehalem microarchitecture (1st generation) "Clarksfield" (45 nm)

i3-330m

i3-350m

i3-370m

i3-380m

i3-390m


i5-430m

i5-450m

i5-460m

i5-480m

i5-520m

i5-540m

i5-560m

i5-580m


i7-720qm

i7-740qm

i7-820qm

i7-840qm

i7-920xm

i7-940xm



Sandy Bridge microarchitecture (2nd generation) "Sandy Bridge (dual-core)" (32 nm)

i3-2308M

i3-2310M

i3-2312M

i3-2328M

i3-2330M

i3-2332M

i3-2348M

i3-2350M

i3-2370M



i5-2410m

i5-2430m

i5-2450m

i5-2520m

i5-2540m



Sandy Bridge microarchitecture (2nd generation) "Sandy Bridge (quad-core)" (32 nm)

i7-2630qm

i7-2670qm

i7-2720qm

i7-2760qm

i7-2860qm

i7-2920xm

i7-2960xm


Ivy Bridge microarchitecture (3rd generation) "Ivy Bridge (dual-core)" (22 nm)
i3-3110m

i3-3120m

i3-3130m


Ivy Bridge microarchitecture (3rd generation) "Ivy Bridge (dual-core)" (22 nm)

i5-3210m

i5-3230m

i5-3320m

i5-3340m

i5-3360m

i5-3380m


Ivy Bridge microarchitecture (3rd generation) "Ivy Bridge (quad-core)" (22 nm)

i7-3610qm

i7-3630qm

i7-3720qm

i7-3740qm

i7-3820qm

i7-3840qm

i7-3920xm

i7-3940xm


Haswell microarchitecture (4th generation)

Haswell-MB" (dual-core, 22 nm)

i3-4000m

i3-4010m

i3-4100m

i3-4110m


i5-4200m

i5-4210m

i5-4300m

i5-4310m

i5-4330m

i5-4340m



Haswell-MB" (quad-core, 22 nm)

i7-4700mq

i7-4702mq

i7-4710mq

i7-4712mq

i7-4800mq

i7-4810mq

i7-4900mq

i7-4910mq

i7-4930mx

i7-4940mx


Haswell (quad-core, 22 nm) LGA1150

i5-4460
i7-4690
i7-4790
i7-4790K


Skylake (quad-core, 14nm) LGA1151

i5-6400
i5-6400t
i5-6500
i5-6500t
i5-6600
i5-6600t
i7-6700
i7-6700t
i7-6700k



Kabylake (quad-core, 14nm) LGA1151

i5-7400
i5-7400t
i5-7500
i5-7500t
i5-7600
i5-7600t
i7-7700
i7-7700t
i7-7700k


Coffee lake (quad-core, 14nm) LGA1151

i5-8400
i5-8600K
i5-8600t
i7-8700
i7-8700t
i7-8700k





Do you have a laptop with a LGA Socketed cpu like these? it could be upgraded

LGA (work in progress)
-Asus c90s/c90p(mxm ii)
-Clevo d900c(mxm 3.0b)
-Clevo d901c
-Clevo d900t(or d9t)
-Clevo p750zm
-Clevo p770zm
-Clevo w650dc
-Clevo p750dm
-Clevo p770dm
-Clevo p775dm
-Clevo p870dm
-MSI 16L1











Do you know other laptops with LGA cpu?


NEW Intel upgradeableCPU laptops


this is a list of new laptops with desktop/upgradeable socketed LGA 1151 cpus inside:
-Clevo n350dw 15" igpu
-Clevo n650du 15" igpu
-Clevo w650kj1 15" gtx1050
-Clevo w650kk1 15" gtx1050ti
-Clevo nb50ta 15" gtx1050
-Clevo nb50th 15" gtx1650
-Clevo nb60ta 16" gtx1050
-Clevo nb60th 16" gtx1650
-Clevo nb70ta 17" gtx1050
-Clevo nb70th 17" gtx1650
-Clevo n950kp6 15" gtx1060
-Clevo n950tp6 15" gtx1060
-Clevo n950td 15" rtx2060
-Clevo n950tf 15" rtx2070
-Clevo n950tc 15" gtx1060ti
-Clevo n960td 16" rtx2060
-Clevo n950tf 16" rtx2070
-Clevo n950tc 16" gtx1060ti
-Clevo n970td 17" rtx2060
-Clevo n970tf 17" rtx2070
-Clevo n970tc 17" gtx1060ti
-Clevo p750dm2 15" gtx1060 mxm
-Clevo p750dm2 15" gtx1070 mxm
-Clevo p775dm3 17" gtx1060 mxm
-Clevo p775dm3 17" gtx1070 mxm
-Clevo p775dm3 17" gtx1080 mxm
-Clevo p870km 17" gtx1070 sli mxm
-Clevo p870km1 17" gtx1080 sli mxm
-Clevo p870dm2 17" gtx1070 sli mxm
-Clevo p870dm3 17" gtx1080 sli mxm
-Msi 16L13/Eurocom Tornado F5 15" gtx1060 mxm
-Msi 16L13/Eurocom Tornado F5 15" gtx1070 mxm
-Msi 16L13/Eurocom Tornado F5 15" gtx1080 mxm
-Clevo p750tm 15" gtx1060 mxm
-Clevo p750tm 15" gtx1070 mxm
-Clevo p775tm 17" gtx1060 mxm
-Clevo p775tm 17" gtx1070 mxm
-Clevo p775tm 17" gtx1080 mxm
Clevo p870tm 17" gtx1070 sli mxm
-Clevo p870tm1 17" gtx1080 sli mxm



FUTURE Intel Laptop upgradeable CPUs

Eurocom Tornado F5 with 8-core Ice lake cpus

Eurocom Tornado F7 with 8-core Ice lake cpus

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...rnado-f7-with-6-core-coffee-lake-cpus.804068/

 

_______________________________AMD________________________________



OLD AMD LAptop upgradeable CPUs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_accelerated_processing_unit_microprocessors

Do you have a laptop with a PGA Socketed cpu like these? it could be upgraded with a same generation cpu

Sabine: "Llano" (2011) Socket FS1

E2-3000m

A4-3300m

A4-3305m

A4-3310mx

A4-3320m

A4-3330mx

A6-3400m

A6-3410mx

A6-3420m

A6-3430mx

A8-3500m

A8-3510mx

A8-3520m

A8-3530mx

A8-3550mx


Comal: "Trinity" (2012) Socket FS1r2

A4-4300m

A4-4355m

A6-4400m

A6-4455m

A8-4500m

A8-4555m

A10-4600m

A10-4655m

"Richland" (2013) Socket FS1r2

A4-5145m

A4-5150m

A6-5345m

A6-5350m

A6-5357m

A8-5545m

A8-5550m

A8-5557m

A10-5745m

A10-5750m











NEW AMD Laptop upgradeable CPUs

Ryzen

-5 1600
-7 1700

Summit Ridge?


NEW AMD upgradeable CPU laptop

-Asus GL702ZC 17" AMD RX580
-Acer Helios 500 AMD RX580

 

I want a 4900mq but I'm not sure my G1 Zbook 15 has the id for it in its bios since the 4800mq was the highest end proc it shipped with

 

bios needs to support a new cpu. there is a G1 Zbook 15 with a 4900mq. is its bios different?

 

What I mean to say is all g1 zbook 15s shipped with a i7 4800mq or lower, only zbook 17 came with a 4900mq or other 57w cpus
too bad I can't flash the 17 bios on the 15

 

are you sure about that?
may be, there is a g1 15 with 4900mq
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_ZBook
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04111353
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-ZBook-15...M-FREE-SHIP-/302324275724?hash=item4663ee5a0c
https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-zb...core-i7-4900mq-32-gb-ram-1-tb-hdd-j0n80usaba/


edit
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-HP/ZBook_15.html

 

You're right, I meant the 57w procs

 

what's 57w? tgp?

tdp values are 47w for 4700mq/4800mq/4900mq/4910mq

i7-4700mq
http://ark.intel.com/products/75117/Intel-Core-i7-4700MQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz

i7-4800mq
http://ark.intel.com/products/75128/Intel-Core-i7-4800MQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz

i7-4900mq
https://ark.intel.com/products/75131/Intel-Core-i7-4900MQ-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

i7-4910mq
https://ark.intel.com/it/products/78939/Intel-Core-i7-4910MQ-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz


tdp is 57w for i7-4930mx/4940mx
https://ark.intel.com/it/products/7...essor-Extreme-Edition-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/78940...essor-Extreme-Edition-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

 

Yup that's what I was thinking of 4930 and 4940 iirc

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/78940...essor-Extreme-Edition-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

i7-4940mx has same performances of i7-7700hq
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-7700HQ-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4940MX/m211019vsm9756

 

Alienware M17X R2 CPU upgrade from i5 Dual Core to i7 Quad Core



Alienware M17x-R4: CPU upgrade choices?
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/alienware-m17x-r4-cpu-upgrade-choices.753416/

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Acer


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Asus

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@sicily428 nice little recourse thread you've got going on here Rep+5

 

Thanks! I like upgradable laptops : )

 

I was about to say 'don't we all'... somehow that's not the case

 

I think that Mobile PGA cpus were great
I had an old acer with a slow dualcore i3 and I easily replaced that with a 4-core i7.

 

I used to have the Asus K53, the processor is now running in my m4600 almost 5-6 years later

 

I have the Sager NP9280 (Clevo D900F). Whats the highest processor I can go to on the LGA-1366 Socket? I hear the Xeon 6900 but would it be worth it because I'm running the Core I7 @3.33ghz?

Thanks,
Charlie

 

Clevo P751DM2 with z170 upgraded with a 6-cores Coffee Lake i5-8400

 

here a Clevo P870KM/Z270 motherboard (by @Prema ) upgraded with an i7-8700k
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...gtx-1080-upgrade.814711/page-20#post-10707914
https://twitter.com/PremaMod/status/982547465651085312
https://t.co/3eYg9z5Z7Z
https://valid.x86.fr/ibbavz

 

Clevo P870DM-G upgraded with an i7-8700K by @Mr. Fox
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...hoenix-gets-a-gtx-1080-upgrade.814711/page-23

 

I believe Fujitsu T901 (Sandy Bridge) and T734 (Haswell) deserve a honorable mention as the only not-too-old convertibles with upgradeable CPU (& also eGPU support via Expresscard).

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...coffee-lake-cpus.804068/page-13#post-10771664

MSI 16L13 upgraded with an i7-8700K

 

@sicily428 there are plenty of laptop with older intel cpu prior to gen 1 core i3-i7 are all socketed. same with AMD, back in the days they dont have the idea of BGA so almost all cpu are socket regardless of high or low end.

like T7600G, X7900, X9000, X9100, QX9300 etc those were the high end overclockable CPU back in the days

 

do you have a link? I will add them

 

Clevo's M590KE 20" laptop uses AMD Turion x2 TL-60, which is also a socketed machine and thats the highest SKU of that generation and funny thing is, AMD's CPU is more powerful at the time so clevo opted AMD's chip for higher performance over intels. http://www.notebookreview.com/news/...reen-sli-notebook-packs-a-punch-this-holiday/

I own XPS M2010 which uses T7600 can upgrade to T7600G, the only real* laptop that comes with T7600G by default is M1710 by dell overclockable laptop. cpu can be swap out and replaced by any T7600 prior chips with same FSB frequency, unless people overclocks it then it MIGHT be able to take other chips with higher FSB but same socket/pins. https://www.anandtech.com/show/2226.

HDX 9000 Series is another 20" laptop just like the xps m2010, it uses x7900/x9000
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/hp-hdx-9000-dragon-owners-lounge-part-2.515212/

W700DS uses QX9300 which is the highest SKU/overclockable CPU of that gen, other CPUs of same gen are Q9000 and Q9100. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-W700ds.14220.0.html

W701DS is 1 year after W700DS and uses first gen i7 920xm/940xm

 

@DaMafiaGamer @dsanke
Official Coffee Lake Thread/BIOS For ALL SkyLake/KabyLake Clevo LGA1151 laptops
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...kylake-kabylake-clevo-lga1151-laptops.821694/

 

@DaMafiaGamer @dsanke @Talon
Offical Coffee Lake Thread/Upgrade Guide MSI 16L13 (Eurocom Tornado F5)
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...de-msi-16l13-eurocom-tornado-f5.821651/page-2

 

Clevo W650

 

P870DM3 upgraded with a 9900K

 

Clevo P870DMX with a Z170 chipset upgraded with an i9-9900K by @Prema
https://twitter.com/PremaMod/status/1062245143284195328
http://valid.x86.fr/j2f0c3

 

Not much a laptop....

 

it's a naked version of P870

 

whoops you forgot some old lga laptop
Here some i found:
-asus c90s/c90p(mxm ii)
-clevo d900c(mxm 3.0b)
-clevo d901c
-clevo d900t(or d9t)
Updated edit:
-eurocom p7/p5 (lga 1150)

 

hey i just found another 'lga' laptop known as:
MAIBENBEN HEIMAI 7 (using Coffee Lake refresh desktop cpu)

Source :
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33038346962.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.2.61954c2eq09uWq (normal version)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33036428831.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.4.435a4c2eyMfkU0 (C edition)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33040439840.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.6.435a4c2eLQdETT (D edition)

 

and also
eurocom p7/p5 (which using lga 1150)

 

it should be a clevo nb60

 

HUH no wonder i felt i saw it somewhere

 

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