i7 Upgrade Possible?

trumes · Oct 23, 2013

Hi

I have an i7 Destop and was wondering if its possible to remove the i7 CPU and stick it in my i3 laptop (ASUS S500C)

Or am I just being daft!?

I have noticed the difference an i7 makes.

Thanks

enemy1g · Oct 23, 2013

For the most part, I believe that you can't interchange Desktop and Laptop CPUs. I could be wrong though. In the case that I am, as long as they have the same socket, and the motherboard supports an i7, then you should be fine.

Wolfshadw · Oct 23, 2013

You're not being daft, but as enemy1g states, unless its the same socket (very unlikely) and the power management is the same (possible, but also unlikely), you won't be able to exchange the two.

-Wolf sends

trumes · Oct 23, 2013

Thanks for the replys - I was thinking that mite be the case because I have this big ass heat sink & fan keeping it all cool! That's obviously not in the laptop

jfreggie2 · Oct 23, 2013

On the ASUS website:
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_VivoBook_S500CA/
It does say your Laptop can receive up to an i7-3517U...
So you could just try to find that processor and swap it out

trumes · Oct 23, 2013

I have an I7 2600 3.7 GHz in the desktop. That's all it tells me on system. I know their are loads of variants of the i7

Wolfshadw · Oct 23, 2013

The laptop has a socket: FCBGA1023
Your Desktop has a socket LGA1155

As expected, the two are incompatible.

-Wolf sends

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