motherboard upgrade possible for inspiron 3521.?

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fahad96

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hey! i've got inspiron 15 3521 laptop with i3 3227u processor 1.9ghz speed.intel hd 4000 and amd radeon hd 7670m graphic card. is it possible to upgrade the present i3 motherboard with an i5 3337u 1.8ghz turbo boost upto 2.6 ghz processor of the same inspiron 3521 model? i'm getting the i5 motherboard of the same laptop model for about $100 dollars! .
so, my question is it possible to replace the i3 motherboard with i5 motherboard of the same inspiron 3521 model..both look exactly the same and hav got same graphic card..both model looks identical too... any help? plz
 
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The CPU is a PGA model and you can take it out from the socket and replace it with an i5 3337u. Make sure to uninstall the processors from device manager and click on update to indicate the correct CPU installed. Also update the BIOS to the latest version. You can also perform some tests to see where the performance stands.

fahad96

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the shell are exactly the same..inspiron 3521 i3 and inspiron 3521 i5 hav exact shell and the specs except that the first one is i3 and the second one is i5...the shell and and every other thing us the same except the processor on the motherboard
 

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The CPU is a PGA model and you can take it out from the socket and replace it with an i5 3337u. Make sure to uninstall the processors from device manager and click on update to indicate the correct CPU installed. Also update the BIOS to the latest version. You can also perform some tests to see where the performance stands.
 
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