In my laptop, can I upgrade i7-2670qm to 4th gen?

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I have a Toshiba QOSMIO X770 with an I7-2670QM. Can I replace it with a 4th gen I7? And would it increase performance?
It also has a discreet NVIDIA GTX560m. Could I upgrade the graphics card to a newer model?
 
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Some laptops have CPUs that can be replaced/upgraded. Most of them require a motherboard replacement for a CPU upgrade, provided there's a suitable motherboard to replace it with. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find anything to indicate that your laptop falls into either category. The 2670QM was the top of the line for that model. Any motherboard you can find that will be compatible is either going to have the same CPU or a less capable chip.

As far as the GPU goes, it's possible (see link below), but if you do a little research you'll find that folks tend to have a lot of issues getting them to work at all, and that when they do often they're not able to get full performance out of the new GPU. Most of it is due to incompatible...
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No, it is a laptop. Laptop CPUs are soldered to the motherboard, and so is the GPU.

To upgrade from a 2nd generation CPU to 4th generation would require a new board, because the sockets and supporting chipsets are completely different.

The i7 2670QM uses the G2 socket, 4th generation CPU like the 4700MQ use the G3 socket.
 
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Some laptops have CPUs that can be replaced/upgraded. Most of them require a motherboard replacement for a CPU upgrade, provided there's a suitable motherboard to replace it with. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find anything to indicate that your laptop falls into either category. The 2670QM was the top of the line for that model. Any motherboard you can find that will be compatible is either going to have the same CPU or a less capable chip.

As far as the GPU goes, it's possible (see link below), but if you do a little research you'll find that folks tend to have a lot of issues getting them to work at all, and that when they do often they're not able to get full performance out of the new GPU. Most of it is due to incompatible drivers, but there are other issue too.

Bottom line is that you're better off buying a new laptop to get a better CPU and/or GPU. On a positive note, if you want to change out your RAM or hard drives, that's easy :)

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Upgrade-Replace-a-Notebook-Video-Card.3236.0.html
 
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