Trying to upgrade laptop CPU

thezave

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I am thinking about upgrading my laptop's CPU from an I-5 5200U to an i-7 5500U. My laptop is an Acer Aspire E 15, specifically E5-573g-52G3 . The specs on my own laptop are: 16GB RAM, i-5 5200U, Nvidia 940M Graphics, On amazon you could buy it with either the i5 or i7, so im wondering if this is possible, and if so, how difficult it would be to upgrade it. Also, if there are any other possible upgrade options, feel free to enlighten me. One last thing: would upgrading the cpu bottleneck my laptop because of my 940M graphics? Sorry for all the questions, answers are much appreciated!
edit: I was mainly thinking about upgrading it because my CPU because in the Task Manager it says my CPU is at 100% whenever I'm gaming, and i want to actually be able to play on fullscreen
 
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Honestly, unless you have some professional applications that will benefit from hyperthreading, don't upgrade. Your GPU currently is a bottleneck for your CPU in pretty much everything. If you had to upgrade anything, the GPU should be the priority.

SkyMembrane

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Honestly, unless you have some professional applications that will benefit from hyperthreading, don't upgrade. Your GPU currently is a bottleneck for your CPU in pretty much everything. If you had to upgrade anything, the GPU should be the priority.
 
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