Upgrade options for Sony Vaio

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Vincent222

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Hello, first time poster.

I have a rather old Vaio, VPCEE2s1e/bq and its on its last legs by now, I was hoping someone could give me some upgrade advice.

It uses an S1 Socket for the CPU and I found this on ebay http:// Which I think will work just fine.

I am struggling to find out if the GPU can be upgraded though, I know 99% of Laptops have integrated GPU or APU, but if someone could confirm "Yay or Nay" I would be grateful.

I pulled the info from "Speccy", thing is, I don't want to spend a lot on upgrading, $200 max. The CPU I found is only $25 so, I can go quite high on a GPU upgrade if it's possible.

Thanks for the help

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II P820 52 °C
Caspian 45nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 532MHz (7-7-7-20)
Motherboard
Sony Corporation VAIO (N/A) 46 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series (Sony)
Storage
298GB TOSHIBA MK3265GSX SATA Disk Device (SATA) 40 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633C SATA CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
 
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You might need to contact Sony support and ask them for a definite answer. I just checked and it looks like yours can be upgraded to a max of 8 GB's, but you will have to see if you already have one stick or two. My gut feeling is that the money spent trying to upgrade a 6 year old laptop would be better spent on new one with much better performance.
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Upgrading the graphics isn't an option. You may not be able to upgrade the CPU either. There are several variations of the socket, and while a different CPU might physically fit, it still may not work. The only things I might upgrade on that system are adding another 4 GB of RAM (not even sure if that is supported) and replacing the HDD with an SSD which can reused when the time for a new laptop or PC comes.
 
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Vincent222

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Thanks for the answer, is there anyway to find out if any parts CAN be upgraded? I get a little lost when it comes to chip sets and compatibility. I realize I will probably have to "donate" this machine to the community center pretty soon but if I can squeeze a little longer out of the old girl I would want to try it.
 
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You might need to contact Sony support and ask them for a definite answer. I just checked and it looks like yours can be upgraded to a max of 8 GB's, but you will have to see if you already have one stick or two. My gut feeling is that the money spent trying to upgrade a 6 year old laptop would be better spent on new one with much better performance.
 
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