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rutherc308

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Hey guys, I was recently taking a look at downloading Star Wars the Old Republic for my laptop, but I am 0.1GHz shy of the minimum, and also need another 96+ megabytes of Video RAM to play it at minimum settings if at all. My laptop is an un-modified Inspiron 15 (3521) i3-3227U 1.9GHz with 4 GB of RAM, 465 GB of storage, and Integrated Graphics (32 MB). I was seeking to upgrade my CPU & motherboard to that of the i5 CPU model of my laptop, then the GPU to any compatible laptop GPU that has about 128-256 MB of VRAM or more. I need to know if this is both: possible and also some options for both the GPU or a mobile processor replacement. By the way, my current processor is a BGA model too. Thanks! :-D
 
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That CPU is soldered to the motherboard, no way to replace it without a complete swap. 0.1Ghz wont make a difference for meeting the minimum, you can increase the memory accessible to the Intel GPU in the BIOS, but the game wont all the sudden become playable but there should be a small improvement. Keep in mind allocating more RAM to the intel GPU this way will decrease the amount of RAM available to Windows. (Say you choose 512MB for Intel GPU, Windows will now only have 3.5GB)

If you want the i5 processor you need to buy a new motherboard with the i5 already soldered in place, but the onboard graphics card is still going to be the limiting factor.

This is what the bottom of your CPU will look like and all those balls are the...
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That CPU is soldered to the motherboard, no way to replace it without a complete swap. 0.1Ghz wont make a difference for meeting the minimum, you can increase the memory accessible to the Intel GPU in the BIOS, but the game wont all the sudden become playable but there should be a small improvement. Keep in mind allocating more RAM to the intel GPU this way will decrease the amount of RAM available to Windows. (Say you choose 512MB for Intel GPU, Windows will now only have 3.5GB)

If you want the i5 processor you need to buy a new motherboard with the i5 already soldered in place, but the onboard graphics card is still going to be the limiting factor.

This is what the bottom of your CPU will look like and all those balls are the solder points
http://www.os-store.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/8679a02e5c6c16d93758b22a9dfcdde7/B/G/BGA_1023_i7-2620M_mlogo_26.jpg

TL;DR You need a better laptop :/
 
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rutherc308

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What I wanted to do with the CPU/MOBO was swap out the MOBO for the i5 one. I just wanted to know if it was possible to remove the CPU by itself. Thanks. So go to BIOS and dedicated like 256-512 MB of VRAM to GPU?

 
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