Hp pavilion dv6 7020us parts upgrade

[keinlebenkonig]

Soon it will be about time for me to be off to college (W00T compsci majors!) and I just last year got a Hp pavilion dv6 7020us laptop as a bday gift so I cant exactly go get a new high end lappy... So I figured with my first homebuilt pc newly finished (and likely staying at home) I could just upgrade it myself... I intend to do (as much as hardware allows) virtual machining and internal penetration testing (a mobile PT lab if you will), along with various other programming. so I figure an upgrade to the ram and CPU should do the trick... I believe its a socket G2

Here is a link to various specs: http://www.cnet.com/laptops/hp-pavilion-dv6-7020us/4507-3121_7-35323845.html

Any help as to components is greatly appreciated (though I would prefer to keep the cost down as low as possible)

 

[Nikolay Savov]

Soon it will be about time for me to be off to college (W00T compsci majors!) and I just last year got a Hp pavilion dv6 7020us laptop as a bday gift so I cant exactly go get a new high end lappy... So I figured with my first homebuilt pc newly finished (and likely staying at home) I could just upgrade it myself... I intend to do (as much as hardware allows) virtual machining and internal penetration testing (a mobile PT lab if you will), along with various other programming. so I figure an upgrade to the ram and CPU should do the trick... I believe its a socket G2

Here is a link to various specs: http://www.cnet.com/laptops/hp-pavilion-dv6-7020us/4507-3121_7-35323845.html

Any help as to components is greatly appreciated (though I would prefer to keep the cost down as low as possible)

HI
CPU upgrade for Laptops allays have been P*** in the a**

Adding RAM is easy - go for it ...

Here you can find Service Maintenance and Service Guide + spares PN in
Some spares are substitute now ...
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03582006/c03582006.pdf

Keep on mind that you may need to upgrade the bios if you manage to find and add new CPU in you laptop.

 

[keinlebenkonig]

I figured it wouldnt be the easiest job to replace the cpu but i figured I would ask 1 if I even should and 2 (if I should) which one to get

 

[Nikolay Savov]

I figured it wouldnt be the easiest job to replace the cpu but i figured I would ask 1 if I even should and 2 (if I should) which one to get

Have a look on the Service guide i link you.
|You see that you have few type of cooling systems.
Try to see what is you`rs .
Changing CPU and keeping old cooling system may have high temp or bad cooling.

I will not advise you to upgrade any way !
I`l get what i can for the old laptop and invest it in new one - you get new specs and warranty also ...
Or just add more RAM and live it bee ....

 

[Legohouse]

If you haven't upgraded your memory yet, then try the following websites or do a google search using the specs you found at the other retail stores -
http://www.memorystock.com/memory/HewlettPackardPaviliondv67020us.html
http://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search?DeviceType=3&Mfr=HEW&Line=Pavilion%20Entertainment%20Notebook&Model=80821
http://www.crucial.com/upgrade/HP+-+Compaq-memory/Pavilion+DV6+Series/Pavilion+dv6-7020us-upgrades.html

Upgrading the CPU, will void the warranty I believe so let it be as it is. Maybe an SSD is better.

Good luck with the upgrade.