Laptop CPU upgrade

I absolutely agree with the above comments. I have 2 laptops with similar specs and only reasonable upgrade to do was to add a bit more RAM and replace the spinning HDD with an SSD.

Swapping the CPU is out of the question. Not worth it unless you get the CPU for free and know what you are doing.

xtremeraces said:

Oh, I thought that upgrading Laptop CPU is that easy...
Anyways, can you explain to me the differences between PPGA and PGA sockets? I did some search and it said that they are both the same. I did think so, but doubts are still in my mind. Pls help me :)

PGA = Pin Grid Array
PPGA = Plastic Pin Grid Array

Only difference is the materials used in packaging the CPU.

Yes you can, but you must be certain that the motherboard including BIOS has support for the CPU in question. The PGA478 CPU fits a PPGA478 socket, but there is no guarantee that the CPU will work anyway.

Also make sure the MB is NOT using a micro FCPGA478 socket, then you can only use that kind of packaged CPUs in the laptop.

Either way...I would NOT go with the CPU upgrade, unless you know what you are doing. You will have to take the whole laptop apart, and that is NOT an easy task to do. (...well easy to take apart, but getting it back together can be a pain)

UPDATE: PPGA478 can also mean Socket P in some cases, then you can not fit a PGA478 CPU in it. Socket P = micro FCPGA478 (smaller in size)

I suspect your MB uses Socket P which is the same as µFCPGA478MN marking on the socket on the motherboard. Only way to know for sure is to take the whole computer apart.