Intel Core i5 to Intel Core i7

[bellcross07]

I have an Intel Core i5 2430m @ 2.400ghz, and I want to know if I can upgrade it to Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz

Btw, my notebook is Hp Pavilion dv7. I will be glad if someone answer my topic. Thanks and more power to sevenforums

 

[AddRAM]

You have to find out what motherboard you have, then find the specs manual, and it should tell you what your upgrade options are.

Google your motherboard.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

The available processor upgrades may also require a bios update so checking your current bios version with the bios version recommended with the upgrade CPU.

 

[bellcross07]

Hewlett-Packard 1659 10.31 is this my motherboard?

 

[Britton30]

Does your laptop manual say the CPU is replaceable? Some are BGA, ball grid array and soldered to the board.

 

[bellcross07]

Is it stupid if I say that I misplaced my manual?

 

[AddRAM]

You could find it on the web.

 

[AC]

What laptop do you have? We could look it up for you then.

 

[AddRAM]

This will help find your product #
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/findModel?cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=3315910

Then do a search with your product # to find the specs for your machine. That will tell you your upgrade options.

There are different models of the dv7, but found this.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01689926.pdf

I see nothing of upgrading the cpu in that specs guide, I`m done. Goin to bed.

 

[bigmck]

I have an Intel Core i5 2430m @ 2.400ghz, and I want to know if I can upgrade it to Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz

Btw, my notebook is Hp Pavilion dv7. I will be glad if someone answer my topic. Thanks and more power to sevenforums

It seems like a waste to do that upgrade. It is not going to get you that much additional speed. If you want more speed get a SSD and leave the i5 CPU as it is.

 

[bobkn]

I have an Intel Core i5 2430m @ 2.400ghz, and I want to know if I can upgrade it to Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz

Btw, my notebook is Hp Pavilion dv7. I will be glad if someone answer my topic. Thanks and more power to sevenforums

The I5-2430M is a notebook processor (either Socket G1, or soldered to the motherboard). If it's socketed, you'd need to find another notebook CPU to replace it. An I7-3770 is LGA1155, a desktop socket, completely incompatible.

There are mobile quad core third generation I7 CPUs like this one:

ARK | Intel® Core

This isn't a recommendation. There are a number of things that could prevent the upgrade. One, your current CPU may be soldered to the motherboard, making it almost impossible to swap out. If it's socketed, your motherboard may not support a swap from a second generation I5 to a third generation chip. (I don't know enough about mobile sockets to guess whether that for the I5 and I7 are compatible.) Your current CPU is rated at 35W; the I7, 45. That's not a huge increase, but the laptop may not be able to handle it.