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‎02-09-2019 06:22 AM

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Product: Touchsmart 520-1010uk
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)

Can anyone help please - I am looking to upgrade the processing chip. Am I able to upgrade to Intel i5-2500s ?

i know I can upgrade either i5-2400s & i7-2600s. But wondered if the 2500s will work too? 

Cheers

Stobbsy1

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‎02-09-2019 06:27 AM

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Unless you have seen somewhere on the internet that you hold in high regard that says you can upgrade to other than what is listed as an upgrade option, the best practice is to stick with what you know will work.

 

Otherwise, you take the risk of seeing the dreaded Incompatible processor" error message when you boot up after installing the processor not published as an upgrade or purchase option by HP. 

 

Your money=your risk.

Personally, I prefer to keep mu upgrades low risk and at a low frustration level.


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‎02-09-2019 06:27 AM

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Unless you have seen somewhere on the internet that you hold in high regard that says you can upgrade to other than what is listed as an upgrade option, the best practice is to stick with what you know will work.

 

Otherwise, you take the risk of seeing the dreaded Incompatible processor" error message when you boot up after installing the processor not published as an upgrade or purchase option by HP. 

 

Your money=your risk.

Personally, I prefer to keep mu upgrades low risk and at a low frustration level.


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‎02-09-2019 06:31 AM

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Thanks for your quick reply Erico. That’s seems like pretty sound advice👍🏻

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‎02-09-2019 06:42 AM

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Welcome to the HP Support Community  @Stobbsy1 

 

When you look at an HP manual you have to keep in mind what is listed is what HP tested for sale.

 

It is not the limit of the hardware.

 

We have upgraded CPU's not listed in HP manuals many times.

 

And yes the i7-2500s has a 98% chance of success.

 

I have upgrade ones that had 85%-90% chance.

 

Your upgrade options HERE:

 

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Pentium_Dual-Core/G620.html

 

REO

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‎02-09-2019 06:55 AM

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That’s great REO Many thanks. So potentially I could install a 2500s with a high percentage of upgrade success.  Also do you have a chart like this for Graphics card Upgrade, from what’s I’ve researched it needs to be an MXM 3.0 type a graphics card.

Regards

Stobbsy1

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‎02-09-2019 07:10 AM

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@Stobbsy1 

 

I wish I had a list for graphics card upgrades!!!

 

CPU's, Memory and HDD's are straight forward and simple.

 

Graphics cards are a pain in the you know where?????

 

Sorry @Stobbsy1  for graphics cards it is best to go to a Gaming forum and ask there.

 

Best regards,

 

REO

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‎02-09-2019 10:00 AM

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@Stobbsy1 wrote:

Thanks for your quick reply Erico. That’s seems like pretty sound advice👍🏻

You're quite welcome! 

I am definitely risk-averse when it comes to upgrade advice that I  offer.  


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‎02-09-2019 10:20 AM

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I concur @erico 

 

I have to remind myself that I have a bit of an advantage.

 

We upgrade thousands of laptops a month and I have unlimited access to CPU's, Memory, HDD's and WiFi cards.

 

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We do push the limits of the hardware at times but just to find what the limit is.

 

Best regards,

 

REO

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‎02-09-2019 10:32 AM

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Thanks for your knowledge and guidance guys. I think I’m going to try to strike a happy medium with the upgrade & go for i5-2400s processing chip with Samsung EVO 860 MZ-76E500 SSD and up it to 8GB memory ram. That should up the power nicely but safely. I’ll leave the graphics card for now & let you know how it goes👍🏻

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