HP Pavilion Notebook 15-bs008nv CPU upgrade and notebook recommendations

[GeoLek]

Hello,

I am writing this thread to ask you for two things.

1) Is it possible to upgrade my notebook's CPU? It is a HP Pavilion 15-bs008nv (Intel core i5-7200U, AMD Radeon 520 Graphics). I searched the manual and the web and didn't find an answer to this.

2) Do you have any notebook,workstation laptop recommendations with a maximum budget of 2k euro? I want it for heavy business work. Preferable 8 core (or more) CPU (Intel or AMD, I prefer AMD for multitasking and integrated graphics),preferable AMD or Intel graphics because I will use Ubuntu Linux and NVIDIA show multiple problems with Linux systems, RAM up-gradable up to 64 GB (or more) and have the ability for 2 disk drives.

Thank you very much,

George.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, George:

Unfortunately the CPU is an integral part of the motherboard, and the only way to upgrade the processor would be to replace the motherboard with one listed in chapter 3 of your notebook's service manual that may come with a better processor.

It will be very difficult to find the motherboard you need and very expensive.

h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05493257.pdf

You will be a lot better off selling or trading in your notebook and buying one equipped with the hardware your computing needs require.

You may want to look into the HP zBook line...

HP® ZBook Workstations

[GeoLek]

Hello Paul,

Thank you very much for your helpful reply. I will the ZBook series.

Best regards.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.