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‎12-21-2018 05:27 AM

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Product: Pavilion G4-2380LA
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Good evening,

 

I've had this laptop for quite some years now and a few days ago I started wondering if I could upgrade the CPU. It has an i7-3632QM, but while doing some research on my own it seemed to me like I could replace the processor. I was wondering if it would make an improvement to change it and if the CPUs i7-3840QM or i7-3940XM are suitable for the mobo socket (and better than the one I have). 

 

Thank you in advance!!

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‎12-21-2018 06:35 AM

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The processors you mention were not options with the notebook system board.   

 

The  Ivy Bridge processors are legacy 3nd Gen processors from 2012. They are still a bit pricey

The current model processors from Intel are 8th generation.

 

I suppose it would be worth a try if you can find them dirt cheap.

 

Otherwise, you will be losing some coin $$$ of the realm if the upgrade attempt is a failure.

 


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