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‎12-10-2020 10:59 AM

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Product: Hp omen 17-an040ur
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello, does it make sense to upgrade a laptop (processor, video card)? if yes, which one does my device support?

CPU

 Core i7 series

 Model 7700HQ

 Number of cores 4

 Clock frequency 2.8 GHz

 TurboBoost / TurboCore frequency 3.8 GHz

 

VIDEO CARD

 Graphics card type discrete

 NVIDIA GeForce graphics series

 Graphics card model GTX 1050

 Video memory 4 GB

 GDDR5 memory type

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‎12-10-2020 11:30 AM

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It's not possible in your case since both the processor and video are soldered onto the motherboard and not removeable for upgrade. Even on older laptops where the processor was removeable an upgrade rarely made sense. You have a fairly powerful machine there. What would you like to do that it cannot?

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‎12-10-2020 12:28 PM

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Play in games

I can’t unsolder 7700hq and solder 7920hq?

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‎12-10-2020 01:56 PM - edited ‎12-10-2020 01:58 PM

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No. The circuitry of the motherboard is not set up for that processor even if you could find a BGA version of it out there. And the processor is not what's limiting your gaming its the video....an alternate motherboard was made with a GTX 1070 which is a substantially more powerful video chip but good luck finding that motherboard as a standalone part. Theoretically if you could it would work.  

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