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‎01-06-2021 05:39 AM

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Product: HP g6-1240sa
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

What processor can I upgrade to? For HP g6-1240sa

Currently I have i5-2430M CPU @ 2.4GHz - what improvement can I see if I upgrade?

Thank you!

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‎01-06-2021 07:13 AM

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Hi:

 

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

 

c02968997 (hp.com)

 

The supported processors can be found in chapter 1.

 

The best you can go to would be the Intel® Core™ i7-2620M.

 

It's your PC, but I doubt that an upgrade like that would make much of a difference.

 

If you have not maxed out the memory to 2 x 4 GB and replaced the 2.5" mechanical hard drive with a 2.5" solid state drive, I would do those easy upgrades first before upgrading the processor.

 

They will help your notebook's performance much more than upgrading the processor a couple of notches.

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‎01-06-2021 07:13 AM

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Hi:

 

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

 

c02968997 (hp.com)

 

The supported processors can be found in chapter 1.

 

The best you can go to would be the Intel® Core™ i7-2620M.

 

It's your PC, but I doubt that an upgrade like that would make much of a difference.

 

If you have not maxed out the memory to 2 x 4 GB and replaced the 2.5" mechanical hard drive with a 2.5" solid state drive, I would do those easy upgrades first before upgrading the processor.

 

They will help your notebook's performance much more than upgrading the processor a couple of notches.

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‎01-06-2021 07:20 AM

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Thank you @PaulTikkanen, that is helpful. I agree don't have much to gain by upgrading processor. I have already upgraded to 16GB RAM and SSD, which was quite useful, so was just exploring options. 

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‎01-06-2021 07:27 AM

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You're very welcome.

 

Since you have already made those upgrades, here is a side by side comparison of the i7-2620m and i5-2430m to help you decide if you want to max it out.

 

Intel® Product Specification Comparison

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