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‎04-03-2017 03:36 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion g7-1173dx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

i want to upgrade the processor on my HP Pavillion G7-1173dx but i want to know what the best possible upgrade would be for my laptop. i have window 7 home premium 64-bit as my operating system and i am using 8-gb or RAM in my system, currently my processor is a AMD Phenom(tm) II P650 Dual-Core Processor and i want to upgrade to a better one. What would be the best possible choice for me as far as an upgrade to a better processor?

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‎04-03-2017 03:51 PM

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Hi,

 

Yes, your machine uses 2.60GHz Vision Premium Technology from AMD with AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile Processor P650 :

 

   http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC-series/5082232/model/5170091/document...

 

And there is a list of CPU's supported on page 90 of the following manual:

 

     http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02834058.pdf

 

Manual also shows you how to replace CPU (processor) from page 92. Please use right part number

 

Regards.

  

BH
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‎04-03-2017 03:51 PM

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Hi,

 

Yes, your machine uses 2.60GHz Vision Premium Technology from AMD with AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile Processor P650 :

 

   http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC-series/5082232/model/5170091/document...

 

And there is a list of CPU's supported on page 90 of the following manual:

 

     http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02834058.pdf

 

Manual also shows you how to replace CPU (processor) from page 92. Please use right part number

 

Regards.

  

BH
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