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‎02-17-2018 10:23 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion 13-a013cl x360 Convertible
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I previously used an HP Probook 450 G2 prior to my possession of this topic's laptop. The x360's Specifications page does not list a cpu upgrade section for determining if I can upgrade its processor, and with what. I've been locking for the socket type of it, and my 450 G2's, since its i7 cpu is still in there. I have no reason to believe that it is damaged, and am trying to determine if I can install it in the x360 convertible, but can not explicitly determine this. 

Are the two sockets compatible enough for me to replace a:

"1.7GHz 4th generation Intel Core i5-4210U Processor with SC Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz"

 

with the cpu from a laptop that's said to have the following? 

"Processor:   Intel Core i7-5500U (5th Gen)
Clock-speed:  2.4 Ghz
Graphic Processor:   AMD Radeon R5 M255
Graphics Memory:   2 GB "

 

If not, are there i7 CPUs that I can install into this laptop as an upgrade? The quad-core might work for work, but I am a casual gamer, and need just a bit more performance for a game I'm currently playing to play it with a higher LOD to stop texture popping. It processes the graphical effects jsut fine, but the demand of loading in terrain at the speed of a sprint, let alone the speed of a horse's gallop causes it to lag if I have lod turned up even just a bit.



 

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