Sandy Bridge

Hello there! My laptop is Acer 4749z. Its original CPU is Pentium B960 and i have upgraded it to Core i7 2620M. It runs very well, there is no problem. But one day i recognized that i could upgrade my desktop from a Sandy Bridge CPU to an Ivy one. So can i upgrade my laptop like that? Thanks...

I have the old Toshiba Satellite L745, with Sandy Bridge CPU. I want to update my BIOS since the newer version according to the site bring out cooling improvement. here comes the problem My model number is PSK10L - xxxx, yet the available model number are : PSK0YC - xxx,, S24110 , etc. None...

Hi guys, I have a Acer 4750 G with 14 inch monitor, Core i5-2410M sandy bridge processor, 6 GB(Standard 2GB+4GB) RAM, and GPU Nvidia GT 540M that I can't use it anymore. So i'm interested to making a external GPU for my laptop, overall i'm pretty understand about the setup of eGPU. But i'm...

Hello! Seems this forum is filled with questions like these, so I will make mine as short and simple as possible. I just played ONWARD for the first time over the weekend with my HTC VIVE. It blew me away, and made me realize how badly I need to upgrade my CPU at the same time. I currently...

Hi guys, I'm have a Asus X54H with mainboard K54L sandy bridge HM65. can i trying to upgrade my cpu (intel pentium B980 socket 988B rPGA)??? anyone can help me? thanks

I have a 3-4 year old Gigabyte Q2532N with a Sandy Bridge i5-2410M. The 8 cell battery inside it used to work extremely well. However, now i'm having reading issues in the OS. When ever the battery (according to the OS, which would be windows 7/8/8.1/10) reaches around 48% it will die. Why...

Hi there! i currently use a dell laptop from 2012 with 8gb ram, dual core i5 3210, gt 630m and samsung evo 840 ssd. this plays games alright and i have been doing a lot more media production work lately. so far this laptop handles photoshop just fine and its an excellent laptop for overall use...

Hi, I have an Acer E1-431 with CPU Intel Sandy Bridge B960 (2,2 GHz, 2MB L3 Cache, Socket 988B rPGA), MotherBoard EA40_HC chipset Intel Sandy Bridge HM77. I have just changed its old HDD to a SDD Crucial MX100 512Gb. I see that my CPU is now laging and I was wondering to upgrade it to a Core...

Hi, i am looking for an laptop replacment that is somewhat thin and has an good i7 CPU and good GPU. Please help! Budget ($1400 MAX) Battery 5hrs + Good build quality 1080p is an must.

I am looking for a laptop mostly for school and working. I would like An Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 sandy bridge and up. If used i might get a core 2 duo but it really depends on the specs and price. So far I have hit a wall and the Prices on Used laptops are so high and if buying anothers used...

I have a Satellite C655-S5212 that I was wanting to upgrade the CPU in. It has a Socket G2 / Socket rPGA988B fitted with an Core i3-2310M currently. When I look up processors with that socket it is showing both Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processors. See Here. My question is will this laptop...

i currently have a i5 2320 and i want to get a i5 3570k but the i5 uses a sandy bridge and the i5 3570k uses a ivy bridge does

I am having a v3-531g with those specs: Intel b960 2.2 ghz sandy bridge GT630M 1gb ddr3 128 bit 4GB DDR3 1300mhz 500GB HDD. So the problem is that if I want to play a game it lags,it doesn t matter the game,even shank2,awesomenauts,etc.In 2 words weak games. When I try to play games like...

So im thinking of getting a new laptop. I have a Dell Studio with a Sandy Bridge i5. I am in highschool so I need a laptop. Battery life wont be such an issue as I can turn my graphics off. I would prefer an nVidia card. I would like to run bf3/4 on med-high at around 60fps if possible. I dont...

Can i upgrade my intel i7-2670QM laptop processor to a Intel i7-3840QM processor? Im was thinking of building a gaming desktop but decided to upgrade my computer processor. But i dont know if it will work or what i have to do.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-EliteBook-8440p-LAPTOP-250GB-INTEL-CORE-i5-2-4GHz-3GB-Windows-7-Pro-NOTEBOOK-/310675205312?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item4855af6cc0 This is a laptop listing that I was considering because I had only found laptops with i3's that were above 300$, so this i5 laptop piqued my...

source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Haswell-Ivy-Bridge-E-CPU,20590.html should we expect the Sandy Bridge cpu laptops to have a major price drop in the near future? i saw this the other day (Canada), but it's sold out already. http://i.imgur.com/x6wC8Ji.png do you think this is...

Hello, I am planning to resell my Asus N53SV-XV1 I purchased Specs: i7 Sandy Bridge 2630Qm upgraded to 12gbs of Ram ddr3 1333mhz Nvidia Gt540m 15.6 Inch 1080p LED 500gb 7200rpm HDD I was thinking of asking for around 400$ but idk. I bought it for 1300$ back when it was brand new last April 2011

After several attempts at trying to communicate with the 'Tech Support' center for Lenovo, I decided to try a different option. Does anyone over here know if it is possible to replace my i5-2410m (Sandy Bridge) processor with a i7-3615QM (Ivy Bridge) processor? I know I can change it out for...

is there a big difference for student use (occasional movies, word processing, no games, photos, music) between i5 2d and 3d gen? We need a laptop that will be useful for 5 years.