RubixPenguin518 :
It is possible to upgrade laptops but it's complicated. Laptop hardware is specialized so can't be easily recycled. The PSUs are specialized and so a higher power CPU may be a problem. I'm no expert, but I'd say: yes, you can upgrade it, but an i5 or 17 may be harder, and if you want it for gaming then you'd also need a GPU and fitting one of those aftermarket may well be completely impossible as the Motherboard won't be designed for it.
The X55VD series don't come with anything above i3. ( http
/www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/X55VD/specifications/ ) and the PSU is 90W. A quad-core i5 will be at least 35W so it's probably not practical I'm afraid, although I'll stand corrected if someone else has something to bring to the table.
yeah, i know about the physical problems: heating... i may upgrade my heatpipe, but i am interested about the supporting. now i was reading that have some i7 2nd gen processor what have the same tdp than my actual (i3 2328m) processor, but these procs have 4 cores, what i really need. i have a 610m geforce with 1gb vram, and i get very well with that. i dont wanna play ultra, or high, not even medium, i am ok with low settings (remembering me that "this is just a game"
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I dont really know what is psu... that is that thing what i put in the connector? i saw some of these things on the market from 90W to 180W (i can change the connector type if it is not supported...) so the question is : can i put an i7 2nd gen mobile processor into my motherboard and can my laptop using it without problem if i buy a better PSU?