Making use of a spare laptop CPU?

[Kallakix2015]

Hi,
I had a laptop in around 2013-2014 which had a quad core i7 removeable CPU. The laptop died and I took out all the usable parts. Unfortunately I've only just found the CPU recently and I can't rebuild the laptop by purchasing parts because they're all massively overpriced as they're not being made anymore.

My question is, can I install this processor into a different kind of laptop? It's obviously a very capable cpu for a laptop and I'd rather put it to use instead of selling it. Is there a site which lists processors and tells you which PCs are compatable?

Original laptop - Dell Inspiron 17r 7720
CPU - Intel Core i7 3610QM 2.3GHz

Thanks.

 

[Achint2000]

It'll be too difficult. Every CPU has a common CPU socket type. For desktops, it's simple, but on laptops, due to the compact stuffed-in design, it's different.

If this was a desktop case, you could simply find a compatible desktop motherboard, get it, hook the CPU into it and start a new build. CPU, Motherboard and RAM are the 3 main highest costing parts of any computer, adding the GPU if it's for gaming.

You'll have to find "ALL" laptop parts compatible to a laptop motherboard which is compatible to that old laptop's CPU. It's too much precise work and too many details to custom-build a laptop and even shops don't do custom built laptops. Most odds are, it won't work.

Your best shot is to sell the CPU at an overpriced but less than the others price, use that cash to get a desktop built, or save for another laptop.

 

[robert600]

some of the hp dv6 and hp envy will take that cpu.

 

[GreyCatz]

Hi,
I had a laptop in around 2013-2014 which had a quad core i7 removeable CPU. The laptop died and I took out all the usable parts. Unfortunately I've only just found the CPU recently and I can't rebuild the laptop by purchasing parts because they're all massively overpriced as they're not being made anymore.

My question is, can I install this processor into a different kind of laptop? It's obviously a very capable cpu for a laptop and I'd rather put it to use instead of selling it. Is there a site which lists processors and tells you which PCs are compatable?

Original laptop - Dell Inspiron 17r 7720
CPU - Intel Core i7 3610QM 2.3GHz

Thanks.

This site has more information on your laptop CPU:
http/www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_i7_Mobile/i7-3610QM.html

Please read the section about 'Upgrade chance' before investing in additional hardware.