Solved! Msi cx61 uuupgrade

[der reisende]

Hey! I want to exchange an i5-4210m for an i7-3630MQ. Is it recomendable? Thank you!

 

[bignastyid]

Not possible. Different sockets, and they do not support the same chipsets.

 

[der reisende]

Thank you very much! Somebody has seemingly the same laptop as me, so I asked the question. Is it generally possible to exchange an i5 for an i7, or is it possible to replace my old i5 for a new one for faster performance, because my laptop is quite old and slow and so on.

 

[bignastyid]

It is technically possible since your i5 is socketed and not soldered, but you may run into thermal and/or bios support issues. You would also only really see a difference in multi-threaded apps and or multi tasking.

If your objective is to make the system snappier you may want to think about upgrading to an SSD if the system is still booting from a HDD.

 

[der reisende]

I just want to make it as nearly as fast as it was when I got it, or a little "better" for playing games that demand, let's say, a better laptop, that's it.

 

[bignastyid]

For gaming you are more limited by the GPU(GT 920m) than the cpu and there isn't really anything you can do about that.

As for not feeling as fast as it was when you got it a clean reinstall or SSD upgrade could help alleviate that. But will usually have little impact on gaming performance.

 

[der reisende]

Ok, thank you very much for all your help! Have a nice evening!