Msi Upgrade CPU Laptop

[Jafste]

Hey, hope ur weeking is goin great.
Well i have a MSI GE 60 2PC Apache, but my laptop only has the i5 version, i want to know if i can upgrade to I7 and what should i buy

 

[ffg7]

is this your laptop? http://www.msi.com/product/notebook/ge60-2pc-apache.html#hero-specification

 

[Jafste]

is this your laptop? http://www.msi.com/product/notebook/ge60-2pc-apache.html#hero-specification

Yes it is, but it came with I5 4210H.

sorry for not posting the link, was really my bad :/!

 

[ffg7]

supposedly yes but depends on the bios.
i7 cpu FCBGA1364 http://ark.intel.com/products/75116/Intel-Core-i7-4700HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz
i5 cpu FCBGA1364 http://ark.intel.com/products/78929/Intel-Core-i5-4210H-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_50-GHz

 

[Jafste]

supposedly yes but depends on the bios.
i7 cpu FCBGA1364 http://ark.intel.com/products/75116/Intel-Core-i7-4700HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz
i5 cpu FCBGA1364 http://ark.intel.com/products/78929/Intel-Core-i5-4210H-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_50-GHz

thank you , can i buy a even better or its the best one i can get, that i7?
there is a update for my bios, how can i know btw witch BIOS is better?


thank you for your time, really

 

[ffg7]

supposedly that laptop uses that i7 I linked so whether it can go higher I do not know. go to a store that has that i7 laptop to see what rev version of bios to see if same as that update you just found.

 

[Jafste]

supposedly that laptop uses that i7 I linked so whether it can go higher I do not know. go to a store that has that i7 laptop to see what rev version of bios to see if same as that update you just found.

thank you , have a great week, sorry for the trouble 😀!

 

[ffg7]

was no trouble as that is what all members & moderators are here for to ask questions & supply answers. teach & learn.

 

[tman1]

BGA = Ball Grid Array = soldered to the board.

NO, you can not upgrade the processor.

 

[ffg7]

I haven't come across a single soldered cpu in the couple dozen plus laptops I scrapped including the most recent with an i3.

 

[tman1]

I don't doubt that, and I'm not saying laptop CPUs can't be upgraded - I upgraded mine. But none of that means jack when BGA means it's a soldered chip.

 

[tman1]

Look it up and educate yourself.

 

[ffg7]

I guess Jafste will have to open up his laptop to see how the cpu is mounted. don't need to educate myself as I was installing pinless cpu's years before intel even brought theirs out with the socket 775.

 

[tman1]

Of course, you know it all.

 

[ffg7]

nope as I'm still learning & hoping to til the day I die which could be in 20+ years.

 

[V1ctor89]

The i5 4210H comes on the FCBGA1364 socket which is a ball grid configuration, meaning that the CPU is indeed soldered onto the motherboard. Theoretically you can change it using a Reflow machine, but it is quite a fuss. You will be better off upgrading to a SSD.

 

[ffg7]

if the socket is bga then the cpu is not because if the cpu was bga then it does not use a socket.

 

[tman1]

A second person comes here and tells you you're wrong and you still fight it...and you're too stubborn to look it up.

 

[V1ctor89]

A BGA CPU is not a mountable chip, it is actually soldered just like dual in-line chips or flat package chips. You need a Pin Grid Array to be able to remove it.

 

[ffg7]

then it is not in a socket as per your previous post. I know what a bga is as I used to fix traces & pads for bga components on server boards 13yrs ago. those boards were using pinless cpu's wereas intel was still using pins on their processors.