Iv got this laptop Toshiba Satellite C-50d-a-11q from a friend for a 4-pack of beer and im trying to get it working properly. It was preinstalled with windows 8 which was barely working on this amd based laptop. So I somehow installed the win7 and I gotta say its much better but I would like to make it even better. I dont really use it that often, as I got a gaming rig but I like to stay in bed and watch some movies on it. So I came up with an idea of replacing the processor to something better (i3, i5?) and adding more ram and switch to SSD. And there goes the question - I have no idea what mainboard it is and what socket it is. I built myself my glorious pc but I have never really opened a laptop before. Can somebody help me? Is it even possible (in this laptop) to change the processor from amd to a newer intel? And what ram do I need for that? Is it DDR2 or DDR3? Thanks a bunch!