Upgrading my laptop's CPU from 15 2nd gen to i7 3th gen

[santiagobermudezparra]

Hi , i have a sony vaio laptop Model sve141d11u with i5 2450m processor, i want to upgrade to a i7-2720QM , both are board compatible but the i7 has 45 tdp and mine has 35 tdp, is there any problem with that, or i can upgrade?.
thanks

 

[Peter Martin]

if you can buy it with that cpu then it can probably draw that much power ok. i'm looking around

people are using this video as a guide to do the upgrades and say the i7s work

https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl0NqFUNxWs

 

[punkncat]

My recommends for a laptop would be to see what in that exact same model line was an optional upgrade. Look to see if that proc was one of them, on that exact motherboard and with that exact power supply/brick. If so, go for it. If not, I wouldn't do it personally. If you do find a listed manufacturer optioned upgrade, stick with that.

Otherwise, can you really afford to brick the laptop or is this for fun to see if you can do?

 

[Peter Martin]

i think you should be ok regarding power, many are doing it on youtube and say it works great.

 

[rgd1101]

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Question from santiagobermudezparra : "Upgrading my laptop's CPU from 15 2nd gen to i7 3th gen"

Hi , i have a sony vaio laptop Model sve141d11u with i5 2450m processor, i want to upgrade to a i7-2720QM , both are board compatible but the i7 has 45 tdp and mine has 35 tdp, is there any problem with that, or i can upgrade?.
thanks

 

[santiagobermudezparra]

My recommends for a laptop would be to see what in that exact same model line was an optional upgrade. Look to see if that proc was one of them, on that exact motherboard and with that exact power supply/brick. If so, go for it. If not, I wouldn't do it personally. If you do find a listed manufacturer optioned upgrade, stick with that.

Otherwise, can you really afford to brick the laptop or is this for fun to see if you can do?

no, i'm just trying to improve my laptop, and i don't have another computer

 

[divergente.x]

My recommends for a laptop would be to see what in that exact same model line was an optional upgrade. Look to see if that proc was one of them, on that exact motherboard and with that exact power supply/brick. If so, go for it. If not, I wouldn't do it personally. If you do find a listed manufacturer optioned upgrade, stick with that.

Otherwise, can you really afford to brick the laptop or is this for fun to see if you can do?

no, i'm just trying to improve my laptop, and i don't have another computer

hola, te puedo comentar que ando en las mismas que tu con lo del TPM, misma incognita.
tengo otra laptop, una acer 5745, venia con un procesador i3 350m y le puse un i7 620m y funciona de lujo.

quiero hacer lo mismo con la vaio sve que tengo, solo me detiene la misma interrogante.
como nota le puse el core i7 de la acer a la vaio y no funciono a pesar de ser el mismo socket. mi opinion es que se debe al gpu, el i7 de la acer hd y el de la vaio es hd3000.

comenta si lo lograste