Question What can I upgrade in ASUS X515MA-BR419T? Is it possible to upgrade the processor?

[Phibs]

I feel like I made the greatest mistake in my life by buying this laptop lol. I want to upgrade my processor into Core i5, just wondering if it's possible. AND can you tell me what can and cannot upgrade in this laptop? Thanks.



ASUS X515MA-BR419T

SPECIFICATIONS:

PROCESSOR: Intel® Celeron® N4020 Processor

DISPLAY: 15.6” HD (1366 x 768) Anti-glare display

MEMORY: 4GB DDR4 SO-DIMM

STORAGE: 128GB M.2 NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 SSD

GPU: Intel® UHD Graphics 600

OS: Windows 10 Home

 

[rgd1101]

cpu? no
look like you can upgrade the ram and ssd

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[Phibs]

cpu? no
look like you can upgrade the ram and ssd

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Oh that's a bummer. Is it really not possible to upgrade the processor? I think that's the cause as to why it runs too slow to my liking. Can you kindly suggest what can I do to make it more faster?

 

[rgd1101]

slow on doing what?
if the ram/ssd don't help, get a better laptop

 

[Phibs]

slow on doing what?
if the ram/ssd don't help, get a better laptop

It lag when I'm multitasking (making documents, using chrome, play music while the laptop is scanning my phone etc.) I just thought it might be the processor as to why it stutter sometime (applications take long to open; when I'm typing, sometimes the screen freeze or delayed what I'm typing).

I read reviews that Celeron is so bad (i already brought the laptop before i know, my mistake) Am I wrong to assume it's the processor's fault? You think upgrading the ram or ssd might help? Which one first? I know I'm repeating myself but is it really impossible to upgrade, even a little, the processor? Why?

 

[rgd1101]

yup. it is the cpu. not going to help much if you multitasking.
the processor is solder to the system board.

 

[Phibs]

yup. it is the cpu. not going to help much if you multitasking.
the processor is solder to the system board.

So the only salvation is to upgrade the ram/ssd to somehow make it faster? Which one should I upgrade first?

 

[rgd1101]

how full is the ssd?
if if not that full, upgrade the ram first

 

[Phibs]

how full is the ssd?
if if not that full, upgrade the ram first

Well, it said 71.2 GB free of 117 GB. Guess I'll update the ssd first before ram?

 

[rgd1101]

if you don't have anymore app to install, upgrade ram first.

 

[Phibs]

if you don't have anymore app to install, upgrade ram first.

Okay noted. Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it.