[SOLVED] Can the Acer Aspire 3 315-56-594W's Core i5 CPU be upgraded?

[Dangit Dave]

I recently picked up this Acer Aspire 3 A315-56-594W laptop on clearance at a local Walmart for $89.00 and, with only 2 months left on the warranty, (it was a floor demo), I'm wondering if it is possible to upgrade the CPU from the Core i5 it has presently to a Core i7 or i9 without too much trouble?
I've upgraded the wireless card to one that includes Bluetooth, and replaced the Kingston 256GB M.2 card with a 2TB TeamGroup MP33 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD card, (also upgraded the system OS to Win 10 Pro): These were worthwhile upgrades and, relatively easy to make. Upgrading the RAM, beyond 8GB is a concern for me as, I am unsure whether or not an asymmetric configuration would negatively impact system memory access, since 4gb is hard soldered to the system board and is, (theoretically at least), not upgradable; (a non-dual channel configuration could halve memory access performance by potentially limiting RAM to a single channel mode.)
With the above considerations in mind, I seem to be left with only one further performance enhancement option which is reasonable, in consideration of device configuration limitations, (this isn't a Dell after all), which is why I am asking if anyone knows if the CPU is relatively easy to replace, (i.e., not soldered to the system board)?

 

[Lutfij]

The processor is soldered to the motherboard, so the answer is no.

 

[Dangit Dave]

The processor is soldered to the motherboard, so the answer is no.

Thanks. I suppose I might try it down the road anyway but, I'm not in a big hurry and, will be wanting to ensure the upgrade is BIOS supported and, that the upgrade CPU FCBGA matches the socket.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Its not designed to be upgraded. Unless you are a professional with a lot of specific equipment, it cant be upgraded

 

[Dangit Dave]

Thanks for the answer.
Guess I'll look into getting another Dell laptop, and sell this one off to offset the purchase; (I've always been able to upgrade the CPU's on my Dell laptops, as well as the RAM, drives, and wireless cards.) I prefer the 15.6 inch displays and the numeric keypad too, (which this Acer barely has), though, my last two Dell Latitudes were 14 inch laptops w/ out numeric keypads.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Anymore I don't know of basically ANY laptop with an upgradable processor

Only laptops I know with socketed CPUs anymore are gaming laptops with desktop CPUs like the Alienware Area 51M with a full desktop socketed i9 9900k and that XPG thing with a desktop Ryzen 9 3950x