Hello,
I have a Dell Inspiron 17" N7010 that I bought back in 2009 to use overseas. I purchased it for 800 dollars and it came with an i5 450m processor. Since then I have maxed the RAM to 8Gb (It wouldn't take 2x8 DDR3, only 2x4) and upgraded the HDD to a 7200RPM 750Gb.
This laptop still runs pretty smooth and has definitely given me more than my money's worth over the last 6 years, but I want to keep it running.
My plan is to upgrade the i5 450m to an i7-620m, so my questions are: 1) Can the motherboard of an N7010 support i7? 2) Will the upgrade even be worth my time? From what I'm seeing, the specs aren't that different, but maybe I'm missing something.
At a minimum I'm going to upgrade to an SSD, Clean the vents/fans and reapply new thermal paste.
Thanks in advance for your input, should you provide any.
&& haveAGreatWeekend;
I have a Dell Inspiron 17" N7010 that I bought back in 2009 to use overseas. I purchased it for 800 dollars and it came with an i5 450m processor. Since then I have maxed the RAM to 8Gb (It wouldn't take 2x8 DDR3, only 2x4) and upgraded the HDD to a 7200RPM 750Gb.
This laptop still runs pretty smooth and has definitely given me more than my money's worth over the last 6 years, but I want to keep it running.
My plan is to upgrade the i5 450m to an i7-620m, so my questions are: 1) Can the motherboard of an N7010 support i7? 2) Will the upgrade even be worth my time? From what I'm seeing, the specs aren't that different, but maybe I'm missing something.
At a minimum I'm going to upgrade to an SSD, Clean the vents/fans and reapply new thermal paste.
Thanks in advance for your input, should you provide any.
&& haveAGreatWeekend;