Is fixing this worth it?

[Glown11]

I have an old Asus laptop, It is an Asus K43S.
(I have experience in fixing laptops)
Initial Specs:
-Pentium B950
-HM65 Chipset
-NVIDIA GT520m 1GB
-2x1 DDR3 1333mhz
-LCD screen with somewhat large dead pixel spot
-500GB 2.5" Hard Drive
-DVD Drive
-32 bit Windows 7
Original Specs:
-i3 2120m
-2x2 DDR3 1333mhz

So, one day I was very busy and just gave my laptop to an acquaintance of mine to fix, and it was fixed but I was scammed simultaneously.
I've been thinking of fixing it after all these years.
I'm swapping all of the components since things are running out of hand.(I'm talking about 80°c idle).
These are the prices in my country:
240GB SSD for $38
2x V-Gen 4GB 1333mhz for $39
i5 2410m (it works according to my research) for $15
Replacement Screen for $25
OEM Windows 10 for $9.45
Caddy for $4
500GB 2.5" HDD for $22
Total $152

Is it worth it? I'm also considering using cheaper parts.
Also, I've never tried this before, is taking off the dedicated GPU from a laptop will work? It's because the i5 2410m an iGPU, and the 520m is only slightly better.

 

[tennis2]

Don't even bother.

 

[Mrgr74]

I have an old Asus laptop, It is an Asus K43S.
(I have experience in fixing laptops)
Initial Specs:
-Pentium B950
-HM65 Chipset
-NVIDIA GT520m 1GB
-2x1 DDR3 1333mhz
-LCD screen with somewhat large dead pixel spot
-500GB 2.5" Hard Drive
-DVD Drive
-32 bit Windows 7
Original Specs:
-i3 2120m
-2x2 DDR3 1333mhz

So, one day I was very busy and just gave my laptop to an acquaintance of mine to fix, and it was fixed but I was scammed simultaneously.
I've been thinking of fixing it after all these years.
I'm swapping all of the components since things are running out of hand.(I'm talking about 80°c idle).
These are the prices in my country:
240GB SSD for $38
2x V-Gen 4GB 1333mhz for $39
i5 2410m (it works according to my research) for $15
Replacement Screen for $25
OEM Windows 10 for $9.45
Caddy for $4
500GB 2.5" HDD for $22
Total $152

Is it worth it? I'm also considering using cheaper parts.
Also, I've never tried this before, is taking off the dedicated GPU from a laptop will work? It's because the i5 2410m an iGPU, and the 520m is only slightly better.

Hi @Glown11

Do you have the "J" or "D" variant of the Asus K43S?

While possible, it's really not advisable. The overall cost to performance return just isn't there and it would require alot of work on your part.

Here is an interesting read and here. (Expand David's answer)

An older post here on Tom's

Whats your max realistic budget? Why not just get a newer laptop with better hardware? DDR3 is outdated and not worth putting money into unless absolutely necessary.

Some laptops have CPU's & GPU's that can be removed and upgraded, but some/most are soldered in place. Some also require different voltages so you'd want to make sure the laptop could support the different hardware, not to mention the Bios being updated so everything worked.

 

[Glown11]

I think it's a j

 

[Glown11]

thanks for the reply

 

[lga1156_ftw]

If this is the Asus K43SJ model then this laptop has been sold with i7 2630QM so you are fine with quad cores, just update to latest bios if you havent already, to completely safe dont buy i7-27** sandy bridge models and stay with i7-26**QM quad cores (4 cores 8 threads)

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/K43SJ/specifications/
http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket G2 (rPGA988B).html

None of the gen3 ivy bridge cpu:s will work (i7 or i5-3***) models
It also supports up to 8gb ddr3 and has sata 3 support.

However theres no point unless you want to turn this a hobby, it will take alot of time to make anything good out of this setup.

 

[hang-the-9]

For $200 you can get a newer and faster fully working used system. If you want to play with it, then the money you said you will spend is fine. If this is to get a usable computer, then no.