Upgrading my laptop?

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I got an Acer Aspire E5-532-P86K recently, and I was thinking of upgrading it. The specs are not ideal, but me being a 15 year old I raked the laptop's expense out of my own bank. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to buy a better GPU and CPU for the laptop, then open it up and install the parts. I'm not thinking of making it a super gaming PC, just maybe a Core i5 and a popular GPU. Acer told me that the GPU is soldered the motherboard, but I could pay someone to get it professionally desoldered. Right now it's running on a 1.6 "up to 2.4GHz" Pentium Quad Core N3700 processor, Intel HD(R) graphics, 1TB HDD, and 8GB memory. I feel like it's not enough for me, as someone who is a computer enthusiast and frequently uses programs like Sony Vegas Pro, Blender, etc. So would it be a good idea to upgrade my laptop?
 
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I agree with MatthewGB - there are very few upgrade paths for the laptops, and most require actual motherboard replacement vs. replacing the CPU or GPU - as the components are soldered in. The cases are molded specifically for certain parts as well, and the power supplies tend to be minimal to meet the needs of the laptop.
No. It is never a good idea to upgrade your laptop, except for changing the HDD/SSD. It is also possible, with a little difficulty to replace the RAM and wifi adapter, but nothing else can be changed. Just buy a new laptop, or a desktop.
 
Unfotunately, no.
The expense and effort doesn't make sense at all.
Firmware problems, locked BIOS, there are a ton of problems you'll run into trying to do this sort of thing.

Not to mention it wouldn't really improve performance very much at all. Doesn't matter how much you spend on oars, a canoe is never going to be a speedboat.

Your Acer guy is an idiot, you don't have a soldered on GPU, you don't have a GPU period, really. Its literally inside your CPU. There is likely no option for a GPU period.
 
I agree with MatthewGB - there are very few upgrade paths for the laptops, and most require actual motherboard replacement vs. replacing the CPU or GPU - as the components are soldered in. The cases are molded specifically for certain parts as well, and the power supplies tend to be minimal to meet the needs of the laptop.
 
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Also, adding from the guys said, if you could upgrade the CPU (desolder, and resolder) you won't be able to upgrade to a core i5 (haswell, broadwell, skylake, ...) because of the different architecture from those pentium (Bay/cherry trail).

In laptops the only things that are user upgradeable are storage (sata or m2) and ram (if they arent soldered too...).

Only very high end gaming/workstation laptops use interchangeable gpu in mxm format, but buying them are also very expensive.

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