Hello everyone, new member here and fairly new to "building" as well. I just completed my first ever upgrade to my used laptop with not so much in the info area besides a lot of research. I started with a HP Pavilion G7 1279dx running Windows 7, Pentium B950 processor, 4GB ddr3-1333 Adata Ram, 500GB HDD. I went for a 2nd gen I7-2760QM processor as well as 2×4GB Kingston HyperX Impact ddr3l-1600. I bought everything on ebay for under $100, laptop was $63 on shopgoodwill. I ran a Windows assessment before and after the switch, 4.6 for the B950 and 5.9 for the I7. B950 processing was a 5.9, I7 now 7.7. The I7 is running 39-41 degrees at idle and 87-89 at 100% load. It's still fairly recent but I'll be able to update as I go. Main focus for the upgrade was to be able to run GTA 5 as well as automotive software for quicker live data streams. Thank you for your time reading this as well as welcoming a newbie lol