ive got an m17x r3 alienware laptop not sure on the chipset but it sports an i7 2720 so second gen sandy bridge. ive heard ivy bridge will be backwards compatible with sandy for the desktops, would this be the case for mobile chips ? has it been the case in the past ?
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mobile ivy bridge - quick questimate question.
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I am not to sure on this one.
Laptop or mobile devices are not really that upgradable and adding new processors to them are difficult and sometimes depending on the motherboard it runs, impossible. My advice would be to stick with the sandybridge cpu. They are great processors, and like in laptops, they cannot really be overclocked.
Leave overclocking and upgrading cpus to desktops!
Laptop or mobile devices are not really that upgradable and adding new processors to them are difficult and sometimes depending on the motherboard it runs, impossible. My advice would be to stick with the sandybridge cpu. They are great processors, and like in laptops, they cannot really be overclocked.
Leave overclocking and upgrading cpus to desktops!
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I remember back in day when laptops were becoming a norm that they were soldered to the board.
This is insde the Alienware Laptop:
So, I am not sure what it is like underneath the cooler as you can unscrew that, but if it is soldered on or not, you may have to find out for yourself!
Running CPU-Z should give you the details of the socket, in the past most laptops I have owed have the ability to the cpu, so the chances are you chip is removable.
Ivy Bridge support would depend if Alienware bring out a new BIOS which accepts the new cpu's.
Ivy Bridge support would depend if Alienware bring out a new BIOS which accepts the new cpu's.
from experience, they are not soldered, you can just pull the chip out and replace with another. What im wondering is if ivy bridge will be backwards compatible with the chipsets in the laptop so i can just pop that one in. Its the XPS line that gets soldered.