I just acquired an AliewnWare i7, which is actually extremely good; I wish I had spent more money for the i9, but I’m wondering whether you can upgrade it like you would a desktop. I’m new to laptops and desktops, and I know I’m late to the game.
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from my understanding, no . laptop components are not interchangeable. i think the best you can upgrade is the hard drive and maybe the battery? im not familiar with alienware laptops.
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i7 doesn’t give us much info, what is the actual processor not just the class?
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Alienware - m16 QHD+ 165Hz Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 - 1TB SSD -Windows 11 Pro - Dark Metallic Moon
Processor: intel(R) Core™ Ultra 7 155H 1.40 GHz
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Nope, this can’t be truly done unless your know how to microsolder. Even then the promise of compatibility is fragile.
Additionally, yeah there may be some regret for not getting that i9, but for most games and gamers, teh graphics card is the most important, and even something like an i5 would suffice. Unless you’re going to do CPU intensive tasks, like simulation/RTS based games, or just scientific simulations in general, you’re not missing out on what that higher class of processor would have delivered in terms of performance, because chances are it was/is really minimal anyways.
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I’m mostly playing games, GTA RP, editing youtube and music videos, the I9 does reduce a lot of latency as well.
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Oh, well for editing it would’ve been good. Like that other commenter asked, what is your actual processer? Just the class doesn’t tell us much. For example, mine is the i9-13900H, yours MIGHT be the i7-13700HX, or just the i7-13700H
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intel(R) Core™ Ultra 7 155H 1.40 GHz
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Oh, well those new chips aren’t overly powerful at all. The Ultra 9 is on par with my CPU, if not a bit weaker. They are also quite power hungry, indicated by the H on the chips still using that naming scheme.
It won’t make a big difference swapping these out either way, but if you really are unhappy with your purchase, I would do so.
Can’t really give you a guide on the new naiming scheme honestly, there isn’t a whole lot to it, but let’s just take the i7-13700HX for example:
i7 - tier/class, a system shared by both Intel and AMD, in ascending order (3, 5, 7, 9)
13 - generation. most important thing beside the tier.
700 - model number, not much to it.
HX - a suffix indicating the performance level and use case of the chip. There are quite a variety. G chips do not have integrated graphics. U chips are power efficent. You can find a full list on Intel’s site of all these letters, plus some rarer and desktop variants. Processors that do not have a suffix at all are always desktop chips.