Upgrading processor

TKontson

New member
Hi,

I have an existing Defiance 17'' laptop i got from pcspecialist in 2016. It's been great, but recently some of my bigger CAD files and point clouds are starting to struggle and cpu seems to be the bottleneck.

I currently have a Mobile Intel® HM170 Express Chipset motherboard and an intel i7-6700hq 2.6ghz processor along with 64GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970M
I would like to upgrade my processor, but unsure about what will fit my motherboard. Changing the motherboard is also an option, but I'd rather keep that as is for now. If my only option is to change the motherboard, I'll struggle on for a bit before commiting to that.
Lets suppose Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz is the one I'm going for. The sockets are both FCBGA1440, so thats good, anything else? I'm not up to date with the latest in CPU world so any advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Tom
 

ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
I'm afraid that we can only offer advice on PC Specialist builds. You might try a more general forum like Tom's Hardware.
 

TKontson

New member
Hi Ubuysa,


Thanks for your reply
It is a PcSpecialist build(Defiance III) and I would get the parts from pcspecialist. Just not sure what will work, what wont.
 

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
Hi Ubuysa,


Thanks for your reply
It is a PcSpecialist build(Defiance III) and I would get the parts from pcspecialist. Just not sure what will work, what wont.
You can’t upgrade the motherboard on a laptop, they’re specific to that chassis, they’re not modular like on a desktop.

With regards to cpu upgrade, I’d be very surprised if it accepted a 9th gen cpu, just doesn’t sound right, but I’d clarify with PCS
 

Grumpywurzel

Bright Spark
If you log into your PCS account there should be an option to view any possible upgrades to your machine, however being 4 years old i guess there may not be any viable options. It actually a bit scary to know that even after 4 years a laptop may not be upgradable.... but thats the lifespan of a laptop I guess 🤷‍♂️
 
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