i own a HP Pavilion g6-1b37ca with 8gb ram and i3M 370 and want to upgrade to i5 or i7 is this possible and whats the best one for my notebook ?? as of now i own a i7 SR02N (J147C315)cpu is it possible i can upgrade to this? if not what is best i5 cpu i can upgrade to?
depends on if your cpu is in a socket or soldered directly to the motherboard. if soldered then you can't & if a socket then maybe can use in this link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_G1 that i7 you have is not pin compatible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_G2
ok i just recieved i5 cpu on it shows its intel with i an circled M circled C SR0 MZ (J220C150) can i use that????
top of the CPU says i (M) (C) 10 SR0MZ below that says J220C150 and far right of it says (e4) and then bottem of the CPU says 2L219163A and below that says 3902 keep in mind its a i5 and if this one is ok can i have a link please for some available drivers for it or bios updates please??
read this link http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Hardwa...sor-upgrade-PPGA988-and-FCPGA988/td-p/1890719 new cpu specs http://ark.intel.com/products/67355/Intel-Core-i5-3210M-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz-rPGA old cpu specs http://ark.intel.com/products/49020/Intel-Core-i3-370M-Processor-3M-cache-2_40-GHz
