mediocre laptop upgrade or trade-in for gaming

That_one_guy2013 · Aug 22, 2014

so right now i have an HP Pavilion that runs games about as well as I'd run a marathon. Which is bad BTW. So ive been looking to make some upgrades or getting a different laptop altogether.

HP Pavilion 15-n037cl. This is what i have now. If i was to upgrade i would like to put in a new CPU, 2 New Memory chips/cards/sticks. I know a GPU would be the best, but its a laptop. IF i was to upgrade the CPU i would like to throw in a nice i5 with 2.3+GHZ clock and for the RAM i think 8 gb should do.

If i was to trade in i would want to be able to match up to these things, i would most likely replace the HDD with the one i have now and just flip 'em. I have very, and i mean VERY slow internet. I get about 50kb/s on steam when its working correctly, so yeah, it sucks. AT a ponit i will get an External SSD and make that a backup for the important stuff.

Above all, thank you for taking your time to read and help.

Phillip Corcoran · Aug 22, 2014

CPU upgrade on laptop? Good luck with that. You'd first need to know which CPU models are compatible with that laptop's motherboard, and laptop manufacturer's don't publish that kind of info.

I would trade it in and avoid the hassle if I were you. Oh, and I may be wrong but I got the impression you were hoping to swap the hard drives over between your old and your new laptop. Were you maybe expecting the existing Windows installation on your old hard drive to run on the new laptop? It won't. You have to re-install Windows from scratch.

In any case, your existing laptop's motherboard and the Windows that was pre-installed on it are "tied" to each other for life. Under the terms of Microsoft's End User Licence covering OEM installations, it can't ever be transferred to any other computer.

jaguarskx · Aug 22, 2014

You will not be able to upgrade the CPU. That laptop uses a Core i3-3217U which is socket FCBGA1023. Anytime you see "BGA" that means the CPU is soldered directly into the motherboard.

You cannot use your current hard drive with a new laptop because of Microsoft's copy protection. The activation code for Windows 8 is stored in the laptop's BIOS. When the laptop boots up Windows will compare the activation that is stored in the registry to the activation code stored in the laptop's BIOS. The new laptop is guaranteed not to have the same activation code in it's BIOS as you old laptop.

If you were to format the hard drive and then install Windows 8 from an install disc, then that is a different story.

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