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    Acer Timeline 4820, 5820 CPU upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by MIB1986, May 22, 2011.

  1. MIB1986

    MIB1986 Notebook Enthusiast

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    been looking at buying a laptop, but dont wanna spend much so limited to i3 really,

    is it possible to change the processor in these laptops to a i5 or i7 easily?

    if so which ones would you recommend when i get some extra money, i want the battery life which is why i choose timeline over standard acer aspires.

    many thanks
     
    MIB1986, May 22, 2011
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  2. Sxooter

    Sxooter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes you can upgrade the 4820/5820 to any 1st gen core i dual core CPU i5 or i7 (reports of i7 dual core upgrades in the forum have been mixed as they tend to run quite warm).

    i5 460M, 480M or 5xxM series are all doable. Bronsky has an i5 5xxM series in his 3820TG that is overclocked to some extreme in the 3.7GHz range I believe.
     
    Sxooter, May 22, 2011
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