Laptop to Desktop- i7

Hey Everyone,

Thanks ahead of time for any help.

Im looking to build a gaming pc and want to take the i7-3630qm from my Dell XPS 15 and move it to the Desktop Build.

First off, is this possible?

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If its been done, what board works best?

btw main reasoning is I mainly play BF3 and so some office work on the computer, the Dell just gets too hot and freezes during mid play, time for some power.

 

seems next to impossible

 

A mobile i7 has a completely different socket layout compared to the desktop i7, so it's not possible.

 

There are a few motherboards that can take mobile CPUs, but they are on the rather small and expensive side, not worth it in my opinion.

Here's an example: JetWay JNF9G-QM77 Socket G2 (rPGA 988B) Intel QM77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com

 

Looks like I will build without. Im going to just do amd x4 965 instead and run it with a OC gtx660

 

you are going to bottleneck a lot on that cpu

 

If you're going to stick with AMD, it might be better to go with this instead: AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6100WMGUSBX - Newegg.com

 

Yeah why the lower end AMD? At least get the FX-6100.

 

you mean why get a 2008 cpu right?

 

Eh? If you're looking for multi-threaded performance, you have to look towards AMD. Single-threaded is still Intel's domain, but that's not the only computing scenario out there.

Besides, I'd rather not have Intel having an actual monopoly in the market. But I digress.

 

How does this affect the fact that Phenom II is an architecture from 2008?

I agree with the others, OP should get at least a hex core FX.

 

I thought that the comment was targeted at the FX-6100, not the 965.

 

the give away was 2008