Question about upgrading my CPU, MSI

Hello, I've been reading conflicting reports about the ability to upgrade my laptop's cpu so I've come looking for some straight answers. I bought my laptop about a year ago and love it, it plays games great. However, my cpu is a bit too low in order to meet the recommended settings of "next-gen" games so I was hoping to upgrade it. So I was wondering a) is it possible to upgrade my laptops cpu and b) if so could anyone point me in the direction of some good processors to purchase. My laptops current processor is a Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz

and my laptop model is a MSI GT60 2OC-022US GTX770M

Thank you very much for any input.

 

Your CPU is fine. If anything, it's your GPU that might need to be upgraded depending on the games you play and the settings you run them at.

 

Yeah the i7-4700MQ is no sort of bottleneck for any game currently out there. You don't need to worry about that bit. As Opticeps said, your video card is most likely the bottleneck for new games. The 770M isn't particularly a beast of a card, unfortunately. It'll do fine for most games though, but you may need to turn down some settings

 

on the note of the gpu. just how difficult is it upgrading gpu? i admit im
not that knowledgable when it comes to upgrading laptops but know that they can be more difficult than desktops, wasnt sure if that was the case with this laptop

 

Truthfully, I've never done it so I cannot say. It isn't THAT hard from what I've heard, you just need to be careful and properly ground yourself etc to avoid static discharge damage.

As for your laptop... I don't know if you CAN upgrade. Technically you should be able to put a 780M in there, but who knows how it'll actually run, or if you have the PSU or heatsink for it. You'll need to get help from someone other than me, but if you can throw a 780M in that, it'll definitely fix your issue of strength of video card.

 

Well thanks fir answering my questions, i knew my gpu wouldnt max newerr games when i git it but i wasnt buying it to so that so Ive got not problem turning down a few settings. My
main concern was my cpu and I guess I was underestimating it.

 

Not much point upgrading it, your CPU is extremely powerful already. Chances are, whatever you are playing is gonna bottleneck the GPU more than the CPU.
If you want more performance, try using Intel XTU, you can increase the clockspeeds by +200mhz across the board (e.g. 3.4 on 4 cores, 3.5 on 2 cores, 3.6 on 1 core etc etc). If you are still unsatisfied and/or you are sure your cooling can easily handle the +200mhz then you consider a CPU upgrade.
Btw, the only CPU worth upgrading to at this stage is the Intel 4900MQ because I think it unlocks +400mhz overclock options in addition to its beefy upgraded base clocks. However, with Broadwell slated for early next year and also being pin compatible with Haswell, I'd wait to see what the future holds before upgrading.

 

if you are still within warranty its always advisable to check with supplier first about upgrades as theres been reports by 2 members their warranty was void just by removing the base to clean the fans out.

 

I thought 4900MQ/4910MQ does +600 MHz? 4800MQ/4810MQ does +400 MHz?

 

Yes 48xxMQ has 4 turbo bins, while 49xxMQ has 6 turbo bins.

 

Honestly the only next gen games Im interested in playing at this point are Dragon Age Inquisition and Arkham Knights so hopefully my GPU will still be up to snuff when they get released and I wont have to turn down much settings.

 

Ooh I didn't know that, even better then.