Updating envy 15 (second gen) processor

HI, all

Here is my dilemma,

I would like to update the envy 15 w/ HD 5830, from i5 to i7(820)

my question is:

what i'm trying to do is possible?



thank you for all your help

PS.

I wont have an envy 15 yet, but I will get one with i5 and I will try to update it to i5 (820)

 

Can it be done? Probably. Here's a cost compairison.

Amazon.com prices for the HP Envy 15 Notebook:
with i5-520M processor $1,399
with i7-720M processor $1,999

Google price search for i7-820M processor $320. So you "save" about $280.

 

I was planning to get envy 15 on ebay. according to my calculation I will save a lot more.

also by getting the i7 820 on ebay aswell, and selling the i5

I will maximize saving.


Do you happen to know anyone that has update their envy processor?

and is there only one king of 820 ? or would i need to find something that is compatible?

 

It's not possible since i7 quads use another socket than i5 dualcores.
But it's not worth the upgrade anyway, i5 are as fast, unless you are doing extremely heavy renderings. But even than you won't see huge differences due the low freq of the quad.

 

I agree, the i7 wouldn't be worth it unless you plan on doing very processor-intensive tasks.

With the i5 you'd get much better battery life and lower temperatures.

 

I'd have to agree with the last two posts, as I've allways thought the i7 systems were buggy. The i5 processors are really a better performer, offering this at a resonable price point (this from an AMD fanboy!).

 

?can i upgrade my envy 15 to one of the new i7 second generation processor

 

NO, unless you buy a NEW Envy. If you want to be able to do upgrades in the future, don't buy a laptop, buy a desktop. Laptops are NOT designed to have that kind of extensive upgrade. Basically laptops are designed for RAM and Hard drive upgrades and some are getting to the point where you can only upgrade the RAM..

Good Luck!

 

I believe the i7's use a different mobo, as they all have four DIMM slots for RAM, as well as USB 3.0 ports and some other differences.

You can replace the entire mobo, however, and if you pull it off, an i7-820QM will be a more powerful workhorse for certain types of applications. It will most certainly not be possible to upgrade to sandy bridge CPU, as there are no envy 15 mobos designed for sandy bridge.

His username escapes me, but I seem to recall another forum member who once replaced the mobo and CPU of an i5-540 envy 15 beats edition with the mobo/CPU from an i7-820QM (non-beats).

If you are into this type of DIY project I suppose it could be fun, but otherwise you are probably much better off going with something like a sandy bridge quad core dv6 with 6770m GPU and 1080p display.

(Or waiting for another thin and light laptop with decent graphics card and 1080p display to be released in 2012 or so.)

 

what he said... You will need the i7 motherboard and the i7 processor. Would also be good to have some thermal compound as well as you will need to take off both heatsinks for the cpu and gpu as well. Everything else in your laptop is fine as it is. You may or may not need to reinstall windows, but at the very least expect to have to reactivate your copy.

IMHO it's probably not worth it unless you already have an i7 sitting around. You may get a bit of extra performance in some programs, but it will come at the expense of heat and battery life. May be worth putting the money towards a new laptop. At the same time, i can't really think of a laptop i would want instead of my envy15...

 

I feel exactly the same way. :yes:

Hoping HP resurrects this line at some point.