Compatible modules upgrade. Help please.

[DemonicDaggers 0]

I need some help with getting new parts for my laptop.  Some new R.A.M., an S.S.D., and a C.P.U.  But should I change out my motherboard?  I don't know if the processor that I am getting is compatible with the current one, and I don't know the current one installed.  Also, I don't know that the new motherboard that I might get will be compatible with my laptop.

 

Current Specs:  Dell Vostro 2520 with an Intel Celeron (1.8 GHz), 2 Gb R.A.M., 256 Gb H.D.D.

 

 

Planned upgrades: Intel Core i7-4790K (4.0 GHz), 8 Gb R.A.M. (Crucial Ballistix Sport), 512 Gb S.S.D. (Crucial MX100)

 

 

 

Please help. 

[long gone 8,929]

An Intel Core i7-4790K? Isn't that a desktop processor?

[Planty 1,053]

So you can't just upgrade laptops like that.

 

Those parts are for a PC. To upgrade a laptop you basically need to just buy a new one. If your willing to buy those parts, for a bit more you could buy a motherboard/fans/case and just go for a full self built PC.

 

The great thing about PC's is you can upgrade them, with laptops you basically can't, sorry.

[DemonicDaggers 0]

Notebooks can be upgraded.  But only certain parts are compatible with that notebook.  Doesn't help me out.  :/

 

 

(except old models that have soldered-in parts)

Edited June 14, 2014 by DemonicDaggers

[long gone 8,929]

They can be, but most laptops can't be upgraded or expanded like a desktop. Usually just the RAM and hard drive can be upgraded. The RAM and processor you are looking at are designed for desktops, btw.

[DemonicDaggers 0]

Ok, screw my first idea.  I'm just going to sell my old laptop and get a custom one from Xidax.