Can it be upgraded to an I7?
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No you cannot. It is very rare to find any laptop that can be upgraded in terms of processor and/or graphics card. Only desktops have that privilege.
1786515
No it can not, unless you replace motherboard, can buy a new computer for the amount it costs. I've tried upgrading it that's how i found out.
262960
You cannot upgrade the processor but you can upgrade the Graphics Card to anything that will support the PCI-E 2.0 X16 slot
224598
Thanks a lot for your response Askal, I have a core i7 2.98 Ghz with 4 GB RAM I will get the unit.
1200007
Yes you can. But after upgrading it if it not work, you'll need to upgrade the Bios. Then you good to go.
1145331
Most likely, although you may be able to upgrade from older versions. Check with Quark. They are VERY sticky about upgrades.
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The answer is yes, however it is better to just order core i7 model. These prices are specific to these prebuilt systems and come with CPU Core specified by model. You can always check out http://www.asus.com/Desktops/M11AD/specifications/
1639778
Yes, but it will be very slow. I would look for a computer with a I7 Quad 1.73 or faster.
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No. The memory is fixed on the motherboard and is not something that you can upgrade. 4GB RAM is all that it has and will ever have.
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It is very unlikely that you could do any kind of cpu upgrade of any significance in most laptops. The main board is only made to work with a small selection of possible processors, and they all will have very similar specs. Due to the space available in the laptop format, the manufacturers only make the boards with the necessary stuff to do just the job they were designed for. Your best bang for the buck would be to max out the RAM usable in the laptop, and switch out the hard drive to use a SSD instead. Those 2 improvements would make it as fast as possible with the existing main board and processor. If you already have 2 gigs of RAM or more, then just go with the SSD drive. Parts and labor to install it and clone over your existing drive would be about $125.00 if you go with a 120 gig drive that is on sale in the $60 range. If that is something you can do then, by all means go that route.
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It totally depends on your motherboard. You need to find out if your motherboard has the right chipset to accept this processor.
574419
We are glad that you are interested with this item. Upon checking, this model can support Core i7 Processors. Thank you for contacting us.
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It is integrated, you cannot replace it. If you need to upgrade cpu, replace the whole thing...
814063
I think it could b upgraded, but you may have to purchase said upgrade from gateway/Asus???
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Has anyone had any luck hearing when or if the i7 version will be available?
1373196
It can be ordered in either i5 or i7 configuration, but upgrades of either the processor or memory are not possible due to packaging constraints
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By default no; you would need to contact cpu solutions prior to them building the machine and request the desired modification.