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Latitude E6520 upgrades
Hello,
I have a Latitude E6520 laptop that I have purely for personal use. The stock HDD decided it wasn't for this world, so I'd like to replace it with an SSD.
While I'm in there, I'd like to see if I could upgrade the CPU and RAM a bit more, as I enjoy a bit of light gaming.
It's currently got 8gbs of DDR3 RAM, and an Intel i5 2520M. I don't know enough to tell if the GPU is discrete or not, but I do know that the CPU is the only removable chip, everything else is soldered on.
What parts can I upgrade? I'm not expected like xps performance, but a bit more than it's got now would be nice.
Thanks.
Ok, that's good to know. Thanks!
I was looking at this hard drive: https://a.co/d/fwChTSM
I'm not using this for school or anything, so I don't need more than 240GB.
U2CAMEB4ME
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Posted June 26th, 2022 06:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @GRU04
Memory: 16Gb is max. 2x8GB
CPU: Up to the i7- 2860QM
NOTE: The i7-2960XM should work but would run warmer and I would not recommend it.
https://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/Intel/Core_i5_Mobile/i5-2520M_(PGA).html
Hard Drive: The one you picked will work just fine.
WiFi: If your WiFi is only 2.4GHz and or you do not have Bluetooth then you may want to upgrade to one that is 5GHz and has Bluetooth.
The Intel 6235 would work fine in your laptop.
Best regards and good luck,
U2
NOTE: If limited by finances let me know if you need help and if you are located in the US???
While you can, any replacement board that will fit in the system will have that same GPU aboard.
You keep asking the same question over and over -- and the answer remains the same. If you need a more capable GPU, there's only one path forward. Replace the system with a new or newer model.
Thanks a lot for replying to my questions
I'm new to computers and i want to learn about them.
My question is
How come if i change the motherboard i can't install new gpu ?
Is it because the motherboard have a specific size for gpu or compatibility or something else ?
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Posted June 25th, 2022 05:00
RAM can go to 16 G (2x8), but it's DDR3 memory, which is fairly expensive now that it's been obsolete for some time.
The CPU can be replaced with an i7 of the same second generation as the i5 you have.
The best upgrade would be to replace the hard drive with a 2.5" SATA SSD.