Swap Cpu's

Just a quick question. I picked up a Lenovo K450 at a market. it has a i5 Cpu, I also have another computer that needs work, that has an i7 CPU, can I swap the i7 with the i5?

 

Depends whether they're from the same, or similar, series or not, what's the full ix xxxx code for both?

What hardware + PSU make/model is in the PC you'd like to upgrade?

 

Not enough information. There seems to be more than one motherboard used with the K450 model. As satrow notes, they need to be from the same series because then, they would be supported by the same motherboard chipsets and just as important, the same socket.

 

Thanks for the info guys, I'll try and get all the stats and let you know.

 

Does this help?

 

So it has an i5 4xxx @3Ghz, the i7 would need to be 4xxx 0r 5xxx (Haswell or Broadwell), both use the same FCLGA1150 socket. To be 'better' than that i5, the i7 would need to be ~2.5+ Ghz base speed, 3Ghz base speed would give ~20% improvement. (Unless the ad. is using the Turbo speed - find the exact model # to be certain.)

 

Thanks Sat great info.

 

I must add, any performance gains you actually "see" depend on many other factors well beyond the CPU's capabilities too - starting with the tasks you are performing. Performance with regular Office tasks, surfing the net, watching videos, updating Facebook or reading your email will not have any noticeable gains with an faster CPU. And many other tasks are mostly graphics oriented and it takes very little CPU horsepower to hand off tasks to the graphics solution. This is one reason why many very serious gamers choose, and are perfectly happy, with their i5s.

Out of curiosity, I note your specs show you 8GB installed memory and 12GB of installed memory. ??? Which is it?