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  1. 6th September 2011, 12:35 PM #1
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    Hi all,

    Great forum!

    Was thinking of upgrading my Aspire 5742 from i3 380m to i7 460m was wondering if it's a straight forward swap...any known BIOS issues, worthwhile upgrade etc.?

    Thanks in advance.
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    Default Re: 5742 CPU upgrade

    Quote Originally Posted by Bricktop123 View Post
    (...) i7 460m (...)
    Welcome to the forum. Do you mean Core i5 460M or Core i7 640M?
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    Yeah..i7 640m even! my bad...
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    Default Re: 5742 CPU upgrade

    It should work provided you upgrade your BIOS first (updated list of microcodes)
    You may want to consider other units too- Core i5 560/580M should have almost the same performance but may be cheaper.
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    Quote Originally Posted by downloads View Post
    It should work provided you upgrade your BIOS first (updated list of microcodes)
    You may want to consider other units too- Core i5 560/580M should have almost the same performance but may be cheaper.
    Thanks for the reply

    Am wondering now is there such an update, as I don't think Acer make an i7 640m powered aspire 5742?

    Also...will the i7 chip provide any improvement in graphics performance over the i3?
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