Is the Asus K52F-BBR5 CPU upgradable

[Uwe]

I recently bought the Asus K52F-BBR5 from Best Buy for the wife. It comes with the P6100 CPU 2.0Ghz. She will only be using it for casual activities but no gaming so it didn't need the latest and greatest CPU or graphic. I have two questions regarding this laptop.

1) Can I upgrade the CPU from the P6100 to an i3 or i5 CPU?
2) Is the Intel GMA HD graphics the same as the one in Anandtech's recent article about being able to overclock it?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2921/4

I checked the Asus website but I could not find any CPU compatibility chart with it but I do
see where the K52F series runs the i3 and i5 CPU.
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=QAVTJThr36Jox9Cf

The reason I ask is that one day me or the kids will end up using the laptop and I am just curious if it is upgradeable when prices for the i chips come down. I'm not going to risk screwing it up if the wife has her stuff on it.

Thanks,

Uwe

 

[Christian Blackburn]

Hi Uwe,

Sorry, I'm only just now seeing your post. You've probably gotten rid of your wife's laptop by now. I have an i7-620 in my wife's K52F laptop which works like a charm. The fastest CPU it'll support (35W Max) is the i7-640. Ironic that both of our wives have one.

Cheers,
Christian Blackburn