Upgrade Acer 5742

Hi All,

Newbie here! Please apologies in advance if I don't follow the rules.

I have an Acer 5742 series laptop. (Part number: LX.R4F0C.014)

Model name: AS5742
Processor Model: i3-370M
Processor Generation:1st Gen

Processor ManufacturerI: Intel®

Processor Type: Core™ i3

Processor Generation: 1st Gen

Processor Speed: 2.40 GHz

Processor Core: Dual-core (2 Core™)

Cache: 3 MB

64-bit Processing

Challenge:

I want to upgrade everything inside this laptop. Move from i3 to i5 or i7, increase ram to 16GB, hard drive: 500 GB or 1 TB

Currently the battery is 6 cell lithium ion, I want to take 9 cell for better battery back up. 4.5 hr is more than sufficient.

My question is: is this possible and feasible to do? Would you recommend me to do this or its better to buy new laptop?

If its feasible, can you please point me to the correct processor and Ram that I should buy for it? What combination of processor and Ram I should go for? Will this series of laptop's motherboard be able to cope with it?do I need to buy new motherboard?

Thanks in advance.

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brummyfan2

Hi,
You can upgrade the CPU to a i5-580m, memory can be upgraded up to 8GB only, I couldn't find any 9 cell battery and you can replace the hard drive with a SSD, upgrading to SSD will give you more improvement in performance than any other upgrade. I wouldn't recommend a new motherboard, you are better off with a new laptop.

ab713

brummyfan2 said:

Hi,
You can upgrade the CPU to a i5-580m, memory can be upgraded up to 8GB only, I couldn't find any 9 cell battery and you can replace the hard drive with a SSD, upgrading to SSD will give you more improvement in performance than any other upgrade. I wouldn't recommend a new motherboard, you are better off with a new laptop.