Can the Intel Core i5-1035g1 be upgraded in the Acer Aspire 3 A315-56-594W laptop?

Old_PC_Guy

I recently picked up this Acer Aspire 3 A315-56-594W laptop on clearance at a local walmart for $89.00 and, with only 2 months left on the warranty, (it was a floor demo), I'm wondering if it is possible to upgrade the CPU from the Core i5 it has presently to a Core i7 or i9 without too much trouble?

I've upgraded the wireless card to one that includes Bluetooth, and replaced the Kingston 256GB M.2 card with a 2TB TeamGroup MP33 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD card, (also upgraded the system OS to Win 10 Pro): These were worthwhile upgrades and, relatively easy to make. Upgrading the RAM, beyond 8GB is a concern for me as, I am unsure whether or not an asymmetric configuration would negatively impact system memory access, since 4gb is hard soldered to the system board and is, (theoretically at least), not upgradable; (a non-dual channel configuration could halve memory access performance by potentially limiting RAM a to single channel mode.)

With the above considerations in mind, I seem to be left with only one further performance enhancement option which is reasonable, in consideration of device configuration limitations, (this isn't a Dell after all), which is why I am asking if anyone knows if the CPU is relatively easy to replace, (i.e., not soldered to the system board)?

brummyfan2

Hi,
Unfortunately, the CPU is soldered to the motherboard(FCBGA1526 socket).
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/196603/intel-core-i5-1035g1-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz.html