Acer TravelMate P455-MG,would like to upgrade the CPU and 4gb RAM by switching to i7 and 16GB of RAM

Aspad

hi I have an acer travelmate p455-mg, with precision the TMP455-M-54214G30Makk . the i5 version. I would like to upgrade the CPU and 4gb RAM by switching to i7 and 16GB of RAM, is it possible to do this? can I take another travelmate p455-mg i7 (perhaps with an integrated graphics card), remove the motherboard and install it in mine? regarding the RAM on Google I saw that it can only be installed up to 8GB but if I put 8GB per slot it should work right? What model of RAM do you recommend I use? Thank you very much in advance to anyone who will help me with this upgrade

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brummyfan2

Hi,

Yes, you can swap the motherboard with a i7 CPU like the one in the link, as for memory upgrade, you can upgrade up to 16GB(2x8GB) with DDR3L SODIMM modules, you can use a single 8GB in a slot.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000074890466.html?algo_pvid=fa35c8cb-f0ae-47b3-900c-3f21fc4f5b42&algo_exp_id=fa35c8cb-f0ae-47b3-900c-3f21fc4f5b42-47

https://www.mrmemory.co.uk/memory-ram-upgrades/acer/travelmate-notebook/p455-mg

billsey

It's worth noting that the CPU is soldered to the motherboard, so you have to replace the MB in order to change the CPU. You can't just drop in an i7. There are three motherboard with integrated GPU and three with discrete GPU:

If you are going to go through the hassle of trying to upgrade a CPU on a ten year old machine, it's likely going to be cheaper to just buy a used system, rather than buying the part.