Hi,

I have samsung laptop, its now a year old and I want to updgrade it. It comes with intel core i3 second generation laptop. Can I upgrade it to new core i7 processor ?

Below are the details of my processor I get using cpuz software:

Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 8)
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
Name Intel Core i3 2310M
Codename Sandy Bridge
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 988B rPGA (0x4)
CPUID 6.A.7
Extended CPUID 6.2A
Core Stepping D2
Technology 32 nm
TDP Limit 35 Watts
Core Speed 798.2 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 8.0 x 99.8 MHz
Stock frequency 2100 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AVX
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 3 MBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes

Turbo Mode not supported
Max non-turbo ratio 21x
Max turbo ratio 21x
Max efficiency ratio 8x
Max Power 44 Watts
Min Power 24 Watts
O/C bins none
Ratio 1 core 21x
Ratio 2 cores 21x
Ratio 3 cores 21x
Ratio 4 cores 21x
TSC 2094.1 MHz
APERF 798.7 MHz
MPERF 2095.2 MHz

And below is chipset details :

Northbridge Intel Sandy Bridge rev. 09
Southbridge Intel HM65 rev. B2
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 665.2 MHz (1:5)
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Command Rate (CR) 1T
MCHBAR I/O Base address 0x0FED10000
MCHBAR I/O Size 19456
MCHBAR registers

So can I upgrade to core I7 and if yes then exactly which model I can use ?