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Question

laptop intel chip in amd board???

Sep 3, 2016 5:53PM PDT

i have a laptop i5 that has pins for connectors. it came from a laptop and seems like it would fit in an amd motherboard. Anyone tried this? seems cool to say "hey bro i have a core i5 in my amd board, whats specail about your pc" and they reply "i have an overclocked 970" and you say"i gotcha beat"

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You as an engineer would do or not do this.
Sep 3, 2016 6:02PM PDT

There have been some folk that think this has been done and due to how today's CPUs, chipsets and more work together you would either do or not do this. I don't think you'll find an engineer to help as the time invested would be better put into making a few bucks for a better laptop.

So my thought is no. You won't be doing this.

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No
Sep 3, 2016 7:50PM PDT

It's a totally different socket type.
Even if the chip will fit the signals going through the pins would be wrong.