Processors

[J Miliam]

So I decided to get a laptop for christmas that would run games well, but it has a 1.5ghz processor so I'm thinking about buying an intel core i5/i7 (depends on how much money I get) cpu that has 2.5ghz+.

For the main question, do processors have to be specially made for laptops, or are processors for both desktops and laptops?

[Blitz]

If this is the question you were going to ask me in your Private Message, I have no idea

[J Miliam]

If this is the question you were going to ask me in your Private Message, I have no idea

Yeah, it was .

[Blitz]

Yeah, it was .

Although, actually at first glance I just dismissed this as a question about processors, which automatically catagorized it as "not my area" -- but this seems pretty simple. A desktop processor won't work on a laptop as far as I know (you could just check google: can a desktop processor be used in a laptop - Google Search)

[J Miliam]

Although, actually at first glance I just dismissed this as a question about processors, which automatically catagorized it as "not my area" -- but this seems pretty simple. A desktop processor won't work on a laptop as far as I know (you could just check google: can a desktop processor be used in a laptop - Google Search)

Now my only problem is decoding whether a processor model is for laptops or not.

[Alen]

Simply put: each CPU has a certain socket or sockets it can fit in; mobile platforms usually have different sockets than desktop platforms, even if they are from the same generation (e.g. PGA988 vs LGA1156). Most likely you won't be able to use a "desktop" cpu in a "laptop" socket.

[J Miliam]

Simply put: each CPU has a certain socket or sockets it can fit in; mobile platforms usually have different sockets than desktop platforms, even if they are from the same generation (e.g. PGA988 vs LGA1156). Most likely you won't be able to use a "desktop" cpu in a "laptop" socket.

That word mobile. I looked it up and they have mobile versions for it. I thought that was for things like phones (dumb thoughts) but that actually makes it way easier.