Desktop components in laptops?

[the big dill]

Hey all, its been a while... :)

I had a quick question, which desktop parts could i use in laptops today. Ex. can i stick an i5 750 in a P55 board from a laptop?

Keep in mind i don't care for battery life nor the fact that the laptop may burn a hole through my lap.

Cheers,

Phil.

[nominak]

Not if the laptop doesn't support i5 processors.

[the big dill]

Not if the laptop doesn't support i5 processors.

Yes, i understand. Was just curious, if it is compatible with i5, will it run the desktop i5?

[Boxster17]

If you're asking if you could simple swap a mobile i5 CPU with a desktop one then no, as the amount of watts the desktop ones pull is pretty much 2-3 times what the mobile CPUs pull. Not to mention you'd then need to dissapate that heat somewhere as well with some decent cooling. Though they have different socket types to begin with to prevent this sort of thing.

[the big dill]

If you're asking if you could simple swap a mobile i5 CPU with a desktop one then no, as the amount of watts the desktop ones pull is pretty much 2-3 times what the mobile CPUs pull. Not to mention you'd then need to dissapate that heat somewhere as well with some decent cooling. Though they have different socket types to begin with to prevent this sort of thing.

So the motherboard will most likely not provide it with the power it needs to run it? If its a battery drain problem... then its fine with me, just curious if it were possible, i would find a solution to dissipate the heat, not to worry :p

[Arceles]

Sockets are unfortunately different, as it turns out... no. But oh well, you can adapt mATX cases and desktop grade heatsinks, that surely puts down a lot of degrees! :D

[the big dill]

Sockets are unfortunately different, as it turns out... no. But oh well, you can adapt mATX cases and desktop grade heatsinks, that surely puts down a lot of degrees! :D

The sockets and chipsets aren't the same?

Hard to believe they make a separate socket for laptop form factor... are you sure?

[Boxster17]

Yeah as myself and Arceles have mentioned, the socket types will make this impossible to do at all. The desktop and mobile parts use different sockets so that you can't do this sort of stuff as it can cause all sorts of problems.

Quick example - Mobile CPUs and Desktop CPUs and the Wiki (notice the different socket types they have listed)

[Yuxi]

There are a few monster laptops coming out using Sandy Bridge-E, but they're not cheap :D

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5522/more-sandy-bridge-e-laptops-eurocom-panther-40-and-maingear-titan-17

http://www.avadirect.com/gaming-laptop-configurator.asp?PRID=23298