Upgrading an Acer series 5733 model pew71 laptop

[Guest editman]

Can any one please advise me how to find out what compatable SSD,CPU and RAM I can use to upgrade this laptop.It is 64 bit, Win 7, max ram can be 8GB

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, sorry for the delay in reply to you and welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help..

From what I can find, there is little choice in upgrade of the CPU, depending on which CPU you have now as from the manual there seems only three types or sizes can be fitted anyway. Have a look here at CPU and chipset for the 5733

 

http://www.manualslib.com/manual/232546/Acer-Aspire-5333.html?page=15#manual

 

As you said, you can upgrade the RAM memory to 8GB, use Crucial to scan the computer and get the best recommendation of RAM to match what you have so you know what you will need if buying elsewhere.

 

http://www.crucial.com/

 

While on that site have a look at SSD drives, depending on the size of drive you have already, you need either the same or larger, just look for one of a reasonable price and manufacture. You don't have to buy from Crucial just use their figures as a base to work from. In theory any SSD drive should be able to replace the existing one.

[Guest editman]

Thank you for the reply, the welcome and all the info.

To clarify, the Processor is an - Intel Core i3 380M - 2.53 GHz and I was hoping to upgrade this to an i7 ( providing this will not cause any overheating problems?)

I have 3 GB of ram and want to upgrade this to 2x4 GB.

The Hard drive is 320 GB with a speed of 5400 which I want to replace with an SSD not necessarily of the same capacity

[Plastic Nev]

Hi again, the RAM and hard drive upgrade should be no problem, however, I cannot seem to find anything that suggests an upgrade of the CPU is possible or not, as that does depend entirely on what the motherboard can support. Being a laptop, they generally aren't very likely to support anything other than the series of CPU's they were made to match.

 

Someone else may have better knowledge though!

 

Nev.