Motherboard upgrade for W550s

[poliorcetes]

Hi people,

I'm quite tired of my W550s performance. Display is exquisite, and general building quality too, but that [censored] CPU cannot sustain sizeable workloads

I would renounce to Quadro GPU in order to get more CPU squeeze

Do you know if there is an aftermarket alternative??

Thanks in advance

[RealBlackStuff]

On the W550s the CPU is soldered, plus it is a low-voltage CPU, so forget about a CPU upgrade, let alone a quad-core.
I would suggest to look at the previous generation W540 or W541 (preferred) instead.
They were the last ones (plus the T440p) with an upgradable CPU.

Or spend a lot more money and hunt for a P51.

[poliorcetes]

Thanks, RealBlackStuff. But I mean the entire motherboard. Do you know if there is an aftermarket replacement with a less [censored] CPU? After certain W10 upgrades, performance dropped abysmally...

I have been searching for an entire motherboard replacement, without result. I would like to know if that is possible or not.

Thanks in advance

[RealBlackStuff]

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-P ... -p/4399187

[poliorcetes]

darn

Thank you very much. It’s a shame that such a nice device has been handicapped so much