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Hello T|I. I love my x220T i7-2620 to death, I've upgraded it to a 1 TB SSD, 16 GB RAM and I use a GTX 970 4GB as e-GPU with a PE4C 3.0, it runs Witcher 3 on High, life is good, but I can't help but wonder if I could do more. Can I swap out the motherboard for one with a better CPU/iGPU? Can I (theoretically) upgrade the CPU without swapping out the whole motherboard? I understand the CPU is soldered in, but is it at all possible to de-solder it and change it for a better i7? What else is there to be done? This machine deserves more upgrades. Any feedback highly appreciated.

Hello T|I. I love my x220T i7-2620 to death, I've upgraded it to a 1 TB SSD, 16 GB RAM and I use a GTX 970 4GB as e-GPU with a PE4C 3.0, it runs Witcher 3 on High, life is good, but I can't help but wonder if I could do more. Can I swap out the motherboard for one with a better CPU/iGPU? Can I (theoretically) upgrade the CPU without swapping out the whole motherboard? I understand the CPU is soldered in, but is it at all possible to de-solder it and change it for a better i7? What else is there to be done? This machine deserves more upgrades. Any feedback highly appreciated.