Upgrade Dell G3 3579 CPU/GPU

Your very welcome @Flight64 

I would love to have the equipment but it is very very expensive.

Regards,

U2

Is it that bad? I mean that I had seen one of those Louis Rossman videos in which the guy was replacing some chip on a mac motherboard that was ball soldered(I think). He fired his heat gun(or whatever that thing that blew hot air was) and removed the chip. then he cleaned the chip and put some stencil like thing with holes according to the contacts on top covered it with some paste. Then he blew heat on it and the paste turned into ball solders at centre of the holes. He then put the chip back onto the motherboard and blew hot air at it until the chip settled into position and cooled the area. I mean definitely looked difficult and the procedure was long but didn't seem to use any expensive tools.

Thank you for reaching ours to dell social media. We can't upgrade the processor as it is soldered into the motherboard itself. To upgrade it, the whole motherboard has to be replaced.

If you are considering an upgrade, please contact our sales team, who'll be able to assist you further. Please provide me with your location, I'll get the sales team contact info for you.

Thanks. Was just curious.

@Flight64 

I have seen videos like that for years.

The % of success is probable less than 1%.

It has been a while since I looked at Infrared soldering stations.

They have come down in price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ACHI-IR6500-Infrared-BGA-Soldering-Rework-Station-For-Motherboard-Chip-Welding/282623162860?hash=item41cda739ec:m:mek1T2HgRduilwcIyIYBBlg

Regards,

U2

Hi, 
I've been solving similar problem. I somehow used to love this machine. 
Mine original configuration was i5+1050ti. 
I wanted to upgrade at least to i7, and ideally with 1060. Firstly I was also curious about desoldering etc.. but I haven't found this as justifable, as even cpus aren't available for sale and to be honest... it would not worth that work around even if it will be possible.

So instead of this solution - I've bought new motherboard, but as I used to have 1050ti instead of 1060-maxq, there was necesary also replace heatsing & power source from 130w to 180w. 

Regards,

Mugsat

Switching was not a real deal, only part that was problematic - was to get right heatsink & the new motherboard has also TB3, so I had to make a hole for this connector. 

It was a nice project  

@ Mugsat thanks for posting!

my son and i just finished doing the same upgrade ... new powersource, motherboard, heatsink, fans, and used a dremel tool to open the port for the TB3 connector

surprisingly easy   

By the time you buy all the parts, you'll lose less money by selling the current system and buying a new one, plus you'll have a new warranty.

The board alone will be pushing $500, and that's before all the other parts.

Hi, 

I would like to perform this upgrade, but I don't know what materials I need or where to get the parts to be able to do it

@Mugsat  and @BASADad thank you for posting here!!

I own a G3 3579/i5/1050Ti  with a broken motherboard and I was looking forward to this.

Can you help me a bit with the part numbers? Current mobo is H5G44 and you replaced it with the thunderbolt one (8Y3FV). Is that correct? Also, do you have the part numbers of the new heatsink/fans available?

Thanks in advance! Happy new year 2021!

Mike

This is the board you're looking at:

https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=30118

This is the heatsink fan assembly for the 1060 GPU (note  that it's different for the one for the  1050 and integrated GPUs).

https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=30151

Also note that if your current system has no USB C/Thunderbolt, there's no opening in the base plastic for the port - you will either need to replace the base assembly or drill or Dremel the opening in the chassis for the port.

Hi, 
the TB3 for me was a beautifull surprise as I didn't know about it. I bought the motherboard from Ebay and it was rughly described. 

Unfortunatelly the auction is no longer visible, but it was described as :
NEW GENUINE DELL G3 3579 MOTHERBOARD INTEL i7 8750H 4.1GHZ NVIDIA GTX 1060 2K19K.

Also the heatsink was  a real challenge. As I did not found any further informations on dells site, I did investigation around and was checking the dissassembly videos for different models & configurations and found the propper heatsink. It has for 1060 some "additional cooled place" - I have found again only on Ebay some used one. But it works as a charm - also temperatures are good. If You can found part nr from auction - go ahead.

I bought exactly this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-G3-G3-3579-CPU-GPU-Cooling-Heatsink-0W6PFC-W6PFC/114153109578?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648 

(previously as hotfix as this seller did not have it, I was using modified 17" for 1060maxq model.) 

instead of dremmeling (to avoid plastic burning etc) I used a small (i think 2,5mm diameter ) drill. Then I used small fine diamond files to make it squared and clean. 

Hope this helps. 

Thank you both @ejn63 and @Mugsat for your help!

So I am ordering this motherboard and the new heatsink (3779 model, weird that it will fit from a 17,3 inch laptop, yet, positive!) (part no.: 8Y3FV and 443FR respectively).

As soon as I receive them I will go either for the dremmel or for the small drill + a bit of handicraft option. In the pic above it looks as good as a factory one, good job lol.

Thank you again, I will post here the outcome of the "surgery" as soon as it's complete, cheers!

-mike

Update:

I found available in Dell in my country and ordered the parts 2K19K (i7, 1060, type-c) and 443FR instead of mobo 8Y3FV (not available), even better upgrade from the i5/1050Ti. I will keep you posted on the installation!

Cheers,
mike