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Hi all, I know you can’t say “ok I’m going to take this newer and better logic board and install it in my older MacBook Pro” due to physical restrictions, but it should be possible to take a logic board from the best configuration available at the time you bought your mbp and replace the original to have a better laptop. And that’s exactly what I want to do with my computer. I’ve got an early 2011 15" MacBook Pro with the 2.0Ghz i7 and 256mb video configuration. What would be the best logic board that’s physically compatible with my model? I’d assume it’s the 2.3Ghz i7 one but, is there an even better one? Thanks a lot!
Here is the exact specs of your system: MacBook Pro 15" 2.0 GHz i7 (Early 2011). The best system in this series is this one: MacBook Pro 15" 2.5 GHz i7 (Late 2011). If you review the Geekbench scores between the two systems you’ll see the performance difference is about 12%. I do wonder if the costs of swiping out the logic board is worth the gains here. MacBook Pro 15" 2.5 GHz i7 (Late 2011) Logic board Now before you go down this path how about maximizing what you have I bet you’ll get better performance. Add more RAM, swap out the HD for a SSHD or a SSD drive. Thats what I would do.
