Seems like they are trying to make everything slim like and forgetting the power requirements. The new macbook pro couldn't keep up with the PC ones. My laptop broke over a year ago and had to buy a PC because of the power needs. My goal is to get a new logic board, install my SSD, DVD burner, 8GB ram from OWC, turn it on and be like nothing happened. However, i can't see if it will work in my system. If not possible, anything upgrade from the old one is fine. My goal, is to install something like A1286 (EMC 2556*) from a 2012, 2.7 GHz Core i7 (I7-3820QM).

I also lost wifi on the laptop a long time ago, but fixed that with a USB adapter. Between learning about photoshop and also doing recordings on logic pro X with also hours and hours of live streaming and some games, the laptop ended up getting so hot the heatsink for the CPU became unattached from the logic board. I bought it new in 2009 and used it a lot. I know how that will go and not wanting to do that, again. The apple site is no help and wants me to go to their store.

I need to see if I can find a list of what logic boards I can install my macbook pro.

Apple macbook pro 13 logic board