Processor Upgrade ?
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Hello; Great enthusiasm, but it's a bit misplaced... changing processors would only make a minor change to your computing power, so minor in fact, you may not notice, unless you've got a program that measures in nano-seconds! Nope, do yourself a favor, and buy more RAM first! Second, See what the Notebook has for Video; if it's "integrated" that was your first mistake; Integrated video has to travel along the motherboard, and the datapath is slower (the "information highway" has fewer lanes, for your video rendering information to travel on... so it reaches a bottleneck, or "traffic jam"). If your notebook has integrated, it's also got "share RAM, which takes valuable RAM away from system resources, and uses it for that slow integrated RAM you have.
The last consideration, in purchasing a new pc/notebook should be CPU; getting an upper-middle echelon CPU is often just fine, for even the most discriminating power user, as long as you've satisfied the first two considerations (in order of importance) 1. Video card type & amount of onboard Video RAM (VRAM). 2. Amount of system RAM.
If you don't know about your system's video, check the system specs (how to do this varies, according to your operating system... but if it's new, you most likely have Vista; in such case you'd right click the computer icon, and select properties; you should see what your Vista experience Index is... since I bought a new entry level notebook, that also has integrated video, my index is high all around, but take a look at your video... mine's a lowly 3, which essentially brings the entire system down to 3, because it's all about the video! Without video, there's nothing... So, all the 4.5's and 4.7's I have mean nothing... my crappy video holds me back to a 3! That's fine for me, becuase I'm only using this notebook for limited online use, while the other household desktops are in use, for more important and intensive things.
My notebook won't take a video card, but I only paid $480.98 for it off ebay, and spent another $50 to give it 2Gb RAM, I sold the two 512Mb sticks (1Gb) on ebay, for real cheap, so I ended up with a decent system that cost about $729 at my local Walmart... I did well, but it is what it is, right?
The other thing you can do if you want a fast system, (other than upgrading the RAM as I've already mentioned), is to install Windows XP Home edition; it takes up far fewer resources than Vista, and your system will "fly" by comparison! Linux is another option, but finding wifi drivers in linux is sometimes difficult (that's the only reason I put Vista back on my Acer Aspire 5050... by the way, puting another OS will void the Software warranty, and if you didn't make a backup DVD when you first started the system, you'll have to buy it (if you've got an Acer; they want $40, and another $10 for shipping!)... a new, and legal copy of XP Home cost about $80... and you can find all the drivers on the Acer website; if you're not happy with Acers' website, try Acer UK's FTP website, it's better...
I know this is way more than you asked, but it's a complete answer... I hope you found it useful, and if you've got any specific questions, feel free to IM me!
Marcos
well first u cannnot use intel , but u have to find out what kind of motherboard u have and chech the specs for the socket type
its better to do ram upgrade.
if you chose to do processor upgrade it will cost at least 1/3 price of the laptop.
As computers have gotten more and more specialized, it is harder to change chips or anything like that. More often than not, you have to replace the entire motherboard, and for laptops, this is really difficult because it is hard to get anything that isn't made especially for that laptop to fit right, or at all.
turion 64x2.. Why would you need a more powerful cpu? that is plenty fast enough for any multi-tasking or even the most resource intensive applications..
as far as iknow laptops dont currently have processor upgrades.they may but i think the same applys to that as a graphics card...you have to replace the entire motherboard to do that...thats what i heard from geeksquad at best buy
laptop CPU's cannot be popped in and out of their sockets as you can do with some desktop motherboards.
If you just bought it, you may be able to return it. Otherwise, just enjoy it. It is not a bad CPU. A laptop with this CPU will be less suitable for gaming, and not just because of the CPU.
look for the same socket. intel counterpart of what u said is using LGA775 socket which is intel pentim or in intel celeron (lower version of pentium)it is using socket479. if i am not mIATken the processor you mention is a socket 939. look for the the processor with the same socket. also look on you laptops/motherboard manual for the supported procesore.
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