Upgrading CPU

[Vidar]

Hi Guys I'm looking for a cheapish upgrade for my rather naff laptop, thanks to these forums I now know I have a choice of either of the following P7570, T6670, T6570 and the T5870

The question is which of these would be the best way to go?

 

[Orcvader]

I would say the P7570 simply because it's the fastest and has more L2 cache.

Is it worth it though? Laptop CPUs don't usually come cheap do they? Isn't it best to save up for a new laptop?

 

[Vidar]

Perhaps but I can hopefully pick up a cheap one off an auction site for around £50, much cheaper than buying a new laptop....

Though that said I'm hoping to have £3,500.00 for a new build fairly soon, I may just cap that at a more reasonable amount and get a decent laptop aswell

 

[Blue160]

Changing CPU in a laptop can be a bit of a nightmare. Best of luck if you try it A new laptop is a much more sensible way forward.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Hi there,

May I ask what CPU your laptop currently is using?

Speaking as someone who has upgraded a laptop with new CPU, HDD and SSD. I can say that the biggest performance upgrade was the SSD by far. OK it didn't help in CPU heavy tasks, but in everyday task is just made everything feel so much faster.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

You've got a mix of 800/1066 FSB processors ... are you sure that your motherboard supports 1066 ? If you can take 1066 there are quads that might be of interest albeit the TDP is 10W more than the standard duel cores. EDIT: You can try a pin mod to get 1066 running at 800 but really defeats the purpose

@cmndr_andi yeah but can get lucky with the cpu. I've posted a thread here where I went from a T2390(533) -> T8100(800) == A very nice 50% bump on the CPU + an SSD will prolong the life of this laptop by 2 years

 

[Vidar]

My current specs are as follows....

Intel Celeron 925
Dell Inc 0TFXK9
2GB DDR3-SDRAM @ 1333Mhz
250GB Seagate

Personally I'd scrap it but thanks to my genius other half we are contracted in and getting ripped off...