G51vx-RX05 CPU Questions

Been reading for an hour or so on CPUs for the G51vx-rx05 and I have a few questions. From what I understand, compatible processors include:
T9900
T9600
?X9100?

What processors will work with it and what are the temperature differences vs my stock P7350?

I know it can't do quads (which is a cryin' shame ), but what is the next best thing? I'll probably wait while (I'm in no hurry/don't have the cash) for the price to come down, but I'd like some clarification if possible.

So basically:
Which processor would you recommend and will it create temperature problems?

What kind of performance differences would you see between the t9600 (2.8Ghz C2D) and t9900 (3.00Ghz C2D)?

Temperature differences between p7350 (2.00 GHz C2D) and t9900 (3.06GHz C2D)?

More and more games seem to be taking advantage of the CPU (especially quads), so I'll probably upgrade my processor at least once before getting a new computer.

 

All the cpu you posted will run on your G51VX-RX05.... probably the X9100 in ebay is the cheapest from what i remember but most were Engineering Samples.

From what i remember, the P7350 used to idle 35-40C, my T9600 (with TMAX at 105) idles between 30-35C, so a little cooler but on stress test the T9600 can reach a little above 70C (in games barely reach 60C).... from what i remember the P7350 was a little lower on load. Temps are farm from the max they accept you can still OC if you want to.

Probably wait for Forge to come, since he has own both X9100 and T9900, this is probably as good as you can get on it, seen some that have taken it toward 3.5ghz, not sure what temps they are getting though, i feel at 2.8ghz i dont have any trouble unless is a poorly coded game.

 

The p7350 is more than adequate to play all games out especially if you overclock it to 2.4 ghz which is very easy to do. I upgraded to a t9800 and should have just left it the way it is. Unless your doing alot of video encoding or cpu intesive tasks I don't see the need in a cpu upgrade.

 

Isn't the P7350s TMAX like 90 or something? I thought 70+ was a dangerous temperature for a CPU - thats why I haven't really OCed it.

I"m looking for a CPU upgrade because my comp can't handle Global Agenda or BC2 and the CPU seems to be the culprit.

 

Nvm. i5s are quads.

Dang. I hate the no quads allowed rule for g51vx-rx05. >.>

 

It's a Worst Buy laptop. 'Nuff said.

In any case, X9100 does work perfectly fine, but does run a bit warmer under load. Unfortunately, I didn't keep records of my temperatures of my X9100 under load.

In any case, I focus mostly on undervolting. A T9900 running at 1.188v is a very nice thing. With my Zalman on and running Left 4 Dead 2 for a couple of hours I barely go over 55C on both cores.

 

Is the T9900 or the X9100 better for UVing/OCing?

And in terms of installation, how are they? Simply drop em in, add paste and you're good to go? Or do you have to do something special?

 

Yep thats basically it. Just make sure you do a clean/good paste job. I upgraded my P7350 to a T9600 and my temps at idle stayed around the same (35ish) but the load jumped up to 55-60.

It was great, but now I realized I dont need the power as I dont play too many games anymore on my PC. Upgrading the CPU was well worth it for when playing games and emulating PS2/GC games. The emulators ran at near 60 FPS without the the T9600 overclocked.

If your interested in buying a T9600, I have mine for sale in the marketplace by the way

 

Drop it in, paste, reinstall heatsink, and sacrifice a virgin to the Asus god. The last step is the most important.

 

Awesome thanks. I'll be sure to remember those steps.

And do you prefer the X9100 or the T9900?

 

I prefer the T9900. They perform about the same, but I'm getting better load temperatures with the T9900, even after I undervolted both of them.

 

Just sold my t9800 for 240. I played gtaIV for 6 hours nonstop yesterday with the p7350 and my cpu max temp was 68 and gpu maxed out at 89. I keep the cpu oc'd at 2.25 ghz. Stock the t9800 got 11267 on 3dmark06 and the p7350 oc'd to 2.25 got 9500 both at 1280x720. That's with some generic thermal paste I had laying around and no cooler. I'll be getting the Zalman nc2000 today and will be replacing the paste with mx3 so the temps should drop by a few degrees celcius.

I still stand by my statement that unless your doing alot of video encoding there's no need for a cpu upgrade. Of course I only play games on mine because I have a quad desktop for all my hd video encoding that will get in the mid 18,000's on 3dmark06. This laptop will last me another 2 or 3 years and then I'll upgrade to whatever's out at that time as usual.

Also keep in mind your going from a 25w cpu to a 35w one. So not only will you be dealing with temps you'll also get less battery life.

 

I would stay with the stock processor, but newer games seem to really stress the CPU (GA and BC2).

 

I'm just gonna wait and get a P9700 when they drop down to around $200 in another 6-12 months or I can score one off ebay for cheap. Seems to be the best compromise on power versus performance.