Upgrade to "penryn" for asus G1s-a1

Hey,

I've been doing some research on a new processor for my G1s-A1. I bought it about a year ago and its still running great, but I thought it would be nice to treat myself before going off to college.

With that said I've been out of the laptop processor market for a while, and while searching on newegg "penryn" returns no results, but I've been finding 45nm Merom processors. I thought Merom was an older processor generation and I thought the 45nm was specific to penryn.
What am I missing?

Also, has anyone else tried the processor upgrade? Generally speaking they go smoothly, would it really make a difference with power consumption? Would going from a 2.2 to a 2.5 ghz make a big difference?

Are there other differences I'm forgetting? What's the highest ghz they make now? I remember looking at it in the fall and seeing projections for 2.8 ghz penryn for laptop. . . did that ever happen?

Thanks.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819111001

this one is 2.5ghz, the x9000 is the 2.8ghz but like 900+ bucks and not worth it since you cant overclock really. The t9300 i gave the link for is the best price/performance cpu because it has 6mb l2 cache and 2.5 ghz, and if you overclock using ntune you can get this to like 2.7ghz on stock voltages, and it is penryn

 

You should be careful, that when you take your computer apart for CPU upgrades, you immediately void your warranty.

Also to keep in mind of the TDP. G1S is notoriously known for its overheating capability, so you might want to select a processor that has the same, or even lower heat output.

As for clockspeeds, unless you do CPU intensive works (compression, video decoding, etc), having a faster processor generally does not translate to better performance. If you're really looking for a performance upgrade, I highly recommend starting from your hard drive and RAM.

Other than that, theoretically speaking, G1S should support Penryn CPU fully.

 

Before upgrade
Please check whether pengyn is compatible with your MoBo chipset.
As a sample of such incompatibility, I've attached this link

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=209720

It is all about another brand with no way to upgrade from M to P

 

haha I already have about as much ram as I need and I am going to upgrade my harddrive. . . I really don't think more than 4gb ram in a laptop is realistic. (I'm running x64 so I can use all of it.)

Also, both the t7500 and the t9300 are both 35W so should the heat output really be a problem?

I've overclocked a little and never had heat problems so I don't think that should be a problem unless there's something I'm not seeing. I didn't realize the inviability of the chips above 2.5 ghz, but if I do make an upgrade I think the t9300 will suit my needs easily without overclocking.

Um.. . .I have an asus g1s. .. I didn't know any of the t7xxx came in anything but socket p. . ..

 

I agree. 4Gb of RAM is actually a little overkill for laptops. I hardly get over 2Gb in Vista on my desktop.

It shouldn't be that much of a problem then. Just keep in mind that by upgrading your CPU, you void all manufacture / accidental warranty. Be sure of that before you swap out of your older CPU.

If you don't mind me asking, why are you looking to upgrade your CPU? What programs do you use that will benefit from this upgrade?

What he meant was, the laptop you're looking to upgrade may not support the new CPU due to older chipset. You can rest easy though, as G1S and G1Sn (w/ Penryn) shares the same PM965 chipset.

 

Yeah, I actually think my warranty is up in a month or so anyways. I'll have to double check, I'm still weighing the options.

As far as what I'd use it for, I watch a lot of foreign films (I'm learning 5 languages) and I almost always watch them on my archos while in transit. Because of that it usually works best when I hard encode the subs to my movie before trying to watch it even if the dvd I ripped it off of has subtitles to begin with. Same with anime. . . .

Also I'm going into a comp sci major and it will only be easier when my processor is a little faster if I'm not loosing stability. Maybe I could even under clock the t9300 for the same performance to bring temps down a little more. Temps are a little high, and it has made me occasionally nervous although I haven't had any problems yet.

I also just think the penryn platform is cool and I guess I will find uses for a couple extra chips with my comp sci major. Maybe a massive distributed computing project.