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    Any advice on upgrading the P-7915u?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by omegaultima, Oct 31, 2011.

  1. omegaultima

    omegaultima Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've had this laptop for almost two years now. Bought it back when it was on sale at Best Buy for 1K.
    I was super stoked since it was my first laptop and I bought it just in time for college. The moment I got it I was testing all sorts of games on it and needless to say, everything I threw at it ran at max flawlessly.

    And now that it's been two years, I realize a few of the more recent games I want to play require slightly better specs(most notably the processor, core 2 duo just sounds so ancient compared to the likes of i7s).

    So I'm just wondering what I could do with my laptop to improve it's performance when it comes to these games. Any settings that I may not be aware of which I can toggle with? I heard the processor is changeable, if so what would you recommend?

    I've also noticed that my laptop heats up a lot even when I blow it with an air can every now and then. Should I take it apart for a thorough clean up? Does the guide on this section of the forum work for my model?
     
    omegaultima, Oct 31, 2011
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    You can slightly overclock the video caard but as you had metioned get some ICD and redo the TIM on the CPU and GPU. While at it also upgrade the CPU to a x9100.

    About the only other worth while upgrades are a SSD, memory to 8 GB and a BR player/writer. You have to determine if any of these are worth while....
     
    TANWare, Nov 1, 2011
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    omegaultima Notebook Enthusiast

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    Don't really feel like dropping 200+ bucks on a processor for an outdated laptop, especially when I can't get a quad core and the the whole system, including the GPU, is going to be surpassed by upcoming games in maybe a year or so.

    But I read somewhere that this laptop, or it's more popular counterpart, sells for about 900 or so. If so, I might just sell it and get an ASUS. Just don't know where and how to go about doing that..
     
    omegaultima, Nov 2, 2011
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    TANWare, I have already put in a BD and want to upgrade to a quad core processsor with 8gb ram, which processors will it take without changing anything except taking the cpu out and putting another in.
     
    spimm, Nov 14, 2011
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    You can QX9300 or Q9200 but the cooling is inadaquate without throttle stop and serious under volting. If you primarily game the x9100 is a better choice. Unless you van seroiusly use the 4 cores the C2D is a much better option.

    The CQD is very inefficient in that non core specific threads need to load to both cores cache. This slows most everything down compared to a saem clock C2D and the x9100 can be overclocked much higher than the CQD.
     
    TANWare, Nov 15, 2011
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    Well i have narrowed it down to an X9100 or T9900. Spec wise both are similar, so which one would be the best of the two?
     
    spimm, Nov 17, 2011
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    X9100, but I'm biased since I run one :D
     
    andy A, Nov 17, 2011
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    Mattsen77, Nov 17, 2011
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