Acer Aspire 5250 Processor

I just bought an Acer Aspire 5250-BZ873 today and realized how slow the AMD Dual Core C-50 1gHz processor was.....I knew it wasn't gonna be that great in the first place....I mean, I wasn't greatness. I surely didn't receive it. So my question is what other processors are compatible with my computer? I have no idea what type of socket it is, nor do I know how to find that information..... I just want to upgrade the processor. I'm up to the challenge.



**Please don't respond by saying "You should've bought a better laptop" because you are simply wasting mine and your time by doing so.
ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED GREATLY!

 

Sad to say you've bought at the 'top of the line' in the 'C' series and it is still not good enough for your uses.

See:
AMD Accelerated Processors for Notebooks

and click on the product specs tab.


Seems like a C60 might be a possibility, but not officially from AMD:

See:
AMD C-60 Notebook Processor - Notebookcheck.net Tech


Note the 'FT1 BGA 413-Ball' type socket they list is the same as for the C50 Notebook you have.

See:
AMD C-50 Notebook Processor - Notebookcheck.net Tech



Although you tried to make magic by pre-warning us... you still need to buy a better platform/notebook if you want more performance.

Return your system now and post what your usage scenario is so we can give you a good idea of what cpu power you actually need.

A hint that WEI gives a cpu score of 1.9 to 2.1 should have been your first clue...

 

The system rating? As in from going to the start menu, right clicking Computer, then clicking Properties? The score in there?? It is actually a 2.8 due to the processor...

 

Well, considering that a 5+ yr old (Banias 1.8GHz) system was around 4.5 ... you see how low priority AMD has put on your system's cpu performance.

 

IIRC Fusion APU's for notebooks (excluding Llano) are all BGA soldered, aka there is no upgrade besides buying a new motherboard or buying a new laptop.

C-50 should be fine for light usage but anything intensive like CAD or rendering is out of the question.

 

Thanks for the advice, guys....
I just returned that piece of crap and bought a wayyyyyy better laptop.
Processor is WONDERFUL...along with everything....Just had to spend about $300 more, but I don't mind.

 

Well good to hear, but as a wise man once said, you get what you paid for.

 

That's weird since a Celeron dual Core T1400 (2x1.73GHz) scores only 4.8

 

WEI should be taken with a grain of salt, and really isn't valid comparison via CPU scores unless tested in the same notebook. Also goes to show you how relevant Pentium M's are (still fine for basic tasks, office work, emails).

 

naton, I might be wrong as to the exact WEI score (maybe I'm even thinking Dothan too?), but the point stands that a mobile platform of almost half a dozen years ago is still a better option (computationally, only...) than an AMD C50 is today.

 

how accurate are the scores listed in www.cpubenchmark.net ?

 

Well again WEI should be a quick and dirty way of quickly comparing 1 laptop vs another. But also consider the C50's max TDP is 9 watt vs the Pentium M Dothan are between 21-27 watt not including GPU.

 

I paid a total investment of $70 for my current laptop. The guy was going to throw it away because he said it was broken. I quickly took it off his hands for the low cost of nothing and went home to fix it. After putting in one of my spare hard drives and installing windows 7, it booted right up.That's the free part.

I then spent $70 upgrading it from the stock AMD v120 to a AMD Phenom II p920. (Edit: It was supposed to be a Phenom II x920, but starmicroinc sent the wrong one.)

So the old saying can be wrong sometimes.

 

I know that WEI is not an accurate reference.

I saw yesterday the AMD Llano results on PassMark Software - CPU Benchmark Charts and the score of AMD Llano mobile A8 CPUs is as good as the second generation Core i5 processors. That's a bit confusing when the reviews and quite a few NR members considers that Llano is at best as good as a second generation Core 3i cpu. Hence my question: How good is PassMark Software - CPU Benchmark Charts as a reference?

 

They're good for general comparisons, nothing professional. And A8's can be more efficient than i3/i5 SB's under the right usage scenarios but that also goes the other way around too. It all depends on threading and the amount of GPU acceleration/usage.

 

thanks....