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    Acer Aspire 5532 CPU Upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by haz102, Nov 3, 2011.

  1. haz102

    haz102 Newbie

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    Hi I am new to this forum and I am hoping you can help me with my decision.
    I recently got my first laptop, the Acer Aspire 5532, which I am highly pleased with. I was just wondering if it would be a good idea to upgrade the AMD TF-20 processor (1.6Ghz) to the AMD TL-60 (2.0Ghz). According to this website these processors are compatible with my laptop CPU-Upgrade: Acer Aspire 5532 processor support

    Would it be a good idea to upgrade to this processor or would I ruin my laptop?
     
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  2. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    You'll double your performance if the upgrade is successful, but you'll still be at more than a 4 to 10 times lower performance class than an Intel based platform.

    Not to mention that it's a single core system in an era of a quad core being almost necessary to cruise the internet at full speed.

    Would you ruin your laptop? We don't know.

    Would I do this upgrade? No, not even for more than double the performance.

    See:
    PassMark CPU Lookup

    See:
    PassMark CPU Lookup


    Note that I'm not saying you can technically do the upgrade or not (I really don't know).

    I would use this system as-is until I could buy something current.

    Chasing upgrades on decade old tech is worthy: if experience/learning is what you're after.

    If you're really looking for a performance upgrade: nothing beats cubic dollars. And a modern/current platform. ;)
     
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  3. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Lol, I know people who still do fine with a single core 1.6GHz. I actually sold my friend this exact notebook a few years ago, and it's still fast enough for him.

    @haz102:

    It's definitely possible to upgrade you laptop. You can find a TL-64 for less than $20, and it's over twice as fast as your current processor.

    AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology TL-64 - 2.2 GHz Dual-Core (TMDTL64HAX5DC)... | eBay
     
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    $20 sounds great. How will he put it (successfully) in his machine though...

    You said it yourself: you sold this to a friend a few years ago...

    If it's fast enough for him, great! But it doesn't mean it's fast enough to keep up with the internet as we now know it... :)
     
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    He still uses it.

    I'm guessing you dissemble the laptop, install the processor, then re-assemble. That's just me.

    My moms Dell 1525 has been running an Intel T3200 up until a few months ago. It was plenty fast for the web.

    The TL-64 is 40%+ percent faster than the E-450 that is current sold in many netbooks and budget laptops.
     
    Nick, Nov 3, 2011
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