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Can I Upgrade Presario CQ50 to Turion ZM-82

Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bking19600, Dec 2, 2008.

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I own a Compaq Presario CQ50 108CA with AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 CPU, The service manual lists the Turion Ultra X2 ZM-82 as a compatable CPU. I have spoken with an HP tech who said I could upgrade to the Turion Ultra ZM82 but I am curious.

Can I put the ZM-82 in my notebook ?

bking19600, Dec 2, 2008

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talin Notebook Prophet

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If the tech said you could, then most likely you can. As long as it's not soldered to the motherboard you're fine.

talin, Dec 2, 2008

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Both are using the same socket and based on the same 65nm Lion architecture, besides if HP said you can, then most likely you can.

But going from 1900MHz/1MB to 2200MHz/2MB will not give you a significant performance improvement, especially for normal computing tasks. Considering the price, hassle of disassembling the notebook and potential warranty issues, I really don’t see it as a worthy upgrade.

Care to tell us more about why you are looking for a CPU upgrade ?

Do you already have enough RAM (~4GB) and a fast HDD (7200RPM) ?? because those would give a better performance boost at a less cost and hassle.

PhoenixFx, Dec 2, 2008

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