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    Celeron upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by txt3rob, Feb 12, 2010.

  1. txt3rob

    txt3rob Newbie

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    Got a Asus X58L-AP020A celeron laptop that needs to be kicked up the backside it's awfuly slow.

    what processor would be best to upgrade it to?

    any of the old T5 series? or even T7?


    # Processor and Cache: Intel Celeron Processor 575 - 2 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 1 Mb L2 cache
    # Chipset: Intel GL960 Express Chipset + ICH8M
     
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  2. thinkpad knows best

    thinkpad knows best Notebook Deity

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    Well, seems like it is a Pin Grid Array, so it is user replaceable and not soldered to the motherboard, it seems to be a dual core with one core disabled? So this must be a Solo CPU. It's a variation of the GM965 chipset, so if you are within your thermal constraints, you could replace this with a T7700 (2.4GHz) or maybe a T9300 (2.5GHz) but it runs alot cooler since it's a 45nm CPU as opposed to the 65nm T7700. I'm swapping my T7700 out for a T9300 soon.
     
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    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    for GL960 , ur options are limited.. T7100 should work... but 800Mhz FSB processors might not work...
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Yeah, this is pretty much the general gist of it. GL960 officially only supports Celerons and Pentiums, but more often than not, 667MHz and 800MHz FSB C2D will also work... but they may not. T7100 I think is a fairly safe bet.
     
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