I want a new Processor!

Ok at the moment I've got an Intel Core Duo T2500 and i want a faster Core 2 Duo something like the T7500 but I can't have that one because it is for a Santa Rosa chipset! Which ones can I have, was looking at something like the T7400 but i don't know whether it is merom or santa rosa or what? Help!! Want to get one really soon but need help. When buying one it doesn't tell you what it's for!! Intel's website is no good either!!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_microprocessors
Sorry it's not in the right format, but as you can see, your processor is socket m, so any of the processors on that list should theoretically fit in there. Those are the only processors taht will fit.

 

Just to let you know, Merom is a type of Core 2 Duo chip.

The Santa Rosa portion is the platform. There are two main Core 2 Duo series platforms that use the Merom core: Napa Valley (Socket M) and Santa Rosa (Socket P). The platforms are part of the Centrino family, and make up the chipset, socket type, etc.

Penryn is the new series coming out to replac the Merom Core 2 Duos. The Penryn platform is called Montevina, which replaced Santa Rosa.

The T2500 is a Socket M Yonah core chip. So, there is a chance your laptop may be compatible with a Napa Valley chip, but we'd need to know more about your laptop.

 

The point is, you are not able to use socket P, you can ONLY use socket M processors. I believe they WILL fit, but you will NOT be able to use the socket P processors. This will limit you to only Intel Core Duo processors and SOME Intel Core 2 duo processors (T5200, 5500, 5300, 5600, 7200, 7400, 7600), but make sure you get the correct version of these, some of them have two seperate part numbers, in other words, the T7200 has two different versions, one that is socket M, make sure you pick the one that fits YOUR motherboard, in this case, socket M.

Intel's website sucks unless you really know your way around it.

It seems like you're only upgrading just to say you have the better processor. Do you do a lot of intense stuff? Does the notebook run slowly? The BIGGEST question is, DO YOU THINK YOU are ABLE to change the processor? I don't know about your notebook, but I know for MINE it would be EFFING HELLLLLL!!!! For a while I too wanted to upgrade, but I felt it would be too difficult and it would ALSO have voided my warranty.

It's tough changing the CPU in some cases, so if you don't feel you could do it, then I personally don't think you should. Either keep the one you have and buy a new laptop at a later time, or have a professional put it in for you, although they sometimes charge anywhere between $100~$200+.

Think long and hard about this...

 

Plus the T2500 is a 2.0Ghz proc, and the for the price, jumping up to a 2.16Ghz T7400 will not offer a huge performance benefit. The T7600 is still too costly to be practical, so... the benefit of an upgrade, when you add in the costs and hassle of replacing the chip, may not be worth it in the end.

The jump from a good Core Duo to a Core 2 Duo is not entirely huge (noticable, but not entirely huge). So it may be more beneficial to save up, and invest in a better laptop down the line (not the answer you're entirely looking for, I know).

But as unknowntt points out, replacing a CPU on a laptop is not always an easy task. And I say this as an IT Tech in the field.

 

my laptop is an ASUS W2JC and the warranty has just run out. The T7400 which i was looking at is only around the £100 mark and to change the processor on this laptop is a 5 min job. It is a removeable processor and the reason i want to change is for running Vista Ultimate 64bit. Fortunately the drivers are out. It's definately not just to say I have the better processor but to give my laptop a bit of a boost.

 

your laptop would get a bigger boost from less dollars by adding more ram before you change your processor.

don't look to change gaming performance either. the ram or processor upgrade will help general computing performance only.

if a gaming boost is your goal- you will need to save up and invest in a new laptop.

again, you will see more of a benefit at considerably less cost by adding more ram. if you then feel like upping your processor, you could potentially do that also.

keep in mind you can swing a new laptop with an 8600m gt for not a huge amount of cash beyond what you pay just to upgrade the proc.

 

ram is already at 2gb, as i said in my last post its 64bit i want which i cant have and more ooomph! the new processor will cost me just a little over £100 and a new laptop that will work like i want it to will cost over £1000.

 

The new processor will not give you much more "ooomph". Especially nothing you will notice in every day tasks. Maybe if you do heavy encoding you might shave off a couple seconds, but it's definitely not worth it for that much money.

 

hmmm, now you're making me doubt having one? looks like it will just be a copy of vista for me then!!!

 

64bit windows won’t make things faster, at least not for general purpose computing. Save your money for your next notebook upgrade (when you can’t survive with the current one).