Is there a way to ugrapde a acer aspire 5517?

im thinking about intel core 2 t7300. and maybe a new fan? or some kind of cooling system? idk help pls

 

What cpu is currently in your laptop? if it's AMD cpu, you cannot replace it with an intel cpu. Increasing the RAM and installing a faster hard drive will be a good upgrade.

EDIT: you have AMD Athlon cpu and you can upgrade that to another AMD cpu, spend the money on a momentus xt or something, that'll be my choice.

 

RAM & HDD are common and easy upgrades.

CPU is much more indepth and usually voids the warranty. Expect pretty limited returns on your investment even if you get a much faster cpu unless your maxing out the cpu currently with some demanding applications.

Also keep in mind if you go too high up you could run into thermal issues if the laptop was not designed for it (I wouldnt put any cpu in there that you can not get pre-configured not just for thermal reasons but because it may not be supported at the bios level)

 

If it is similar to this configuration,

See:
Acer Aspire 5517 Specification | Geek with Laptop


Then the best you can do is:

1) Buy an 500GB Hitachi 7K500 or an 500GB Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid.

Of course, an SSD is always an option, but the (estimated) ~$500 price for this notebook precludes getting an SSD with the capacity to match the 250GB HD already installed - unless you want to more than double the price of the system (to about $1000 or more).


2) Buy a second stick of RAM (2GB) to get your system to 4GB running in dual channel mode.

Remember that you can sell the old 1GB RAM module (once you've properly tested the compatibility of the new one).

3) Do a clean install of Windows 7 x64.

You may even have Win7 as your O/S. A clean install is still recommended - to get rid of the 'bloat-ware' installed by ACER. The 64bit version of Win7 will gain you a little more speed too (with 4GB RAM installed), but be sure you have 64bit drivers for all your peripherals first (scanners, printers, etc.).

4) Finally, to take care of the AMD supplied heat: a notebook cooler like a Zalman ZM-NC2000 or NC1500 is my recommendation.


With around $120 for an XT, about $30 for the 2GB RAM module, as low as $30 for a Win7x64 licence (if you're a student) and around $30 for a notebook cooler this is about the most you would be wanting to spend on this notebook.

What you will get though is a much faster responding system that taxes the underpowered cpu (compared to current Intel offerings) as little as possible (thanks to the RAM, Win7x64 and the XT) and should give satisfactory performance in basic tasks for many years to come.

Taxing the cpu less also benefits you as it should translate to lower temps too - but my experience shows that a notebook cooler will still be necessary.

Of course, for a minimum of ~$200, you may be more inclined to simply use this notebook as-is for a while longer and save that money for a new notebook instead.

Depending on what your budget is like, either solution is fine - as long as your computing needs will stay on the 'basic' end of the spectrum for the next few years. If you feel you're outgrowing this computer already, then put your money towards a new/current (Intel based) system instead - no amount of upgrades will make this computer feasable for anything more than basic/moderate computing.

Good luck.