Upgrade CPU in Gateway T6836?

I am wondering if anyone could help me on upgrading the CPU on my Gateway Laptop Gateway T-6836 Review - Laptops - CNET Reviews

I believe it has a Core 2 Duo T5750 currently. What would you suggest upgrading to?

 

This counts on your chipset. It is listed as having, per your link, either a GM965, PM965 or GL960. With the first two chipsets you can have a CPU with up too 800 FSB btu with the later you are much more limited. Then of course what are you being CPU limited on and how are your temps under load? it is real easy to over do the CPU just to experience thermal throttling.............

 

I have the GM965. I ran Orthos and my max temp was 71C. I am trying to run Chromecast but its lagging and upon further reading it says it requires a i3 processor or higher. I am just wondering if I can upgrade the CPU enough to get by with...

 

i3 what? The original i3's were not all that fast of a CPU. Even then though the program may want an i3 and that will lag as well but run. Now lags but in what sense? if it is out of synch etc. it could be the channel or the GPU or CPU. If when running this your CPU is showing a better than 50% load you probably could use a better CPU. At 75% load you need a better CPU as there is not much head room. According to content it may also be using the computers GPU encryption so this can be a factor that the CPU will not ever help.

In the end you need to investigate to find out exactly where the weakness is. I suspect GPU as with the i3 the GPU from Intel was vastly improved...........

 

If that is the same as mine M-6860 then you can upgrade to T8100 or T9300 and that should improve your laptop performance from the T5750. Don't get the T8300 or T9500 those small .2 Mhz is too small to justify the price hike.

 

Another vote for T9300. The best price/performance ratio for any CPU of this era.

 

I would get a lot of T9300 if they weren't so expensive to get in the first place.....

 

T9300 is like 45-50 dollars on Ebay, T9500 and X9000 is a different story. But ajulka666 is right, T9300 offers you a Penryn Core 2 Duo that has more cache then T8300/T8100.

 

Out of all my past FrankenBuilds - and I do offer the options starting at T7300 and ending with X9000 - I've had most takers on the configurations sporting a T9300...

Everyone is entitled to their own math, but to me personally spending $40 on a CPU (along with other, more expensive upgrades) to get another year or two out of a time-tested and trustworthy machine is not bad at all...

 

Minimum System Requirements

Streaming Quality: High :2nd-generation Core i5 (2GHz+), 3rd/4th-generation Core i5 processor, or equivalent

Streaming Quality: Standard :Core i3 or equivalent

Windows Vista

Windows 7 & 8

My gf's slightly newer Gateway ID series with an i3 runs Chromecast ok.

When using my computer however, it lags, gets out of sync etc to the point its unwatchable.

It is around 75-80% and sometimes up to 100%

How would I be able to tell if the GPU is is limiting me? Is it worth upgrading as well?

Thanks for the help by the way.

 

Well, a Core i3 will outperform any Core 2 Duo, so you might be out of luck there to begin with...

 

I take it the GPU is not upgradeable?

 

On most laptops it's not.

I'm not familiar with the unit you own but would doubt it...

 

Correct the GPU is not upgradable. While the CPU will reduce load a bit if you are seeing 100% load at 2.0 GHz even at 100% efficiency at 4.0 GHz would only reduce to 50% load. It never scales 100% flat so do not expect that as a result plus you can't go that high. Of course you are doing nothing to upgrade the GPU so that will be of issue as well. Now a better CPU and upgrading ram to get 800 FSB to the CPU and ram will reduce lag but I doubt it will eliminate it................