Upgrade celeron 1.4 processor to faster/better one (pref cooler, 2)

guys, my celeron 1.4 ghz processor just isn't cutting it anymore in my 5-year-old laptop. i've maxed out my ram, and now i notice how slow my processor is--it's the bottleneck causing my slowness (that and my hard drive's seek time).

can i upgrade it to a better/faster one, and if so what kind?

my computer's a gateway 4025gz, here are the specs of it:

http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Gateway/4536GZ/4670sp3.shtml


thanks in advance

 

You could but it would be a huge price for not a huge difference. You pre-date the core and core2 architecture, so it would be Pentium M you would be looking at, which are expensive and deathly slow, not much faster than what you have.

Start looking for a new laptop, for about $500-600 you could have something much newer, faster and up to date.

EDIT: after searching further im not sure whether Pentium M would even be possible, you may be stuck with Celeron, which is no good either.

 

agreed... not worth it... buy a new laptop...

 

If you've got a slower 4200RPM hard drive, which is a possibility, upgrading that would give you a noticeable performance increase. It's probably a better upgrade that the CPU performance wise.

 

While I agree that would speed up his system, the long run would serve better by buying a new system.

If you dont have the money to buy a new laptop, save up until you can, upgrading the obsolete technology you already have is not going to be worth it.

 

Tough call.

Against:

Dothan Pentium-Ms (the 90nm ones) have been known to work on Intel 852 series chipsets but it's by no means guaranteed. It'd be worth seeing if anyone else has tried this and the results - google is your friend. The latest BIOS is important. A Banias Pentium-M may work but it's 130nm and the clocks don't go up as high, so really that wouldn't be worth it. If you're stuck with a Celeron-M it's not worth it at all, although if you're in the UK I have a Celeron-M 380 you can have. It's not worth re-selling! That's 1.6Ghz.

For:

I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro L100 which had a Celeron-M 380 (1.6GHz) and that recently got replaced by a Pentium-M 725, 1.6Ghz, 400MHz FSB, 2MB L2 cache. The wPrime results (just from the extra cache) are about 20% faster. Pentium-Ms are very cheap these days so if the upgrade isn't too difficult I'd say go for it. It'd be worth going for the 1.86Ghz chip or above and probably one of the 533MHz FSB chips as well, if compatible (considering your chipset that's pretty unlikely. You should notice a marked improvement in performance but it won't seem like a whole new laptop, just quicker.

Overall I wouldn't say you should definitely buy a new laptop but the difference between my old L100 and my new HP (2.0GHz dual core) is huge, so it's definitely worth considering, especially considering how cheap you can get dual core laptops with 2GB RAM and a large hard disk these days. £300 should do it!

 

It would depend on your need. If all you're doing is office and internet, you don't need more. Why be wasteful?

 

True, if the OP would kindly tell us what work/ what the main use will be, then we could probably answer his/her question easier.

 

I had a laptop(nx6110) with Celeron soldered onto the board. If this is the case then you are out of luck.

If not, won't any Pentium-M with a 400Mhz bus speed work? From what I recalled Banias and Dothan were pretty compatable and used the same socket.

I am sure you can pick up a 1.6-1.7Ghz for $10-15. Should be a healthy 20% boost as well as increased battery life.

Or you can always get a new Penitum dual Core based cheap laptop for $400-500.