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    Upgrade processor

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lololol, Feb 15, 2008.

  1. lololol

    lololol Notebook Guru

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    I have a pentium m 740 now, I believe it's socket 479
    so what's CPUs can I upgrade to?
    let's say if I upgrade to a 760, would there be any noticeable difference?
     
    lololol, Feb 15, 2008
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  2. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    what motherboard chipset do you have?
    I believe you have a 910/915 chipset which unfortunately doesn't take any of the dual core cpu's so you're stick with the Dothan line basically. Highest i believe was a 780 (2.26Ghz).
     
    goofball, Feb 15, 2008
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  3. lololol

    lololol Notebook Guru

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    yea, I think it's a 915pm or gm,, I forgot
     
    lololol, Feb 15, 2008
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  4. chubbyfatazn

    chubbyfatazn Notebook Evangelist

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    I would say to just hang on to your 740 and wait until you collect the cash to move to a dual-core laptop. Probably not worth the cash spent to make the jump to the 750/760, and I'm guessing that any processor above the 760 will cost more than it's worth right now.
     
    chubbyfatazn, Feb 15, 2008
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The Pentium M 780 is indeed the fastest thing you can put into a Socket M machine. They're currently going for about $150 on ebay, and will give you a 500MHz speed boost.

    Personally, I don't think the 500MHz boost in clock speed is worth the money, but there are people paying $150 for a 200MHz upgrade from a T7300 to a T7500, so you never know...
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 16, 2008
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Agreed and I think to start saving for this thing we call Dual Core. ;) Would be better spent, might cost $499. :cool:
     
    powerpack, Feb 16, 2008
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  7. lololol

    lololol Notebook Guru

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    yea, I think I'm just gonna hold on to this old one
    and get a new computer maybe next year
     
    lololol, Feb 16, 2008
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