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    advice on upgrading my laptop?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dennislaptop, Apr 21, 2012.

  1. dennislaptop

    dennislaptop Newbie

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    hey guys, i have a toshiba satellite L510-S4314 laptop, i want to upgrade to a better processor, im not tech savvy so i dont know what would be the best processor that is compatible with my laptop.. can anyone advice?
     
    dennislaptop, Apr 21, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Are you sure you are CPU bottlenecked? If you open up Task Manager, do you hit at least 60-70% all the time? Looks like the Toshiba is PM45 or GM45, which pretty much any 1066 FSB Core 2 Duo will work, unsure if it supports/whitelists Core 2 Quads.
     
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    shot00 Notebook Enthusiast

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    First we need to know what processor you are using right now.
    Also is it intel chipset you have? What chipset exactly?

    If you don't know these specs, a program called Everest will help you identify them.
    Once we know these specs will be available to help you most.
     
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  4. dennislaptop

    dennislaptop Newbie

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    i have an intel dual core T6600 2.2GHZ CPU and the chipset is intel cantiga GM45.
     
    dennislaptop, Apr 21, 2012
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    shot00 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well in my opinion your processor is good enough.
    But if you don't mind to spend some money i would say go for a
    T8300(2,4GHz) or T9300(2,5GHz).
    Here is a comparison of these three processors

    Compare Intel® Products

    But as i said before you won't notice much of improvement by upgrading your
    T6600. Even if you multitasking.

    There are better processors than these three i told you but are difficult to find or very expensive.

    This thread will help you decide as it helped me
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/209284-intel-mobile-processor-compatibility-guide.html
     
    shot00, Apr 21, 2012
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    dennislaptop Newbie

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    playing emulators is abit laggy, that's why i plan to upgrade.. how much of a difference would it make if i upgraded to the T9300?
     
    dennislaptop, Apr 21, 2012
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    Rishwin Notebook Deity

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    To be honest, barely any. Any performance gains you get from a CPU upgrade will be minimal at best. I'd use the cash on more RAM and an SSD tbh.
     
    Rishwin, Apr 22, 2012
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