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    old laptop advice

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by myktek, Nov 12, 2009.

  1. myktek

    myktek Newbie

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    so i picked up this older HP laptop that uses socket 478 mPGA processors in it and it came with a p4 2.80ghz Northwood and it runs pretty hot already.

    I was wondering if I should put in my 3.2ghz Prescott with HT?

    I know it's gonna get even hotter, but i'll benefit from the 800mhz fsb compared to the 533 on the northwood.

    or i can get a 3.4ghz northwood w/ HT on ebay for about 60 bucks?


    Does the L2 cache make that big a difference between Prescott and Northwood?
     
    myktek, Nov 12, 2009
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  2. davidkneiber

    davidkneiber Notebook Consultant

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    hmm, i've taken out my laptop's processor b4... i checked ebay and i found that a reasonable upgrade would have cost me 300 US dollars...
    forget that!!!
    if it only costs you 60 dollars then i would say go ahead!
    on second thought.... 3.4 ghz pentium 4 in a laptop....
    forget that!!!!!!
    pentium 4's score really low in cpu benchmarks...
    a decent mobile c2d scores 2500
    a low end scores 1200
    and pentium dual core scores 1000
    a pentium 4 scores 350
    and high end p4 scores 400...... :(
    youre not gonna get far with a pentium 4, even at disturbing clocks (for a laptop)
     
    davidkneiber, Nov 12, 2009
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  3. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    Prescott? wasn't that a desktop core?

    if it's 5 bucks I'd put in the 3.4ghz. but that's IT!!

    it not worth the upgrade at all.
     
    yuio, Nov 12, 2009
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  4. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    Throw your laptop away.. it is so old and pentium 4 laptops are crappier than my old Pentium M Latitude D600.. you should nver have bought this laptop in the first place..
     
    sean473, Nov 13, 2009
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