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    upgrading pentium p6000

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Skarllath, Aug 15, 2011.

  1. Skarllath

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    hey i have a pentium p6000, and it runs a little to slow for me. does anyone know what processors i can upgrade it to?
     
    Skarllath, Aug 15, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Are you sure you are processor bottlenecked and not RAM or GPU? Check your task manager and see if your CPU is always flaring above 40% or higher or it is your RAM? What are your laptops specs? Also what laptop is it? I've seen some chipsets/BIOS whitelist Core i series CPU's for HM55/PM55
     
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    my cpu hits 100% usage when i play bad company 2, so i think it is the problem. and it is a HP g72. i have 4 gigs of ram, and it is almost never close to being filled.
     
    Skarllath, Aug 16, 2011
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

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    You should be able to use Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 (dual-core) processors (first-gen). I believe the G72 was sold with the i3 and the i5.

    The P6000 looks to be an especially weak processor ... only 1.86GHz, 3MB cache and on top of that it lacks Hyper Threading. A decent upgrade would be a Core i3-370M or 380M or i5-450M or 460M.

    What graphics card does your notebook have?
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 16, 2011
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    it is a weak processor, my parents bought the laptop for me, wish they would have asked me about it before hand. and my graphics card is intel
     
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    The video card is part of the processor, so if you upgrade to an i5 or i7 the graphics, while still not that fast, will be faster than the P6000 graphics.

    P6000 Graphics: 500-667MHz
    i7 and i5 Graphics: 500-766MHz
     
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    The CPU upgrade will help your overall performance, but realize the integrated Intel graphics card is going to prevent you from playing modern games on higher visual quality settings. So I wouldn't expect huge gains for gaming (noticeable ones, though).

    Note that upgrading the CPU may void the warranty if HP finds out, so keep the old one in case you have to send the notebook in for warranty service.

    P.S. don't buy an "ES" aka Engineering Sample CPU, they are cheap but unpredictable (instability, missing features, higher power usage, no warranty at all).
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 17, 2011
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    If you wish to buy a chip for cheap, QS or Qualification Samples are much more stable and run cooler than ES (Engineering Samples). Older ES chips (Core 2 era) were missing things like temperature sensor.

    But i3/i5 should be plentiful on Ebay...people upgrading to i7's should sell those dirt cheap
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Aug 17, 2011
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