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    HP probook 4525s

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by buttons252, Dec 29, 2010.

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    buttons252 Notebook Consultant

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    Tigerdirect has a sweet deal on a HP 4525 probook for $399. I have an AMD X920 quad core S1 mobile CPU (engineering sample) and im wondering if anyone knows wether or not the HP will handle it ok.

    I checked HP's website and it looks like the laptop supports other AMD quad cores mobile cpu's such as the P940 ...so the only reservation is going from a 25w to 45w cpu.

    My last laptop was a gateway P-7815u and i swapped it from a 25w P7350 to a 45w X9100 cpu and it worked fantastic (really regret selling it actually).

    If no one chimes in, im probably just going to order it tomorrow and see what happens.
     
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    Just to update everyone i decided to go with a gateway NV53a36u because i really wanted a dedicated graphics card. While i really wanted a DV6/7 or a toshiba A665 -- i went gateway because im poor.

    $557 shipped i got the gateway and the X920 is working well in it -- though i cant seem to overclock it via bios/AMD overdrive.

    Windows 7 index with x920

    CPU: 7.0 (n830 scored 6.2)
    Memory: 7.2
    Graphics: 6.7
    Gaming 6.7
    HD 5.9
     
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