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    Noob S series upgrade Q...

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jdt05, Jun 9, 2006.

  1. jdt05

    jdt05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone, I have S5XP and I was wondering what the possibilities of processor were.

    For example, at the minute it runs a 2.0GHz Pentim M 760 I think.

    Would it for example support Core processors?

    Thanks very much.
     
    jdt05, Jun 9, 2006
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  2. cosrocket

    cosrocket Notebook Evangelist

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    Funny, I thought I'd like the silver keyboard also but after seeing pictures of it I decided the black looks better with the carbon fiber case. Have you tried calling Sony? Also you can check eBay, sometimes you'll find things like that.
     
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    sky123 Notebook Consultant

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    i dont think hes talking about keyboard.

    as for your answer ,it goes upto 2.13ghz i believe
     
    sky123, Jun 9, 2006
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  4. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No, It wont. The Core processors have different pin configurations even though they share the same socket.

    The Pentium M series went upto 2.26GHz with the Pentium M 780. I dont think it is a worth it to upgrade from the 760. You might want to look into adding more RAM or a faster 7200rpm Hard drive(if it uses a 2.5" drive) which should yield better performance increases than just increasing the speed by 226MHz.
     
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    I wouldn't upgrade to a 780 either. I've heard from people who have and it runs quite a bit hotter than the 760 when on high load. If you want to upgrade I'd also go for the harddrive, it's probably the bottleneck anyhow
     
    Bomfunk, Jun 10, 2006
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