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The Best laptop procesor
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Posted by: halfcat
what is the best laptop procesor available to the public?
and
what is the best laptop procesor available to the public that costs somewhere in the $400-$500 range?
also
Is changing a laptop procesor uber-differant than a desktop?
Posted by: matt.modica
If yoy want mobility, go for the AMD Turion Mobile. Its very low power, especially the MT series. The Mobile AMD Semprons are slightly less expensive and are the same as the Turions (the MT series) except for the L2 cache, which is 128 or 256 KB instead of 512 or 1024 KB. They still perform well overclocked.
The Mobile AMD Athlon is very high performance, but its power hungry, it uses 62 W. The Mobile Athlon 4000+ is 2.6 GHz and is one of the most powerful mobile PCUs
There is also the Turion X2 series of dual core CPUs. They use a different socket (4xx, I forget the exact number of pins, as opposed to socket 754 that the Semprons, Turions, and Athlons use.
A lot of laptop CPUs are soddered in, and are not removable. Acers are known for their upgradability. Some have removavble CPUs. Also, alwaus use the heatsink that your laptop came with if you are swapping your CPU, don't try to use another one unless it was specificly made for your model. Laptops use custom heatsinks.
Posted by: P0nix
If you've never opened up a laptop before - get prepared to break something. If you're still brave, you can open it up and see if there's a mobile processor in there that can be removed. I've only see replaceable CPU's in one model HP that used an athlon XP processor. Any other time they are propriertary - but removable - or not removable at all.
Most likely, you can forget about upgrading the chip. Usually BIOS is made to run at the speed of the processor used in production, you may not be able to see any performance gain even if you're able to upgrade the processor - your best bet is looking for replacement motherboards for your laptop, see if you can pull up some pictures - and if the CPU is attached. If not, give the manufacturer a call and ask what its upgradeable to.
Posted by: shadysoldier
amd truion 64 somehting like that if u wnat to get a relay good labtop and u got alot of money then get an alienware.com one or a ibuypower.com or some other site vicousepc or somehting liekt hat
Posted by: halfcat
Thanks. I am laptop shopping, so i will probably be starting about 8 topics about different stuff. Right now I am leaning towards the Athalon 4000+ CPU, which, from what I have read, really hauls balls. What is the danger of something melting if I overclock it? from my experiance, laptops tend to get really hot when doing.... pretty much anything.
Posted by: thepreacha619
mine.
the intel celeron M 1.7 Ghz
lmao.
jm.
Posted by: goranpaa
First, you will have to find a lappy, that have a Bios that allows oc.
Then get additional cooling like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16834999336
Maybe it's a good idea to get this anyway. The more powerful lappys / notebooks tends to get hot.
Here you have a couple nice gaming laptops, if that is what you are loooking for? But it will cost you if you want an AMD with higher speeds.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/...&ramid=80001175
Not AMD but a nice lappy.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16834115226
ABS Mayhem G3 Eclipse XT ( The way I configured it)
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CPU: AMD Mobile Athlon64 3400+
RAM : Kingston 1 gig DDR 333 (PC 2700) Cas Latency 2.5
HD: Toshiba 80GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache ATA-6
Grand Total:
$1,608.98
http://www.abs.com/app/mayhem_compare.asp
Dell XPS M 1710
http://www.notebookreview.com/defau...=Dell+XPS+M1710
Posted by: halfcat
Cool. Would I be able to easily put that cooling system in any laptop without much hastle? It seems like a good way to spend $20. Is it possible to change/upgrade the BIOS to allow oc?
Posted by: goranpaa
Yeah, that cooling pad is universal. So it should be no problem. You just stick that Bytecc plate under your lappy and connect the USB.
If you can use the settings in BIOS to overclock, is depending on how extensive the BIOS is in the lappy you are going to get? No update will unfortunatly help there.
Posted by: halfcat
So does that mean there is no hope of oc if it isnt supported by the BIOS?
Posted by: goranpaa
Nope, sorry not in BIOS.
But come to think of it. You may be able to use "Clockgen" software from inside Windows.
But be careful! And make the OC in small incements ( If Clockgen works?) And test in between with "Memtest" and "Prime 95"
while monitoring the temps with a temperature monitoring software. Dont let the CPU temp go over 60C!
Let Memtest run for at least 30 minutes and Prime for 1 hour at least.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/.../ClockGen.shtml
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Prime95_d4363.html
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
IF the machine, refuses to boot after an oc? Then either reset the CMos jumper, or pull the Mobo battery for 30 min. And lower the oc some afterwards.
Posted by: P0nix
easier said than done in a lappy, a lot of times, for security purposes, the battery is very much well hidden under the hood
Posted by: matt.modica
I use clockgen for overclocking. Works well, you can increase the clock in incriments as low as 5 MHz. I run my laptop with one of the bottom pannels off and the cooling pad when I overclock.
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