laptop

[Great White Cookie Shark]

Is it there a way 2 switch my cpu ,mine is shit and i can even run crysys and cod 6 perfecly if it wasnt the cpu speed or cpu but since it is a laptop is there a way 2 switch 2 a new 1 without buying a new 1 or breaking it.My cpu is Pentium® Dual-Core CPU T4200 @ 2.00GHz

[PotshotPolka]

Is it there a way 2 switch my cpu ,mine is shit and i can even run crysys and cod 6 perfecly if it wasnt the cpu speed or cpu but since it is a laptop is there a way 2 switch 2 a new 1 without buying a new 1 or breaking it.My cpu is Pentium® Dual-Core CPU T4200 @ 2.00GHz

 

Potentially but really unlikely, barebones kits allow you to select different parts, it's just a matter if the mobo can support it and if the wattage isn't too high.

[Great White Cookie Shark]

Potentially but really unlikely, barebones kits allow you to select different parts, it's just a matter if the mobo can support it and if the wattage isn't too high.

 

is it possible 2 change it 2 AMD Athlon 64 3200+

[KScorp]

If your CPU isn't soldered in, it's replaceable. However, there is a lot of crap to keep in mind. First of all, you can only replace it with a CPU that has the same socket as the old one. I'm too lazy to research which CPUs have the same socket as yours, but I figure the higher CPUs of the same series (namely the T4300, T4400 (possibly not?), and T4500) will work fine.

 

Next, it's a lot of work to replace. While the difficulty varies from laptop to laptop, taking one apart is usually a lot of work, and you have to remove a ton of components to get to the CPU, such as the keyboard, GPU, and heatsink. You would also have to clean the heatsink to remove any residue thermal paste from the previous CPU and apply your own. Of course, you then have to put it back together again.

 

Also, you would have to update your BIOS, or at least check if your BIOS can support the CPU you would plan to upgrade to. Otherwise, your laptop won't boot at all with your new processor and you'd have to redo everything to put the old one back in, update it, then do everything a third time to put the new one in again...

 

All in all, it's a pain, and it might not be worth the trouble. Are you sure there isn't anything else that could be causing slowdowns, such as RAM or interfering applications like virus scanners?

 

is it possible 2 change it 2 AMD Athlon 64 3200+

 

That's impossible, unfortunately. You have to stick with Pentium.

[Great White Cookie Shark]

If your CPU isn't soldered in, it's replaceable. However, there is a lot of crap to keep in mind. First of all, you can only replace it with a CPU that has the same socket as the old one. I'm too lazy to research which CPUs have the same socket as yours, but I figure the higher CPUs of the same series (namely the T4300, T4400 (possibly not?), and T4500) will work fine.

 

Next, it's a lot of work to replace. While the difficulty varies from laptop to laptop, taking one apart is usually a lot of work, and you have to remove a ton of components to get to the CPU, such as the keyboard, GPU, and heatsink. You would also have to clean the heatsink to remove any residue thermal paste from the previous CPU and apply your own. Of course, you then have to put it back together again.

 

Also, you would have to update your BIOS, or at least check if your BIOS can support the CPU you would plan to upgrade to. Otherwise, your laptop won't boot at all with your new processor and you'd have to redo everything to put the old one back in, update it, then do everything a third time to put the new one in again...

 

All in all, it's a pain, and it might not be worth the trouble. Are you sure there isn't anything else that could be causing slowdowns, such as RAM or interfering applications like virus scanners?

 

 

 

That's impossible, unfortunately. You have to stick with Pentium.

 

soo Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz will work fine right?

[PotshotPolka]

soo Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz will work fine right?

 

 

You need to know if they're the same socket type, if they are, then it's compatible. Whether or not it'll be cooled well enough is another animal.

[trakaill]

soo Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz will work fine right?

 

I highly doubt it and going single core prolly wont benefit you..

 

And the sole fact that you are asking these questions which could be solved by a simple google search lead me to belive that working on a laptop might be a little over your current set of skills..

 

Have you ever built a PC?

[Tweezy]

Ok, you don't want an Pentium 3.2GHz, your current CPU is faster (If were talking clock speed/frequency)

 

Now, we need to determine what CPU Socket your laptop takes, Pentium® Dual-Core CPU T4200 @ 2.00GHz is socket P, so if I were upgrading a computer, I would look for a Socket P CPU.

 

Doing a bit of research your CPU belongs in the Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile – Socket P family, so I would look for CPU's in the same family, and use the same socket.

 

Note, it is going to be expensive upgrading your CPU... This is the cheapest I could find;

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-2-duo-mobile-t9400-sok-478-p-253-ghz-1066mhz-fsb-penryn-core-6mb-cache-retail

 

Also, I've never actually touched on laptops before, but doing some more research they both take the same watts, so you should be ok just to swap them around, but please correct me I'f I'm wrong...

[Great White Cookie Shark]

basacly i whant a cpu that fits the sock of my cpu thing and it makes crysis warhead and cod black ops work without lag in my pc since other games when i put 2 test is the canurunit website it says fail because of my cpu and cpu speed

[Tweezy]

basacly i whant a cpu that fits the sock of my cpu thing and it makes crysis warhead and cod black ops work without lag in my pc since other games when i put 2 test is the canurunit website it says fail because of my cpu and cpu speed

 

Then my above message should be fine.