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Solve : Can I update my laptop processor?? |
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Answer» I've inherited my son's Compaq Presario CQ57. It has a AMD C-50 1GHz processor and is a 64-bit OPERATING system running Win7. It is also extremely slow. I'm told that the processor, being a single-core, is the problem.No, You scad extremely slow. There is something else wrong. Your AMD C-50 1GHz is very good in that class. Reference: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+C-50 Either the laptop is full of spyware or maybe you expect too much. That CPU is a weak CPU equal to the performance of an older Pentium 4 or Athlon XP in comparison. What OS are you running, how much RAM, how much free HDD or SSD, and what programs are you trying to run that are slow? This system isnt worth UPGRADING unless your running short on RAM and might be able to add more. Biggest problem with a CPU upgrade if even possible and supported by BIOS is that a better CPU will run hotter and so you then are running risk of the oem heatsink for the C50 not being able to cool a much hotter CPU. When it comes to laptop CPU upgrades they generally are not really worth the trouble and the gain in performance is small and the risk of killing it is high. If needing a faster system you may find that it makes more sense to buy a newer laptop with a 2Ghz or faster CPU.Thanks for your responses. To Geek-9pm: I ran an updated CCleaner and Malwarebytes before coming here; Malwarebytes detected a couple of problems that I QUARANTINED. Then I upgraded Spybot to version 2.0 and ran that. It too discovered some issues. Right now I'm seeing a marginal increase in speed. Please define "scad" for me; my only exposure to the word is an acronym for a southern art school and I can't find it in the onsite dictionary. To Dave: OS is Win7, RAM is 2.0 GB (with 1.6 GB usable). Local disk (C:) has 178 GB free (of 218) and Recovery (D:) has 1.67 free of 13.6 GB. As for the programs, just about anything. I ran Spybot on this laptop and my desktop at the same time; the desktop was done far sooner than the laptop. Downloading updates to Malwarebytes, Spybot, CCleaner ... all took longer. Even booting up Chrome is laggy. My husband tried to play a virtual tabletop game (Euphoria) online against a bot; it took three times as long here as it did on either my desktop OR my much older laptop (which sometimes overheats and needs a cooling mat to keep it running). Since my husband is the only one in the family who doesn't have a computer of his own, this one is supposed to be his. I'd appreciate anything else you COULD suggest. |
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