Laptop CPU

[markwilliams82]

Not sure if I should ask in here or the laptops section but I've got an IBM Lenovo T61 with a T7300 (2GHz 4 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz FSB) at the moment but I've on the Lenovo website on the spec for the T61 that it can take upto a T7700 (2.4 GHz 4 MB L2 cache 800 MHz FSB)

Would it be possible to upgrade a laptop CPU and how easy is it to do on an IBM?

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[hyperfighting]

Just make sure you are damn good at taking apart and putting back together. Two points to remember, one make sure you have flashed latest bios for your laptop (you dont want the lappy not to recognise the new processor). The second point I learned from my own experience, I upgraded a 2mb cache processor to a 6mb cache processor and found out that the heatpipe (part of the heatsink) which sits on the processor wouldnt fit, this was because the 2mb die is smaller than the 6mb die.

 

[craig3000]

Yeah it is difficult with laptops but achievable if you know what your doing, otherwise I wouldn't recommend it

 

[deusexlumina]

to be honest if you're looking for a performance gain id recommend using a windows overclocking utility such as setfsb, so then you can get a boost in performance without all that hassle.

 

[Justintime]

400MHz and a slightly higher FSB will do nothing for performance and is not worth the hassle as the increase will be miniscule.

 

[gurusan]

totally not worth it. Just max out your laptops ram and call it a day

 

[milkinc13]

as said upgrading a laptop is more hastle than it's worth. I agree with grursan, max out it's ram, until a time that you get a replacement one.

 

[JonJ678]

Consider putting an ssd in it. Low power => better battery life, and the performance increase is remarkable. I would go down this road before putting a quicker processor in it.

 

[gurusan]

super expensive though....not exactly cost effective.

 

[ShakenNstirred]

if you can do it cheap
i say go for it
and as for 400mhz and a higher fsb not being with it
tell that to a real overclocker if thats not worth it