So I have an old Gateway M-1624 with an AMD Turion 64x2 TL-60... It's old, but the laptop in general, still works fine.
Through research, this laptop CPU shares a socket with many other CPU's in the Turion 64x2 series. I was looking to buy a 64x2 TL-68 and replace the existing CPU. But there are a couple of problems. This CPU has a higher TDP. 31 watts vs 35 watts for the TL-68. I already have trouble cooling the laptop. I would definitely have to come up with some kind of mod to improve cooling for this to work.
Another thing is that I would want to upgrade to 4GB of RAM. On the other hand, it'll probably end up costing $100 to do all this stuff. I wonder if I should put that towards a laptop with an APU. Or I could just do this as a project.
I think the main issue here is the increased power usage. So I'll need to figure out how to cool it. Overall, this should give a nearly 20% performance increase. Anyone think it's worth it to try, maybe?
Or I could just get an old Sony Vaio w/ Core 2 Duo that is significantly more powerful with same TDP for under $100... What do you guys think?
Through research, this laptop CPU shares a socket with many other CPU's in the Turion 64x2 series. I was looking to buy a 64x2 TL-68 and replace the existing CPU. But there are a couple of problems. This CPU has a higher TDP. 31 watts vs 35 watts for the TL-68. I already have trouble cooling the laptop. I would definitely have to come up with some kind of mod to improve cooling for this to work.
Another thing is that I would want to upgrade to 4GB of RAM. On the other hand, it'll probably end up costing $100 to do all this stuff. I wonder if I should put that towards a laptop with an APU. Or I could just do this as a project.
I think the main issue here is the increased power usage. So I'll need to figure out how to cool it. Overall, this should give a nearly 20% performance increase. Anyone think it's worth it to try, maybe?
Or I could just get an old Sony Vaio w/ Core 2 Duo that is significantly more powerful with same TDP for under $100... What do you guys think?