AMD A8-4500M Upgrade

[WinslowProg]

I have an Toshiba Satellite L855D-S5117 laptop with an AMD A8-4500M processor. I was wondering if there is any better processor out there (worthwhile or not) to upgrade to. I've gone on to http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/AMD/A8-Series_for_Notebooks/A8-4500M.html to search it, but am kind of disappointed if the shown results are my only options. Thanks!

 

[jimpz]

Your choices may not even be all of that, it depends on what the bios in the laptop supports, every OEM, Toshiba, dell, hp etc generally has a bios that only supports limited processors. Your best bet is to contact Toshiba.

 

[WinslowProg]

Is the BIOS of the computer the only difficulty of changing the processor (as long as the socket and fbs are compatible), or does the motherboard interfere with what can be upgraded?

 

[aloof11]

I upgraded my friends laptops CPU which featured a A8-4500M to an A10-4600M (I updated the BIOS first but I dont recommend updating the BIOS first, as Ive read people having more trouble after updating the BIOS before installing new CPU, what I recommend is to try new CPU first if laptop boots up and works as intended then you are good to go but if it doesnt then install old CPU back in then update BIOS then replace with new CPU and see if it works), it works with no problems but as jimpz has said sometimes the upgrade doesnt work even when the sockets match, so it can be tricky in that, the only way to really find out is to replace the current CPU with the new one.

If you want upgrade then you have two choices that will give you the biggest performance jump (most of it will be on the GPU side not on the CPU side): A10-4600M or A10-5750M

Also dont forget to get thermal paste too

 

[jimpz]

You would need to get the bios from Toshiba, if they have one. The upgrade aloof did is possible, but I be it was not that model computer. Every vendor will probably use different bios, even for different models.

 

[aloof11]

No, never done an upgrade on a Toshiba, the three computers Ive upgraded the CPU (that used a AMD APU) were the Lenovo Ideapad Z585, HP G6-2226nr (went from a A4-4300M to an A10-4600M, quite a jump in performance) and a Gateway NV52L06U

 

[crackerjacc]

Did you ever get a better CPU to work in your Toshiba notebook??