I have 2 comps, so I will speak separately of each.
First is an ASUS laptop UL50V running Windows 7 Home Prem.
CPU-Z says it has a core 2 duo su7300 Penryn Socket P 45 nm tech at 1.3 GHz
MB is UL50VT 1.0 with chipset GS45, BIOS American Megatrends v216
When gaming, CPUID HW Monitor said the CPU was running at 100% and the graphics card was not taxed.
I read an article about upgrading which suggested I use newegg to find compatible newer chips. I found this chip and wanted to be certain that I could buy it, and replace the one listed above without hassles.
Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 2.8 GHz Dual-Core CPU Processor SLG9F AW80576T9600
I read an article on Tom's that said this was the best.
If this chip is not compatible or the MB won't run it could someone tell me how I would find the best chip for that system/MB...?
Please, and thank you.
I also have a desktop HP Compaq dc7100 running a P4 540 with 775 LGA Socket 90 nm tech 3.2 GHz with (HT-hyperthreading?) on MB HP 0968h chipset i915P/i915G and the BIOS is also HP v786C1
When I ran HW Monitor, it also said the chip was close to maxing out (in game) whereas the graphics card was not, so I figured I'd just upgrade both of the CPUs.
Newegg and some other articles suggested I would get more bang with the following:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz 12M/1333 Quad-Core LGA 775 CPU Processor SLB8V
Could someone please verify for me that this makes sense and that there 'should be no problem' to replace the two CPUs with these upgrades, please.
Thanks!
Brad
First is an ASUS laptop UL50V running Windows 7 Home Prem.
CPU-Z says it has a core 2 duo su7300 Penryn Socket P 45 nm tech at 1.3 GHz
MB is UL50VT 1.0 with chipset GS45, BIOS American Megatrends v216
When gaming, CPUID HW Monitor said the CPU was running at 100% and the graphics card was not taxed.
I read an article about upgrading which suggested I use newegg to find compatible newer chips. I found this chip and wanted to be certain that I could buy it, and replace the one listed above without hassles.
Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 2.8 GHz Dual-Core CPU Processor SLG9F AW80576T9600
I read an article on Tom's that said this was the best.
If this chip is not compatible or the MB won't run it could someone tell me how I would find the best chip for that system/MB...?
Please, and thank you.
I also have a desktop HP Compaq dc7100 running a P4 540 with 775 LGA Socket 90 nm tech 3.2 GHz with (HT-hyperthreading?) on MB HP 0968h chipset i915P/i915G and the BIOS is also HP v786C1
When I ran HW Monitor, it also said the chip was close to maxing out (in game) whereas the graphics card was not, so I figured I'd just upgrade both of the CPUs.
Newegg and some other articles suggested I would get more bang with the following:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz 12M/1333 Quad-Core LGA 775 CPU Processor SLB8V
Could someone please verify for me that this makes sense and that there 'should be no problem' to replace the two CPUs with these upgrades, please.
Thanks!
Brad