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    5610 CPU upgradable?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by DanNeely, Mar 19, 2007.

  1. DanNeely

    DanNeely Newbie

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    I'm considering buying one from circuit city, and was wondering if I'd be able to drop in a c2d in a year or two to extend it's useful life or if the chip was soldiered onto the board.
     
    DanNeely, Mar 19, 2007
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    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    I am 90% sure that it's not soldered in, most non LV chips aren't. If it's not you drop in a new chip when the time comes. There really wouldn't be a reason to, chips are expensive and not that easy to put it (take apart comp, remove old chip, clean+thermal paste, possible BIOS upgrade), plus I doubt if computing will change THAT dramatically in a couple years, 64 bit processing is still under-utilized. My advice would be to buy what you want now, there really isn't a reason not to get a C2D.

    Welcome to the forums by the way.. :)
     
    vespoli, Mar 19, 2007
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  3. XL2007

    XL2007 Notebook Guru

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    If I were you, I'd go ahead and buy one with a C2D already in it instead of going through the hassle of upgrading.
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you download and run CPU-Z, you can get the processor packing info. If it says BGA, you cannot upgrade it (soldered). PGA is upgradeable though.
     
    Greg, Mar 19, 2007
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    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    get a c2d in a dell or something...
     
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  6. DanNeely

    DanNeely Newbie

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    I can get a c1d 1.7 for $700, effectively $650 for the laptop since my old printer died and they'll throw in one free. On the dell outlet and after adding a fairly inexpensive all in one I'd be lookig at roughly $800 for the laptop, possibly an extra 512mb of ram, and a printer somewhere else, and with other than the CPU all the hardware stats somewhat lower.

    I don't know if it'd bother upgrading or not, depends how far the chip prices end up dropping I suppose.

    http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=170887&cm_keycode=85
     
    DanNeely, Mar 19, 2007
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