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    AMD Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cgrabo, Mar 13, 2008.

  1. cgrabo

    cgrabo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Excuse me if this issue has already been addressed, I am new to this community. I have a dell inspiron 1521 with the AMD TL-58 1.9GHz processor in it. Would I be able to upgrade to the TL-62 or even the TL-66 processor? And, would it really be worth it? I use the computer for photo editing, web design, music mixing and editing, and every day computing.
     
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Yes you can. It depends on if it's worth it or not. You will be spending a couple hundred dollars for a few more seconds while doing those tasks.
     
    adinu, Mar 13, 2008
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    The upgrade will "fit" the CPU's mentioned have higher TDP's so heat could be an issue. There are ways to overcome, cooler and undervolting come to mind. As mentioned above could cost several hundred dollars to do for a relatively small return. If you really want to increase performance out of your system the easy and cheap thing to do is overclock and undervolt. adinu can tell you more about that than I, I believe.
     
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    cgrabo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have always been interested in overclocking but what do I have to fear from doing this? (Ex: Overheating, burning up processor)
     
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    You use software such as Notebook Hardware Control to monitor heat. You use a program called ClockGen to overclock, RightMark CPU Clock Utility to undervolt. If you pay attention not really much risk, CPU's shut down before they damage from heat. Let adinu chime in as I think he knows more I have taken my TL-52 1.6Ghz up to 1.9Ghz without heat issues, my undervolting has not gone as well.
     
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