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    Sony vaio help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by alexp70774, Jun 6, 2013.

  1. alexp70774

    alexp70774 Newbie

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    Hi, i have a sony vaio FW139E and i would like to know what cpu it could handle if i upgraded the cpu. Would a quad work?
    Specs/
    250 gb harddrive
    3 ram
    2.13 ghz Intel dual core 2

    And is the upgrade worth it?
     
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  2. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    Do you plan on gaming or no? And the P8400 from the specs should do what your asking it to do? But you need to know what CPU you currently have in you laptop and what socket it uses to be sure but do you know what the production of that laptop was?

    This is also something you should consider before changing the CPU if you going this route??

     
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  3. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    No. Don't bother upgrading the CPU.

    Even if it is possible to do with your laptop, it is not worth it. Core 2 Duo/Quad CPUs are at least 2-3 generations behind. It's not worth putting any additional money in to an obsolete CPU platform.

    If you want a performance upgrade, spend $200 to get a 256GB SSD. That upgrade will give you significant performance boost today (MUCH more than you would ever get from a CPU upgrade), and will be a component that you can carry over into your next system. If you want an idea of what an SSD can do, check out some of the videos in my signature, which actually uses a Core 2 Duo generation laptop I bought back in mid-2007.
     
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