Samsung RV520 CPU Upgrade?

Hi,

Thinking about upgrading the CPU, want to look into cost etc, but what would the best CPU I could fit in a Samsung RV520-A02UK.

Current CPU is a i3-2310m

Chipset: Sandy Bridge HM65

Any help would be greatly appreciated, cheers.

 

A quick Google shows that Russian and Netherlands versions have the i5-2410M so that will definitely work and give about a 35% boost in CPU speed.

Even faster 35W Sandy Bridge CPUs (number beginning with 2) may work. I don't know if the BIOS needs to be programmed to recognise the CPU in which case your limit is whatever Samsung anticipated using. You also need to look inside and make sure the CPU is socketed and not soldered.

However, a CPU upgrade will give limited performance improvement unless the CPU is already spending much of its time running at full speed. You will see a much bigger improvement of responsiveness in everyday usage by replacing the hard drive with an SSD. And with the 240GB Crucial M500 now just over £100, an adequately sized SSD is no longer prohibitively expensive.

John

 

Many thanks for the reply John, much appreciated.

Could be a fairly cheap upgrade, around £35-40.

With this laptop, I've decided to undertake a little project. It was basically dying, trackpad had gone, HDD died, DVD dead and it was in generally a very bad state. Not having enough money to buy a new machine, I managed to get my work to buy me a new top case, which included the trackpad, keyboard, new speakers and power button which was a bargain at £35 brand new. I also got a 320gb WD black to replace the dead one. Cost to me £0!!! So now I'm looking at going further. I'm thinking a 128gb SSD for an OS drive, then get a HDD caddy where the DVD drive is and pop the 320gb in there. I've already 6gb RAM so that can stay as is for now, so just looking at best CPU. Obviously I need to asses the cost v's performance, but I do a fair amount of VM work, so I think along with the SSD and possibly upgraded CPU, it would fly!!!!

I'm hoping to do all of the above for a cost of around £100 to myself, so far, so good, new top case and HDD, big fat £0 cost to me!!!

 

That's an interesting project.

You clearly know your way around the inside and presumably have seen that the CPU is in a socket.

John

 

CPU's in a socket, service manual/guide show's you how to take it out, very handy indeed!!!

Also, looking at parts/spec list, it only list's the i3-2310M and the i5-2410M. So, if I was to find out if the machine supports anything else, I'm going to need some bios release notes, hmm, any idea's???

 

If the BIOS release notes exist, they don't seem to get out of Korea.

I might be wrong about the BIOS needing to be programmed to specifically recognise each CPU since my experience in this area is getting ancient. Perhaps all the necessary info is coded into the CPU itself. After all, if the SPD data in RAM modules can tell the BIOS the speeds at which the RAM will run then perhaps the CPU can do the same.

Could you find a seller of a faster (than the 2410M) Sandy Bridge CPU who would be willing to take it back (less postage costs) if the computer doesn't recognise it?

John