Can I upgrade?

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Last response: April 9, 2010 3:45 PM in CPUs

April 9, 2010 12:16:32 PM

I have a Sony VAIO VGN AW11S and I was wondering can I upgrade my CPU to a faster one. I don't know much about hardware and I can't find anywhere that says the size or 'fit' of the cpu if that matters or not. Currently I have an Intel Dual Core P8400 2.26Ghz but I want to upgrade, but is it worth it and will it have much of an effect?

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Lmeow

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April 9, 2010 12:33:14 PM

Well, I don't think you can replace laptop CPUs, although with the socket P CPUs, you might be able to. You might be able to upgrade to another CPU which has the same 25W TDP and voltage rate - 1.0V - 1.25V, something like a Core 2 Duo P8700, however, I don't think it would be worth it, although it would speed up some applications a bit.

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Silver-Eagle-EPD

April 9, 2010 3:32:13 PM

Is there any worthwhile upgrades I can make to this laptop to increase gaming performance or is it just the general ' Somehow make a ton of money quickly and buy an amazing desktop'?

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saaiello

CPUs Master

April 9, 2010 3:40:39 PM

That laptop should game pretty good it is better then most are since it has a half decent graphics solution in it. The only thing you can really do to laptops is upgrade RAM and change Hard Drives other than that you cant do anything.

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obsidian86

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April 9, 2010 3:44:10 PM

yeah its a socket P board you got ,i think the fastest 25w tdp cpu was the p9600 the p9700 has a 28w tdp

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saaiello

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April 9, 2010 3:45:45 PM

obsidian86 said:

yeah its a socket p P board you got i think the fastest 25w tdp cpu was the p9600 the p9700 has a 28w tdp

And that would barely be worth the time and money of messing with it.

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