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Upgrade cheap AMD v140?

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October 28, 2012 12:21:06 AM

My mom has a crappy laptop with a AMD V140 processor. It is very slow and I was thinking of upgrading it.

http://products.amd.com/en-us/NotebookCPUDetail.aspx?id...

I looked at the other cpus and this one stood out to me as probably the best compatible one:

http://products.amd.com/en-us/NotebookCPUDetail.aspx?id...

They are the same socket and wattage. Do they have to be the same wattage?

Are there any other reasons why I can't upgrade it?

The only place I can find it is used on ebay for $15, is this a good idea?

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October 28, 2012 12:58:48 AM

It depends on the motherboard. It may or may not need a BIOS update to supports it. I would ask what motherboard the laptop has, but it's a laptop. They're all different.

Since the Turion is only $15, I guess it would be worth a try. Don't forget to buy thermal paste.
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October 28, 2012 7:21:27 AM

Even if you do upgrade, it still won't be fast. It won't be able to do anything it can't already do.

What's wrong with it? Perhaps a clean up or a solid state drive would be better use of funds.
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October 28, 2012 8:14:16 PM

twelve25 said:
Perhaps a clean up or a solid state drive would be better use of funds.


That's the best thing you can do. I've been told by a friend that when he put a SSD in his Atom netbook, it was remarkably faster.

You can pretty much guarantee compatibility, too, compared to changing the processor.
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November 2, 2012 2:38:04 AM

Best answer selected by shad0w snip3r.
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November 2, 2012 2:39:04 AM

An ssd would be great but that would cost more than the laptop itself lol, and then I would have to move everything over.

I guess ill get the cpu
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September 1, 2014 9:57:52 PM

2 yrs after this original post i bought the AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile P520 on Ebay for 9.98 free shipping.
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