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I have Lenovo Ideapad Y510 with dual core 1.6 Ghz processor, 1GB ram, 160GB HDD. I want to upgrade my current cpu with any latest one like i3, i5 or i7 to get more speed but don't know if it is possible. I don't know how to get all technical details of the pc so I have have attached a screenshot of boot screen, hope you will find all required info about my pc to answer this question.
I am a java developer so my basic need is to run eclipse and java application and application server with db like MySql very smoothly on my machine. Earlier I was using Win7 but machine was running slow so I switched to Ubuntu 12.04 but not much improvement so I thought to upgrade the cpu and memory. I need your suggestion that to which cpu I can upgrade and should I also upgrade ram.
I dont have much idea about H/W. Will SATA 3 SSD be compatible with this machine? – Sandy – 2012-07-18T09:13:11.793
@Sandy Your laptop doesn't seem to have sata interface, it uses IDE hdd as I can see from the screenshot. IDE SSD are too expensive and limited in performance. – None – 2012-07-18T09:47:47.953
@Sandy Here check this thread for CPU compatibility of your laptop: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-and-Z-series/y510-CPU-Options/td-p/14857
– None – 2012-07-18T09:49:57.407Thanks a million for the link. It say I can upgrade my CPU from T2330 to T9300. I will give it a try. – Sandy – 2012-07-18T10:02:27.630
@SandroDzneladze: I'm pretty sure his laptop uses SATA, it is probably just set to IDE mode in the BIOS. – James P – 2012-07-18T10:09:08.343
@James ah yes. could be. – None – 2012-07-18T10:24:54.227
3I'd second the ram upgrade first. 2x2GB DDR2 SoDimm's are currently ~$50-60 on Newegg; and would almost certainly give a better speed boost than the faster CPU. Unless you can find one cheap (I only saw $300 on amazon), the T9300 is probably more expensive than it's worth. Between that and the ram, you'd be most of the way to a new low end laptop and a core-i3 based system would smoke your upgraded laptop. – Dan is Fiddling by Firelight – 2012-07-18T12:50:00.037