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I have been using the Compaq CQ-62 358TU for a while now, and has treated me well, but needed a long sought after upgrade, (since I'm broke and would rather upgrade than buy a new computer). My plan is to upgrade the usual including Harddrive to SSD, max out the RAM, and upgrading the CPU.
The CQ-62 I have now runs a fairly weak Intel Pentium P6100, and after searching around, have decided to switch out to the i7 640M. The reason I selected this processor is due to the similarities, which hopefully leads to compatability.
The i7 640M and Pentium P6100 both share:
- PGA988 Socket
- 64 bit instruction set
- Same RAM technology (8GB DDR3)
- Built in Intel HD graphics
- 35W TDP
- Arrandale architecture
Sounds like a pretty compatible upgrade from what I can see, but is this enough to have in common? Obviously I'll have to update the bios, but I'm willing to pull stuff apart and create a sort of Franken-computer if it's worth it.
Bottom line: Will it work? Is it a good idea? and will it provide a noticeable improvement in performance?
2+1. An SSD upgrade is far far far more important than a CPU upgrade. – qasdfdsaq – 2015-10-15T10:50:05.697
Thanks for the advice! So if choosing to upgrade the processor too, the safest/best option would be i7 620M because it's mentioned in the manual? Would the performance increase enough to be worth it? – ezra_vdj – 2015-10-15T10:54:13.857
You will go from 2 cores at 2Ghz without hyperthreading and no turboboost to a 2 core with hyperthreading (so 4 threads) with a base frequency of 2.66Ghz and a boost frequency of 3.33Ghz. If you are doing a task that is completely CPU limited you might see 50% to even 100% improvement. It's just that most regular tasks like browsing, mail , office etc are more disk performance limited. – HoD – 2015-10-15T12:07:10.263
For those curious, it worked flawlessly in the end! Insanely quick now! – ezra_vdj – 2015-12-18T03:43:01.137