upgrade from 2.09 ghz to 3.20 pentium 4 Closed

Question

Hello,
Basically, I have a new laptop it's a Toshiba Laptop l300d., Pretty new. It awesome.... expect it has a rubbish CPU.  AMD SEMPRON 2.09 GHZ. The graphics are decent, that's not the problem... I was looking around and i saw a intel pentium 4 3.2ghz for £44. Shall I buy it? I want it for gaming. Thing is I'm not sure if its compatitible with my laptop =s. I know proccesors are small but don't they have to go onto a mother board and isn't a motherboard rather big? sooooo HELP WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATED AND IF YOU CAN FIND ANY CHEAPER OPTION THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. The CPU let me down.

xpcman · Answer

An Intel CPU will NOT fit into a AMD motherboard.  You might find an AMD CPU that would fit BUT then it will probably overheat and crash your laptop.  Laptops are almost imposible to upgrade.  The only exception is if you find that the manufacturer makes an extended line of models with the same motherboard and faster CPU's.  Then you MIGHT succeed with an upgrade if the BIOS can handle it. 

You have a greater than 60% chance of completely destroying the laptop in your attempt.

Good Luck

xpcman · Answer

The SI-42 CPU is top of the line for the S1 socket in that motherboard. NO UPGRADE at all

Sable" (65 nm)

    Model Number 	Frequency 	L2-Cache 	HT 	Multiplier1 	Voltage 	TDP 	                     Socket 		
Sempron SI-40 	2000 MHz 	512 KB 	1800 MHz 	10x 	 0.950V - 1.125V 	25 W 	Socket S1 	
Sempron SI-42 	2100 MHz 	512 KB 	1800 MHz 	10.5x 	0.950V - 1.125V 	25 W 	Socket S1

unknown paradox · Answer

That's ok. Thank you for your time and help.

Upgrade from 2.09 ghz to 3.20 pentium 4

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