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CPU Upgrade for 5960

post #1 of 6
8/3/07 at 6:41pm
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I purchased parts for my notebook from RJTech.com and other vendors. Its got the Clevo M590KE chassis (20" screen) and currently running the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60.

I am thinking about upgrading the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0GHz) to one of the new "Tyler" models, either the TL-64 (2.2GHz) or TL-66 (2.3GHz). However, I'm wondering if I should be concerned about an compatibility problems.

1. Does anyone know if the Clevo motherboard can handle the upgrade?
2. I see that the new "Tyler" chips handle 800MHz DDR2 memory. Do I HAVE to get 800MHz DDR2 memory? How do you switch memory speeds if you don't NEED it?

Thanks in advance to any help.

David
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post #2 of 6
8/5/07 at 9:59pm
All great questions hyungilkim. In fact, I've had this model for the last 5-6 months or so and wouldn't mind upgrading the processor. As far as the memory goes, I would be surprised if you "had" to get the faster memory. I'm not and expert on the matter but have never had a problem with upgrades and processor/memory conflicts in the past.

That is about as much as I can offer, I hope that someone else has the answers.
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post #3 of 6
8/6/07 at 10:30am
Funny you should bring this up, i just orderd a tl-66 last week (should be in this thursday) Eurocom ( www.eurocom.com ) lists this processor as one of the options for thier m590ke emperor-x model. so i should work. (btw they have later video drivers that work better than the sager ones ver94.22) Ill post my results as soon as i have it in and back together.
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post #4 of 6
8/7/07 at 12:33pm
Great, thanks Zoromac. I'll await the results.
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post #5 of 6
8/9/07 at 8:51pm
up and running, have to say it was one of easier cpu installs ive done.

booted up without a hitch first time, bios dosent id it but windows does fine. just need to try and get a bios update from sager. keyboard is a little bit warmer, not uncomfortable-just warmer. im guessing it may go down a slight bit when the thermalpaste sets.

3d05 went from 9789 to 11807 and 3d06 went from 6484 to 7790. these were all at medium/application select settings.
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post #6 of 6
8/31/07 at 2:17am
I'm sure that this post is all but answered so I'll keep it short. I bought a TL-64 about a month ago, I found the last one from nextwarehouse.com. It arrived shortly thereafter and the installation went without any problems. One of the reasons that I went with the upgrade is that the 35nm architecture is supposedly cooler than the older Turions. I applied the paste, refastened the screws and viola! Bios recognized the processor first time, Windows was the same. It runs a hair cooler than the Tl-60 that I had just replaced so that is one bonus. The biggest gain, however, has been the performance. It runs much faster than the TL-60. Zoromac has given some pretty good numbers that corroborate my claim.
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