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HP Pavilion DV4 1100ea upgrades?

post #1 of 12
10/1/11 at 8:40am
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Hi everyone.

Just looking for some helpful advice. Iv had this laptop for 2-3 years now and done a few upgrades on it, i now run 4gb of ram and run windows 7.
I game an awful lot on it, World of Warcraft mostly. My question is is there anything i can do to boost gaming performance? I know WoW runs on the processor and doesnt really rely on the graphics card - so im told. So does anyone know of a possible processor upgrade if possible for this laptop? In WoW i run at 30-50fps and in heavy combat in raids etc it sinks to 12-20fps.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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post #2 of 12
10/1/11 at 10:55am
What is your current CPU?

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post #3 of 12
10/1/11 at 4:57pm
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Hi,
Thank you for the reply

Is this what you require? Intel® Core™2 Duo, Processor T5800, 2M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB


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post #4 of 12
10/2/11 at 5:15am
http://www.notebookforums.com/t/235939/lg-r310-t5800-cpu-upgrade

The member was able to push a T9600 w00t.gif

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post #5 of 12
10/3/11 at 5:56am
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Cheers for that.

 

A friend of mine did suggest that processor too. Iv bought it now. When it arrives and iv fitted it ill let you know how it goes.

 

 

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post #6 of 12
10/3/11 at 11:28am
Cool ... good luck with the upgrade. Run some benchmark before and after winknudge.gif

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post #7 of 12
10/6/11 at 3:26pm
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This was before the change

Processor benchmark before change.png

 

This is after i changed the Processor

 

Processor benchmark after change.png

 

I have got myself an SSD on the way now. - Hoping for even better results in performance.

 

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post #8 of 12
10/6/11 at 3:29pm
Impressive! Definitively will be better with SSD. headbang.gif

No issue with heat so far?

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post #9 of 12
10/6/11 at 3:39pm
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So far so good with heat. Ill have to give it a good run at some point. I'll probs be raiding on WoW tomorrow so ill find out then.

 

The paste on the processor was non-exisistant when i dismantaled it.ohmy.gif  Wasnt as dusty as i thought it would be, had been a while sinse i pulled it all apart.

 

With the new processor and SSD on the way my laptop will be pretty much new again. Saves a few pennies. however SSD's are not cheap lol. dude.gif

 

 

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post #10 of 12
10/7/11 at 3:21am
True, but price are coming down on SSD at the moment, making it finally affordable (almost) winknudge.gif We have many announcements n our News Section

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post #11 of 12
10/7/11 at 7:50am
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Just taken a look, lots of good info there.

 

I have found one that's compatible with the laptop and that's the Crucial M4. Over here in the UK you're paying aprox £1 a Gb really. Figured if i just have my games and all general computer programs etc on the SSD i dont need a huge one and then ill keep my music and videos on my other hard drive.

 

 

Regarding the possible heating situation - the new cpu varies around 30-36 degrees centigrade which isnt to bad. So thats good.smile.gif

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post #12 of 12
10/7/11 at 2:52pm
Sounded like a good plan - you might want to look into Continent Europe when buying electronic stuffs, can go a long way with the quid vs the Euro winknudge.gif

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