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| Hi all, I have a friend who has an Acer Travelmate 244LM laptop. Its quite old and still works well. I will be doing some upgrades on it for him next week in terms of RAM and HDD. In this laptop it is possible to change the CPU too and I am wondering if it is worth doing it for him or whether it will cause more problems than it solves. The model has a Celeron 2.6Ghz CPU (socket 478) at present. I am looking at upgrading it to a Pentium 4 2.6Ghz (socket 478) or higher. I am planning on using a Northwood chip as I have been told that the Prescot chips generate more heat. Is this feasible/worth the hassle? Are there likely to be heat issues? He is not going to get another laptop until this one dies so this is simply about making this one a little faster for him. He uses it mainly for interenet, movies, music, and a few old games. Any help on the this would be appreciated. Many thanks.
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| I wouldn't bother upgrading the CPU, maybe just upgrading the RAM would suffice
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| I have never really thought upgrading the CPU on laptops was even possible.
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| How much RAM does it have, if it is equal or less than 512MB then upgrading that will be much easier and make much more of a difference.
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| He currently only has 512mb of RAM so I'm going to put in another 512mb. I thought possibly upgrading the processor too which make it a little faster, but perhaps the performance gain will not be worth the hassle it would take to get it and put it in. I think if I could upgrade him to a faster CPU it may be worth it but then I'd be worried about the increased heat produced. i think I may just leave it at a RAM and HDD upgrade.
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