$209 to upgrade my notebook cpu from a Mobile Sempron 3000+ to a Mobile Turion MT-37 - do gains warrant cost?

Question

Hello all,
I am considering purchasing a processor upgrade for my HP Pavilion
ze2401xt notebook PC. After a nice chat with an HP online technician
and acquiring a copy of the service manual for my ze2000 series HP
Pavilion, I have found that I can upgrade the processor that came with
my HP from the current AMD Mobile Sempron 3000+ (1.8Ghz, L1 Cache
64K+64K, L2 Cache 128K, 1.400v, 62w TDP) to an AMD Turion 64 Mobile
MT37 (2.0Ghz, L1 Cache 64K+64K, L2 Cache 1MB, 1.200v, 25w TDP).
My question is, would the performance gains of the upgrade be worth the
$209 that the MT37 costs?
Also, I have been reading that since the MT37's TDP is 25w vs the
Sempron's 62w that overall notebook should run cooler with the MT37.
Has anyone out there experienced this firsthand?

Any opinions, insight or personal experiences in this area would be
very much appreciated and looked forward to.

Thank you

No, I cannot upgrade to the MT-40. The MT-37 is the best that my ze2000 series motherboard can officially handle (according to the service manual and the HP online technician whom I talked to).

If I were to purchase the MT-40 (which is $265 by the way) and it did not work with my HP, then I would be out $265 and have a processor that I could not use. I would not even consider an MT-40 unless it was proven to me beyond a shadow or a doubt that it would work with my HP.

Answer 1

The Sempron can be upgraded to a Turion as they both use the socket 754 interface, if you do want to upgrade ur sempron to ML37, its not such a wise upgrade as the sempron ALSO has support for 64 bit OSes, and if its for the clock speed increase, AMD processors are NOT meant to be upgraded for the clock speed!!, alternatively, y dont you sell your notebook and get a notebook with a Turion 64 X2, it's a dual core processor and runs on a brand new interface ie socket 638 which includes support for DDR2 RAM upto 800 MHz!!!
these notebooks are not out as yet, so u gotta wait for a few days, but its WORTH A WAIT!!!!
till then use the sempron, n trust me i made the same mistake as you and upgraded my Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ to a Turion ML40, but i realised that it isnt worth it at all!!!

Answer 2

The only real change is in the power, 25W is less than half the heat and battery usage of the old CPU. I don’t thing it would make that big a deal for battery life considering all the other components. But if heat is a problem this may help, drawing less power will also help keep other components cool, like the battery, and the power buss. A cooler system may run the fans slower (if they are controlled by the mother board) so maybe it will help with battery life as well. Finally a cooler system will be more reliable and run better, so that alone may improve performance.

I guess it comes down to how long you need this machine to last, if you will be replacing it in the foreseeable future, then put your money into the next box, otherwise do the job and call it maintenance expense.

Answer 3

$200 + is a lot for a minor upgrade. Would this carry a warranty with it? Is your laptop out of warranty? If you don't get one and you no longer have coverage, my opinion would be no, don't purchase the upgrade. You might consider selling your laptop and purchasing a newer one. In addition, you'll be covered under the warranty.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

i have a pavilion with a 3300 sempron, but i'm just going to wait till the cost of the turions come down. also, isn't the mt40 compatible?