middy Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 So I have a Lenovo 3000 C200 from 2006 or so. Ghetto fabulous, I know. Anyway, it's starting to get sluggish when I do processor intensive things, like when I run Digsby, Firefox and Songbird at the same time (*rimshot*). What I was wondering is, what's the biggest meanest processor I can stick in this poor thing. This is what CPU-Z says about the motherboard and processor; ------------------------- CPU-Z version 1.46 ------------------------- Processors Map ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of processors 1 Number of threads 1 Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Processor 1 (ID = 0) Number of cores 1 (max 1) Number of threads 1 (max 1) Name Intel Celeron M 420 Codename Yonah Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz Package Socket 479 mPGA (platform ID = 5h) CPUID 6.E.8 Extended CPUID 6.E Core Stepping C0 Technology 65 nm Core Speed 1596.2 MHz (12.0 x 133.0 MHz) Rated Bus speed 532.1 MHz Stock frequency 1600 MHz Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 L1 Data cache 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control no Features XD My knowledge in this area is a bit limited, but I'm guessing that I need to find a Pentium Celeron M for Socket 479. Yes? No? Maybe so? Any vendor suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 The problem there is it's a Socket 479. ebay only seem to have one 479 that I could find. For faster hardware, you'll need a new laptop. How much RAM does it have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I'd recommend just buying a new laptop. You can get some very cheap models now which should beat out that old Celeron without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I had the same problem with my old IBM. I loved it, shit was sweet... but since it was the Celeron M model(socket 479) there was only one other processor i could use :(. The best thing is to google the MoBo and see if it will support a different processor, and if it does which ones. Desktops also use a 479pin however are usually not interchangable(i know of certain bulky dells that used desktop processors). Another alternative is RAM. Other than monitor what what is used during statup(>start>run>msconfig>) alot of those things my be hogging memory...and like moonlit said, a new lappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middy Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Oh well, thank you anyway guys. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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