AMD A10

[eatingdonuts]

I have an amd a6 4400m dual core on a laptop whit 1 mb of cache and up to 3,2 ghz speed and i foud out that i could upgrade to amd a10 5750m quad core whit 4mb cache and up to 3,5 ghz speed, but i just cant find it new in europe so if someone could suggest any good europe websites so i can search on ill be thankfull
thanks

[Meurock460]

You will have a hard time finding a laptop CPU new. They generally aren't sold on their own, you'll have better luck with used on ebay. As long as the CPU is in good condition (laptop CPUs are rarely ever overclocked or tampered with) you should be ok. In many cases, the used CPUs have just been pulled from faulty or dead systems and haven't even been messed with.

Verify that your laptop can support a 5750m also as it is a newer generation. An A10 4600m may be a better choice if it turns out that the 5750m isn't supported.

[eatingdonuts]

im pretty sure that my laptop can support both of them, even if it cantthe5750m ill still be happy whit 4600m because its way better in gaming (but not in single threading) than a6 4400m

well thanks for your time

[Meurock460]

If your laptop is using onboard graphics (the one built into the CPU), then you should notice an increase in graphics performance too as both A10 CPUs have more powerful graphics built into them.

[Marble]

Problems you may encounter:

1) In most cases, the CPU's are soldered to the board and cannot be replaced.

2) The laptop chassis was specifically designed for the heat-generating components that are already present. The active cooling and air space in the laptop may not be sufficient for a different chip.

3) They aren't sold individually, you would only find them on eBay where they've been ripped out of other laptops.

[Meurock460]

Escrito originalmente por Canti:

Problems you may encounter:

1) In most cases, the CPU's are soldered to the board and cannot be replaced.

2) The laptop chassis was specifically designed for the heat-generating components that are already present. The active cooling and air space in the laptop may not be sufficient for a different chip.

3) They aren't sold individually, you would only find them on eBay where they've been ripped out of other laptops.

These APUs are socketed models, A10 4600m and 5750m has same TDP heat output as the A6 4400m so cooling should be ok.

I can see where you are coming from though as some of the other APUs are soldered. A4 5000 for example, is soldered and cannot be replaced.

Biggest challenge for OP is getting the laptop apart. In some cases, it's all accessible under one panel. Other cases require the whole thing to come apart. A BIOS update may also be needed.

[Spyder]

Escrito originalmente por Canti:

Problems you may encounter:

1) In most cases, the CPU's are soldered to the board and cannot be replaced.

2) The laptop chassis was specifically designed for the heat-generating components that are already present. The active cooling and air space in the laptop may not be sufficient for a different chip.

3) They aren't sold individually, you would only find them on eBay where they've been ripped out of other laptops.

They solder CPUs into laptops now?........

Back in da day we would use AthlonXP mobiles in socket A desktop mobos

[Meurock460]

Escrito originalmente por Spyder:

Escrito originalmente por Canti:

Problems you may encounter:

1) In most cases, the CPU's are soldered to the board and cannot be replaced.

2) The laptop chassis was specifically designed for the heat-generating components that are already present. The active cooling and air space in the laptop may not be sufficient for a different chip.

3) They aren't sold individually, you would only find them on eBay where they've been ripped out of other laptops.

They solder CPUs into laptops now?........

Back in da day we would use AthlonXP mobiles in socket A desktop mobos

Only certain CPUs are soldered, Intel and AMD still make socket laptop CPUs.

Some laptops still use socketed CPUs but those are becoming harder to find, especially on the Intel side. I can walk into an electronics store and 95% of the laptops have an ultra low voltage CPU like the i5 5200u for example. Couple years back and many laptops had socketed CPUs like the i3 2350m.

Some of the desktops are going the way of low power CPUs that are soldered to the board too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFvHzrppamw

[Spyder]

Ohh your talking that ARM stuff, bleh

[Meurock460]

Escrito originalmente por Spyder:

Ohh your talking that ARM stuff, bleh

They aren't ARM. Just low power x86 chips. Heres an example
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i5-4200U-Notebook-Processor.93563.0.html

They are becoming increasingly more common in systems now. One would think the future is quad core CPUs, but instead we get more of these.

[Spyder]

Really of no cocern to me that man. Thats n00b tablet stuff. Pro OCer with high end hardware is all I use