HP TX2500 cpu upgrade

cool_mike99999 · 11-10-2009, 04:58 AM

hi, this is my first post in this excelent forum, I currently own an hp tx2500 with AMD turion X2 64 bit (RM-70), and my question is, is it worth to upgrade the cpu tp ultra dual core 2.3? or if i increased the ram itt would be better (ram=2gb) running on windows vista

Thx

TabbedOut · 11-11-2009, 02:15 PM

Is it worth it in terms of performance? No, probably not.

You would probably be better served upgrading to 4gb of RAM and waiting until SSDs drop in price.

koity · 11-26-2009, 04:31 PM

I would recommend to swap CPU after the price drop to an acceptable level.

Z-87 looks very attractive to me since it has higher HT values.

I currently use my tx2525ca(RM-70) to play left 4 dead and killing floor

2.0 · 11-28-2009, 09:34 AM

Bought an OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD.

World of difference. Boot time Vista < 1min (to settled desktop).

With windows 7, boot time is ~30secs.

Applications "blink" up.

CPU is ZM-80 (2.1ghz) undervolted using PumaStateCtrl. System runs cool and quiet.

2.0 · 11-28-2009, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koity

Z-87 looks very attractive to me since it has higher HT values.

Not sure this will work. Likely won't since there's no BIOS support for that CPU.

But nothing beats a failure like a try.

Even so the Higher HT speed won't make a material difference.