
Can i upgrade my Aspire x3200 processor
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Got an Aspire x3200 and wondering if it's possible to upgrade the processor and if so which one is the best ?
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Take a look at this specs sheet, it gives you the processors that come in an Aspire X3200:
http://acersupport.com/acerpanam/desktop/2010/acer/Aspire/AspireX3200/AspireX3200sp5.shtml
I have an X3200, and it has the triple-core processor. Performance is just fine, even with Windows 10 64-bit Anniversary Update (however, I'm not a gamer).
However, it boils down to why you would want to upgrade it as this is an old computer now. It only supports up to 4GB of DDR2 memory and for me that is the real bug-bear as I want to play with virtualisation. The other bottleneck on this box is the built-in graphics - that takes 256MB away from the main system memory as it is dhared memory.
You may do better shelling out for a new computer, but it all boils down to what you want the processor upgrade for.
Update: A bit of Googling about has turned up this:
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/AMD/Phenom_X3/8600B_(rev._B3).html
and this:
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/CPUs/AMD/Phenom_X4/9950_(125W).html
If the new processor has a greater TDP, then you may need to work out whether the standard 220 Watt PSU is going to be powerful enough for it. You may need to consider whether you need a new PSU. It may be a proprietary unit; unfortunately I don't know (someone else may be able to advise though).
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Thanks for the reply Angoid, basically i was donated the aspire and we use it at work for every day tasks nothing too harsh work wise but i just wanted to see if i could give it a bit more power without spending more than a £100.
It is a 64bit pc and ive upgraded it to win 7 from vista and know that it can only take 4gb of ram unfortunatly, because i would have doubled this instantly if i could so the other option is the processor but if it means changing anything but that then im leaving it be and ill do anything that needs power on the laptop.0 -
Hello,
May be useful. Here are the original processors:
SpoilerKC.A4202.X2Z CPU.ATH-64X2.4200+/1MB/G2/AM2 KC.A4402.X2Z CPU.ATH-64X2.4400+/1MB/G2/AM2 KC.A4602.X2Z CPU.ATH64-X2.4600/2.4G KC.A4802.X2Z CPU.ATH-64X2.4800+/1MB/2.5G/DO KC.A5002.X2Z CPU.ATHX2/5000/2.60/1024/DO KC.A5202.X2Z CPU.ATH64.5200/2.7G/2*512K.65W KC.A5602.X2Z CPU.ATH64-5600/2.9G/2*512K/65W KC.ABZ02.230 CPU.ATH64X2.2300/1.9G/512*2 KC.ABZ02.235 CPU.ATH64X2.2350/2.1G/1024K KC.ABZ02.240 CPU.ATH-64X2.2400/1MB/2.30G/DO KC.AE002.405 CPU.ATH64X2-4050/2.1G/512*2/G2 KC.AE002.445 CPU.ATH.4450E/2.3G/2*512K KC.AE002.485 CPU.ATH.4850E/2.5G/2*512K KC.AE002.505 CPU.ATH.64X2.5050E/2.6G/G2 KC.ALE02.164 CPU.ATH64.LE-1640/2.7G/512 KC.ALF02.160 CPU.ATH64X2.LE-1600/940/2.2G/45W KC.ALF02.162 CPU.ATH64X2.LE1620/940/2.4G/1M KC.AT002.745 CPU.ATH-X2.7450/2.4G/2X512/B3 KC.AT002.755 CPU.ATH-X2.7550/2.5G/2X512/B3 KC.PHE02.910 CPU.PHEN-X4/9100/1.8G/2M/B2/GD KC.PHE02.915 CPU.PHEN-X4/9150/1.8GHz/2MB/B3 KC.PHN02.840 CPU.PHENX3/8400/2.1G/1536/B2/G KC.PHN02.845 CPU.PHEN-X3.8450/2.10G/1.5M/B3 KC.PHN02.855 CPU.PHEN-X3.8550/2.2G/4X512/B3 KC.PHN02.860 CPU.PHEN.8600/2.3G/4*512K KC.PHN02.865 CPU.PHEN.8650/2.3G/4*512K KC.PHN02.875 CPU.PHEN II.8750/2.4G/95W/B3 KC.PHN02.950 CPU.PHEN-X4.9500/2.20G/2M/B2 KC.PHN02.955 CPU.PHEN-X4.9550/2.20G/2M/B3 KC.PHN02.960 CPU.PHEN-X4/9600/2.3G/2M/B2/GD KC.PHN02.965 CPU.PHEN.9650/2.3G/4*512K KC.PHU02.975 CPU.PHEN.9750/2.4G/4*512K KC.SLE02.125 CPU.SEMPRON.940/2.2G/512KB 0 -
Thanks Laurent - always good to learn something new when helping someone else!
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