Upgrading a acer aspire 5517...

tommis15
tommis15 Member Posts: 7 New User
edited March 2023 in 2014 Archives

I was planning to upgrade my aspire 5517 because it is too slow for me.

Would upgrading from 2gb to 4gb really improve performance that much?

 

If I upgrade the cpu should I put a tl-58 or tl-64?

I was wondering if the 64 would make too much heat. I read that the guys idle temp was 55 c. (In my opinion, it's a little much)

Thanks...

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  • IRBabuin
    IRBabuin Member Posts: 10 New User
    Answer ✓

    You could try a Turion TL58 or even higher, íf you don't keep it ramped up to 100% for hours on end, you won't have to worry about the heat.

    4G RAM would be good too, 2G is marginal for Win7

    A SSD would give you a real speed boost, try replacing the DVD with a HDD caddy and you could have SSD+HDD, plenty of speed and space. You could have a 60GB SSD and whatever HDD you have now. Be sure to check before that your DVD is SATA.

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  • Sharanji
    Sharanji ACE Posts: 4,328 Pathfinder

    hi..

     

    The Cpu in your computer is not upgradable.

    The memory modules is upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules.
    Memory size 4GB maximum
    DIMM socket number 2
    Supports memory size per socket 2GB
    Supports maximum memory size 4GB (total)
    Supports DIMM type 200-pin +1.8V DDRII
    Supports DIMM Speed 667/800 MHz
    Supports DIMM voltage 1.8V
     
  • tommis15
    tommis15 Member Posts: 7 New User

    http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Acer/Aspire_5517.html

     

    Are you sure?

  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,457 Trailblazer

    Have you cosidered a SSD? It will be a more beneficial upgrade along with the memory upgrade.

    Acer Predator PT516-51s Performance Results - UserBenchmark

  • tommis15
    tommis15 Member Posts: 7 New User

    If I get an ssd, I can't do without atleast a 512gb, and it is much more costly than a memory/cpu upgrade.

     

     

  • IRBabuin
    IRBabuin Member Posts: 10 New User
    Answer ✓

    You could try a Turion TL58 or even higher, íf you don't keep it ramped up to 100% for hours on end, you won't have to worry about the heat.

    4G RAM would be good too, 2G is marginal for Win7

    A SSD would give you a real speed boost, try replacing the DVD with a HDD caddy and you could have SSD+HDD, plenty of speed and space. You could have a 60GB SSD and whatever HDD you have now. Be sure to check before that your DVD is SATA.

  • GeorgeLass
    GeorgeLass Member Posts: 1 New User

    For an Aspire 5517 I just upgraded bios to 1.11 from 1.09 and installed a TL56 (1.8 GHz Dual core).  No good. Won't boot at all.  Went back to TL20 and works fine (1.6 GHz), but slow.  Does Acer provide quality support with an approved CPU upgrade list for their laptops?

  • coolstacey101
    coolstacey101 Member Posts: 2 New User

    hello i was wonder if my cpu could be upgraded here is my specs below:

    AMD Athlon(tm) processor TF-20 1.60 GHZ

  • mech2159
    mech2159 Member Posts: 1 New User

    Yes,Yes it can.

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