[RESOLVED] Aspire T160 and want to uprade the cpu to a Athlon 64 X2
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] Aspire T160 and want to uprade the cpu to a Athlon 64 X2

    I have an Aspire T160 and want to uprade the cpu to a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ the wattage is different

    from the current cpu athlon 64 3500+

    the Athlon 64 x2 3800+ is 89 watts (dual core)

    the athlon 64 3500+ is 67 watts

    the power supply is 300 watts
    I believe the motherboard is Acer FC51GM
    Can I do this using the current power supply ?

    Thanks
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    Those are two completely different sockets. The T160 has a s754. The Athlon 64 x2 3800+ is a 939 or AM2 socket, depending on the model.

    http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD...0BVBOX%29.html

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    If anything, the fastest CPU you could get would be this:
    http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD...700BOX%29.html

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    Hi Midknyte
    Thanks for your reply
    sorry forgot to mention it is a 939 socket

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    Hmm. There must be multiple models of the T-160. This is the one I saw:
    http://www.cnet.com/products/acer-as...2mb-ddr/specs/

    You can calculate the wattage here:
    http://www.extreme.outervision.com/p...ulatorlite.jsp

    I'm not sure if I would trust Acer PSUs, but you can give it a go.

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    Hi Midknyte
    Thanks for the reply
    I was thinking of bumping the power supply up also I have a cool master 500 watt

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    If that is the right mobo you listed, here is the manual
    http://acersupport.com/acerpanam/man...60_SG_Book.pdf

    The Acer FC51GM - seems to be a Foxconn MOBO.
    Then I found this
    If you hunt around, you could probably still get something like a 4200+ X2 . Post is from 2007.
    http://www.techspot.com/community/to...upgrade.91657/

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    Thanks Train
    Excellent service manual

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    You are Welcome..

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    Hi all
    Using all the info supplied by all you good people
    Finally got a chance dig into this machine.
    Reviewed the bios update,although it said failure it is posting at boot R02-B1 (which is most current) old was R02-A3
    1:Cleared the cmos
    2:Removed the old processor Athlon64 3500+ 2.GHz
    3:Cleaned the heatsink
    4:Installed the new processor/with artic silver Athlon64 X2 3800+ dual core 2.GHz
    5:Reboot went through post booted to windows all looked good
    Just going to run some comparisons,see how much difference there is
    Again thanks to all for your input.I would have not got this far without it
    KUDOS TO ALL
    Last edited by chunfa; June 2nd, 2015 at 10:56 AM. Reason: correct wrong info Ro1-B1 to R02-B1

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    Cool! At the top of your first post, you can click on Thread Tools - Mark Thread Resolved

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    Hi Midknyte
    Thanks I didn't know that will do

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    Hi Train
    Thanks I reviewed the comparison
    Over the last couple of days I've been playing around with this Processor in different applications
    I was less then impressed.
    I thought the 3500+ gave better performance
    I thought I would be able to see a visual difference ,as I have seen with other upgrades
    Not sure why this is but that may be a another issue

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    They list the difference in the link. Mini review.
    Single threaded programs vs multi threaded programs.

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