16vmarc

Im thinking of getting a better processor for my laptop and possibly a 40gb hdd.

Its currently got a Celeron 2.40ghz.

Can i change it for a Pentium and roughly how much would it cost and how much would a 40gb hdd be?

Is it a case of plug and play?

mike1210

im 99% sure that wouldnt be possible, things like ram can be upgraded (possibly the hard drive) but cpu would need a new motherboard id imagine

off the top of my head the socket would also be wrong for the cpu

Rob D

Yep no chance of swapping the CPU, however like Mike has said memory and hard drive can be upgraded.
Your looking at £50 ish for a 40 GB hard drive.

16vmarc

Would upgrading the ram make it noticably quicker?

mike1210

how much is in there now?

as a guide for xp

256 ok
512 much better
1024 for power hungry stuff i.e. games

it would make it quicker, how much quicker depends on what youre using it for, but for mega increase its new laptop im afraid

16vmarc

Current spec:

Compaq Presario 2100

20gb hdd
Celeron 2.4ghz processor
192mb ram

mike1210

may be a problem of how many ram slots are in there and the max size they can take per slot, going up to 512 would make it faster though. For now take as many things as possible off startup except the essential things

16vmarc

Theres only msn messenger thats on start up.

mike1210

depends on your $ situation really, if you can afford a new laptop and use it often then id go for a new one, if not a ram upgrade might be all you need

16vmarc

It will be a ram upgrade, i cant justify replacing it.

StickyMicky

lol im still useing a 900mhz thinkpad with 384mb or sumthing along them lines and its fine