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Hi, so I have a Compaq Prescario CQ56 with a AMD v140 processor and 2GB of RAM on windows 7, I do a lot of video editing and things on the laptop and it can be really slow when the videos are rendering. I need to upgrade it somehow to make it faster with the video rendering times and make it so I can use the internet and other things while a video is rendering.

 

I was thinking about upgrading to 4GB of RAM and installing a AMD Mobile Phenom II N970 Quad 2.2GHz processor, I read on another forum somewhere that this processor would be okay with my laptop model.

 

Can anyone give me advice on a better processor or different way to make the computer faster, would the RAM and new processor make a big difference?

 

This is my first time posting here so forgive me if I miss something out. The laptop is on Windows 7

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Hi,

 

Welcome to this forum. Video rendering requires CPU power and yes you need faster CPU. Please check the following links to find the right CPU for your machine:

 

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-e-g-Windows-8/can-a-cq56-v140-processor-be-upgraded/t...

 

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-PCs-Pavilions-Presario/Compaq-Presario-CQ56-Processor-Upgrade/...

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-compaq-presario-g-series-mini-notebooks/590881-coping-compaq-cq56...

 

http://www.techfuels.com/cpu-components/63656-require-modify-cpu-compaq-presario-cq56-115dx.html

 

For RAM: 4Gb is ok. You can upgrade to 8Gb if you are running 64bit OS.

 

Regards.

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Thanks for the fast and helpful reply, I am running Windows 7 64 bit so I could upgrade to 8GB RAM, from what I was reading on the links you gave me, that processor will go fine with this laptop. Do you think it would make a big difference? Also, are there any other processors you could reccomend? Thanks again for the fast reply

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at least double your ram to 4gb or 8gb if supported

 

ssds are also a good choice

 

CPU upgrades can be hard if u haven't done it before.

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Hi,

 

Video encoding or rendering requies a lot of CPU power, I would not buy this machine for video editing work.

 

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Hi, so I've been looking at things and I've come up with a few options.

 

I think I will upgrade from 2GB RAM to 8GB RAM and upgrade from the v140 processor to the AMD Mobile Phenom II N970 Quad 2.2GHz processor, and maybe in the future a SSD.

 

Would all this make a big difference?

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Yes,It will make a big difference.


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