Dell Latitude D520 upgrade T1300 to T7100 or T7200 worthwhile?

Would you consider upgrading this machine to C2D T7100 or T7200 from a T1300?

Wondering if it would be worthwhile. The machine is primarily used just for e-mail and internetting, though occassion MS Access DB crunching tasks are performed.. Onboard Intel graphics, so gaming is already pretty much out of the question.

Running 32bit Win 7 Ultimate.
Is the board capable of x64 bit, I know the proc ain't?

 

T7100 is socket P.
T7200 is socket M.

T1300 is probably socket M right?

So you don't want to buy a T7100.

 

So it would be T7200 then, sorry remembered that at least one was right

 

If you're going to upgrade, make sure you have the 943/945 chipset and not the 940. I know one guy here had a D520 with the 940 chipset, and the dual-core Socket M stuff didn't work.

I'd say you probably won't notice too much of a difference given what you're doing... but T7200s are pretty cheap now, so you might as well if you're going to keep the machine around for a bit longer.

 

Thanks - I'll make sure to validate that i've got 945 - which is what I recall. The 'top is down the road at a buddy's house at the moment.

The price is what is kinda drawing me to upgrading - it really doesn't matter much in the long run, I don't think, but wanted to make sure I wasn't completely wasting time and $$$.

 

If you can find a T7200 for cheap (~$40), it will be worth it, but I wouldn't do it if the price is higher. The performance increase from a higher clock-speed and dual-core CPU should be noticeable though.