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    M17x Warranty with CPU upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by grendelswr, Aug 25, 2009.

  1. grendelswr

    grendelswr Notebook Geek

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    I currently have a Q9000 that is relatively slow in my opinion. OC'ed it to 2.4ghz. I'm looking to buy a qx9300 off of either ebay or from HP.

    If you upgrade your CPU, will this void the current warranty?

    What if your GPU fries or something like this?

    I'm fairly sure if you have your old CPU available to switch back in after a major problem, it should be ok, but I would like to hear some feedback.

    Thanks Guys!
     
    grendelswr, Aug 25, 2009
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    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    Any damage caused from the installation will not be covered; however, as long as you know what you are doing and don't damage anything, you'll be fine.

    Please note that the CPU, if purchased anywhere besides Dell, will not be covered under the systems warranty...
     
    sleey0, Aug 25, 2009
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  3. grendelswr

    grendelswr Notebook Geek

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    Does that mean it is pointless to upgrade/extend my warranty before its done if I upgrade my CPU?
     
    grendelswr, Aug 25, 2009
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    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    Just get complete care with the warranty and you won't have to worry :)

    If you aren't skilled enough to put the cpu in then I would advise not to do it.

    Dell's warranty is the best there is and I always upgrade before it runs out...
     
    sleey0, Aug 25, 2009
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  5. EviLCorsaiR

    EviLCorsaiR Asura

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    Basically you can put the CPU in but if you ever have to send it back to Dell then obviously you need to put the old CPU back in. As long as YOU don't cause damage to the original CPU/motherboard by doing so then it's fine.

    You should definetely extend the warranty.

    Still, 2.4GHz is by no means slow. Unless you're using a program that absolutely needs more than 2.4GHz then you'll see little performance benefit from a faster CPU as crazy as it sounds. Only of use really if games will utilise more than that which very few do.
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Aug 25, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    + rep for common sense / smart comment
     
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    EviLCorsaiR Asura

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    Why thank you :D

    I find even with my Q9000 standard at 2.0GHz, that never bottlenecks anything. Overclocking to 2.5GHz I only do when emulating a game (PS2 emulator). That does require a lot of GHz. Even from the likes of Crysis I've not even seen much improvement (about 1-2fps) from overclocking to 2.4GHz.

    I even play most games in my Balanced mode set to keep the CPU at 1.6GHz. (6.0x multiplier instead of 7.5x) Even that runs fine for most games such as CoD4 and Lord of the Rings Online.
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Aug 25, 2009
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