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    CPU upgrades

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jallison1, Sep 8, 2008.

  1. jallison1

    jallison1 Newbie

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    Just got my m1530 and I was looking at the P9500 with a FSB 1066 and running at 25W I have the T8300 running at 800 fsb and 35w in there right now my questions are

    1. are they compatible
    2. will the board see it as 800 or 1066 MHZ
    3. will my xps run cooler?
     
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    1. No
    2. n.a.
    3. n.a.
     
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    TurboSL1 Notebook Consultant

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    You CAN get the T9300

    and the WAY more expensive T9500 and those should work (well they do because Dell offers them)
     
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    I went from the T7250 to the T9300. Not worth the upgrade IMO - I noticed only psychological benefits from upgrading, no real world performance gains.
     
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    I disagree, but this is pure theoretic:
    likely compatible
    The M1730 with the same chipset PM965 seems to support the FSB1066 componts as even stated in the user manual:
    http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xpsm1730/en/om_en/html/specs.htm#wp1085988
    It explicitely mentions 1066 MHz (Intel 45 nm Core 2 Duo processor).

    I expect the BIOS of the M1530 not to be prepared for the FSB1066 components, therefore I expect FSB800 operation.

    Most likely it won't run cooler. I don't have an english source here (only a german one), but the deal is: The Centrino2 mobile processors with FSB1066 are basically the same kind of silicon than their FSB800 counterparts. And those have even the same silicon as the LowVoltage parts. They all consume similar amount of power when undervolting the higher TDP parts:
    http://thinkpad-wiki.nojoco.de/Vista_Stromverbrauch_senken#Der_Intel_Low_Voltage-Skandal
     
    7oby, Sep 9, 2008
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