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    Has anyone done an i7-920xm swap?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bac5.2, Mar 10, 2010.

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    I know the i7-720qm -> 820qm swap has been done, and is relatively painless, but has anyone done the 720/820 -> 920xm swap?

    That seems like it would be one heck of an upgrade, and I'm pretty sure it would just drop right in.

    The 920 DOES have a 10W higher TDP than the 720/820 though.
     
    bac5.2, Mar 10, 2010
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