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    Has anyone tried to upgrade processor?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Panduhsaur, Jan 20, 2012.

  1. Panduhsaur

    Panduhsaur Notebook Consultant

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    Currently I have a xps 15 with the i7-2670QM. I would've taken the i5-2520M over it but I didn't have a choice since this was a system replacement. Anyways is there any way I can upgrade the i7-2670QM to i7 2760QM?

    (I could careless for the quad core application part of the i7, all in all I think I would've been better with the i5 because it has hyper threading and not many programs would utilize all four cores.)

    Has anyone tried this with success?
     
    Panduhsaur, Jan 20, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    The XPS 15 features a PGA processor...so theoretically the swap should work. But Dell for obvious reasons would not honor the warranty on the CPU...and you should get a nice chunk of change back from selling an OEM 2670QM OEM.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 20, 2012
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    Upgrading to a 2760 over a 2670 would be a waste of money, you'll never notice the difference.

    Also, if you want an i5 and you're not bothered about having a quad, why do you want to upgrade from an existing quad to another in the first place? I'm just a little puzzled.
     
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    If you want to upgrade the processor, you'd be better served by waiting on Ivy Bridge.
     
    DakkonA, Jan 21, 2012
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    i7-2670QM and i7 2760QM on intel website is a same price US378. I not think user need paid more for update.
     
    alinad, Jan 21, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Intel hasn't stated whether mobile chips Ivy Bridge chips would be supported in Sandy Bridge laptops (it shouldn't, it would be a foolish decision). It would then also fall on manufacturers to see if their BIOS will accept a newer generation CPU's (alot of 65 nm Core 2 Duo motherboards would not and still do not support 45 nm Core 2 chips).

    Point in case, unless you plan on jumping to an Extreme CPU, it's not worth it.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jan 21, 2012
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    Are you serious ? :rolleyes:
     
    ZXRaziel, Jan 21, 2012
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    Well. I went from a 2.53 ghz i5 (540m) and went to this processor which is a 2.20 ghz (i7-2670QM) and I noticed a difference between the two. and it usually comes to application boot times which I notice it first. The response isn't really snappy anymore. (both systems have 8gb ram and I swapped over the SSD so they are both on level playing fields.)
     
    Panduhsaur, Jan 21, 2012
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