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    New L502x Owner - A couple questions

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by forcedsquint, May 19, 2011.

  1. forcedsquint

    forcedsquint Newbie

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    Just received my fast track L502x (i5 2510, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD, 525M, 1366x768, backlit keyboard) and had it in 48 hours from order using some of my credit card points. I really like the system, coming from an Acer that I loved, and have a few questions.

    1. I ordered 8GB of G.Skill DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) from Newegg. Is this the fastest RAM I can put in the machine?

    2. Can the 525M technically be upgraded if I were to later come across a 540M, 555M, etc.? Is the discrete video a swappable card on the motherboard?

    3. Same for the i5 processor, can it technically be swapped out later for say a quad core i7 since the HM67 chipset will support it?


    Thanks in advance for any help.


    Best Regards.
     
    forcedsquint, May 19, 2011
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  2. basic89

    basic89 Notebook Geek

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    Q1 I have heard they make for a rediculous price 8gb DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Ram dimms for total 16 GB rams but I have not tested if this is compatible for my L502X for a couple of reasons. 1. If you are multi tasking that much to use all 16GB of ram you can buy a new PC for the cost of these new DIMMS (very expensive) and 2. The GPU is not as cutting edge as the CPU in the XPS 15 no program or game that runs on the graphics card you carry will get any where near using all that Ram even with considerable multi tasking.

    Q2 No its glued/sodered into the mother board.

    Q3 No from what I know of dells laptops all the motherboards are custom built permanantly installed chipsets.
     
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  3. dalamchops

    dalamchops Notebook Evangelist

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    you can swap out cpus.
     
    dalamchops, May 19, 2011
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