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    P8600 to T9600 upgrade, worth it?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by RWUK, Nov 23, 2010.

  1. RWUK

    RWUK Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm thinking about doing this for my XPS 1640. The 6mb L2 seems tasty but I'm concerned about increasing heat and reducing battery life (in that order). I'd of course redo the thermal pads & paste while I'm at it. Has anyone done this swap that can comment?

    Thanks in advance.


    EDIT: P9600, not T9600..my bad.
     
    RWUK, Nov 23, 2010
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    The extra power usage (and heat) is not worth the marginal increase in performance.
     
    gpig, Nov 24, 2010
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    Oops, seems I mixed up my model #s here. The P9600 is the one with the 28w TDP, the T9600 is 35W. Changed my original post to say that.

    I'm researching as to whether I'd see any worthwhile gains from the larger cache. With Throttlestop the CPU should reach ~2750mhz which isn't too far from where I am now. I don't need the CPU but I do want to repaste soon so it's one of those 'maybe it'll be worthwhile since I've got it opened up' type of things. The only time I wait for the computer to do much is booting, malware scans and defrags. Using an SSD as the system drive and moving the Seagate to the optical bay would change that..and be cheaper! Hmm.... :)
     
    RWUK, Nov 24, 2010
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