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    Self Upgrade To Penryn XPS 1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by MadeiraG, Mar 25, 2008.

  1. NewDelly

    NewDelly Notebook Consultant

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    Don't these things sell for around $320 USD on newegg or is that something else?
     
    NewDelly, Apr 28, 2008
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  2. chainy75

    chainy75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My Penryn X9000 turned up today. All fitted in about 10 mins. It's as easy as undoing the cover. unscrewing the heatsink/fan. Popping out the old CPU. Clean the old thermal paste/pads off the heatsink. pop the new CPU in. Apply some Arctic Silver 5 on the new CPU and GPU. Screw it all back together. Job Done!

    Temps seem to be similar to my old 2.2GHZ T7500

    Well worth the upgrade.
     
    chainy75, Apr 29, 2008
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  3. Yitzter

    Yitzter Notebook Evangelist

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    Sounds mad cool chainy75, I'm gonna be putting an x9000 in my 1530 in about a week, sounds fairly simple. Thanks.
     
    Yitzter, Apr 29, 2008
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    chainy75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Good to hear you are joing the club. If you get stuck and need some help, let us know.
     
    chainy75, Apr 29, 2008
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  5. Yitzter

    Yitzter Notebook Evangelist

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    Will do. I already have the T9500, but I want faster. Do you by any chance have any benchmarks? And before and after temps?
     
    Yitzter, Apr 29, 2008
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  6. chainy75

    chainy75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I only fitted it a few hours ago, so not had time to bench it yet.

    temps are pretty good. between low 40's to 50's under normal use. Havnt done anything intensive to raise temps yet. will report back when i can.
     
    chainy75, Apr 29, 2008
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  7. 36crazyfists

    36crazyfists Notebook Enthusiast

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    where the hell do you guys get these damn things from?
    also does anyone know if there is any serious increase in perfomance from T9500?
     
    36crazyfists, Apr 29, 2008
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  8. Yitzter

    Yitzter Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, It gives a small performance increase, not that much though. Some people want the baddest proc out there and the X9000 is that one.
     
    Yitzter, Apr 29, 2008
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    Does this mean that you can use 800Mhz ram as well?
     
    Snesley Wipes, Apr 29, 2008
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  10. chainy75

    chainy75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can fit it but it will just be throttled back. you will have to wait for the new Montevina platform im affraid.
     
    chainy75, Apr 30, 2008
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  11. MadeiraG

    MadeiraG Notebook Consultant

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    i got a spare X9000 if anyone UK based wants one
    I want £300 for it which is a fair price

    Cheers
     
    MadeiraG, Apr 30, 2008
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  12. chainy75

    chainy75 Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is a great price for this CPU. Some one should snap it up fast. you wont regret it!
     
    chainy75, Apr 30, 2008
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  13. 36crazyfists

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    hmmm i may be interested in that. is it second hand? also is it a full retail unit, and not pre release or anything like that? cause ive been hearing some fairly bad stories about some intel pre-release chips.
    not to question your sources of these things but 300 quids alot for me so i wanna be sure...
    where abouts in the uk are you?
     
    36crazyfists, Apr 30, 2008
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  14. MadeiraG

    MadeiraG Notebook Consultant

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    Its new
    I put it in my a XPS to make sure its fine then bagged it up
    I get them from a source at intel , some say samples some dont , they all work same as you would buy from a store
    I posted a pic in another thread , these things are perfect mate i got one in my 1530 for couple weeks now and had no problems
    im based near kings lynn , norfolk
     
    MadeiraG, Apr 30, 2008
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  15. tyua

    tyua Newbie

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    never have any problem of overheat since X9000 is 44Watt while XPS1530 is supposed to only manage 35Watt max ?
     
    tyua, Apr 28, 2009
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