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    Upgrading M1530 HD, CPU

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sled14, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. sled14

    sled14 Newbie

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    So I plan on keeping my M1530 for a little while and would like to upgrade the 250gb hard drive and the 1.83ghz cpu. Question is, how can I tell what CPU's and hard drives are compatible?
    The T5550 is currently in there, whats the fastest CPU I could upgrade to?
    I believe the current hard drive is SATA 1.5gb/s, can I put in a 3gb/s? Would it be compatible, just stay at 1.5?
    I use to know something about desktops but its been a while and now I'm pretty clueless, haha, thanks!
     
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    vinumsv MobileFreak™

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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    SATA is compatible with either speed. The T9500 would be the best CPU you could put in it, but it won't be cheap at all.
     
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