Inspiron 1720 T9300 or X9000?

So a few months back I replaced my processor from a T7300 2.0Ghz to a T9300 2.5 Ghz. it made quite a bit of differance. Now I'm contemplating going to the X9000 2.8Ghz. Is there any reason I shouldn't? Will I see any differance? I'm basically trying to get my computer to run as fast as possible. Not sure why, just always have the urge to work on and improve things. Any advice? Thanks guys
Are there any processors better then the X9000? If so whats the fastest processor I can drop in this thing?

 

One other quick question. Is there any other Graphics Card replacements for the Inspiron 1720? Anything better then what I already have with the 8600GT nVidia?

 

The X9000 is the fastest processor the 1720 can handle as it uses a GM965 chipset and there is BIOS support for it.

To be frank, not worth it IMO. The T9500/T9300 you got is already the most powerful per buck ratio there is. The X9000 is great and works along side well with the 1720, but the main idea of the X9000 is for OCing purposes; and the X9000 @ 2.8GHz stock and its extra 300Mhz gain vs the T9300 isn't much to look out for.

Trust me, I had the T9300 upgraded to an X9000 in my 1720, the performance gain is negligible. You won't see much. The only time a noticeable gain is seen is when you render a 3ds max scene or video encoding. But the time reduced isn't much - Why pay alot more for that 15 secs less rendering time? LOL.

The reason why I had the X9000 installed in my 1720 is to run checks if this QS chip runs well before installing to my M1730. To be frank, my 1720 is now using a T9300.

My X9000 in my 1730 is now OCed to 3.4GHz, that's main goal of the X9000, to be OCed. The 1720 BIOS doesn't support OCing.

Hope this helps. Continue to stick to your T9300.

Unfortunately no. It uses a proprietary slot and cannot be upgraded further than the 8600M GT DDR2.

 

Ahh, this definately helps. Guess I am just bored and looking for anyother way to possibly upgrade my laptop. lol guess then my best bet is to throw an SSD in, although the laptop already boots in about 50 sec so I don't think it would be worth it. I knew somone here had mentioned the T9300 vs. the X9000 before but I couldn't dig up the thread. Thanks again.

 

Haha, no problem. I think SSDs would be great too. But I have not tried them yet. Let me know if you need more help.

 

Definately, thanks again. I'd try them but the ones I'd get are so expensive

 

That's laptop parts for ya.

I recently upgraded myself from a T5750 to a T9500...definitely worth it, but that's going from 2.0 to 2.6GHz, with higher FSB speeds, 45nm chip (the original was 65nm) and larger L2 cache as well. Like you, I'm stuck with the GM965 chipset, so my options were the same as yours. And the Studio 1535 BIOS doesn't support overclocking either, so the X9000 wouldn't have been worth it. The T9500 is the best TXXXX processor supported by GM965.