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    SSD in Inspiron E1505/6400

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by kowell, Aug 20, 2012.

  1. kowell

    kowell Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm looking to kick some life back into a 6 years old Inspiron 6400 laptop (E1505) with Windows XP.

    The laptop uses an old ATA connector and I was wondering if a SATA3 SSD would fit into the machine or if there are compatibility issues?
     
    kowell, Aug 20, 2012
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Inspiron 6400/E1505 is SATA. A SATA 3 SSD would fit, but likely will have issues as 945 chipset laptops are SATA 1. I bought a X25-M G1 SSD for my Z61t, runs with no problems. I would max put a SATA 2 SSD inside a SATA 1 laptop, look for 320 series or Samsung 470 series.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Aug 20, 2012
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  3. JRSOR

    JRSOR Notebook Consultant

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    I would start with a t7600 cpu, 3gigs of pc2-5300 memory, and a 7200 rpm HD.
     
    JRSOR, Aug 21, 2012
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    This is a waste of money if you aren't specifically CPU limited. The 3GB may or may not be useful, but I would definitely go for the SSD first.
     
    Commander Wolf, Aug 22, 2012
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  5. kowell

    kowell Notebook Evangelist

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    The CPU is a dual core T2400 and is fine for the everyday use of the laptop. I have a more powerful primary machine. The ram has been upgraded from 1Gb to 2Gb long ago and I doubt going to 3Gb would produce that much of a difference. I'm mostly interested in upgrading the HDD to an SSD.

    Thanks for the info, I'll look into Sata2 models.
     
    kowell, Aug 22, 2012
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  6. mumpsimus

    mumpsimus Notebook Enthusiast

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    In addition to the T7600, an SSD, and 3 or 4 GB of RAM (I'm not sure it will see more than 3.25GB, even with Win 7 64-bit), some other upgrades you might want to consider:

    - Upgrade graphics card to ATI Radeon X1400 (unless you have integrated graphics, in which case this will require upgrading your motherboard to a YD612 with discrete graphics)
    - Upgrade screen resolution to WXGA, WXSGA+, WUXGA
    - Blu-ray player
     
    mumpsimus, Feb 20, 2014
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  7. blueman2

    blueman2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did the same thing for my Dad's E1505. I went with the T7400 CPU, 4GB and a 120 SSD. Installed Win 7 Home premium and it runs like a champ. BIOS sees all 4GB ram but OS only "sees" 3.25. Used a Kingston Sata III SSD and have had no issues thus far. Machine is a lot faster than it was with 2 GB, 5400 HDD and the T2050 CPU. For his needs rehabbing the old machine made more sense than replacing. He was OK with Win 7 but did not want to have to figure out Win 8. He does browsing, email and spreadsheet work for the most part. I left Teamviewer installed so I can get in when he is having issues. So far the arrangement works well.
     
    blueman2, Jun 9, 2014
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