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    Upgrade Dell studio 1555

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by SuPaGrAm, Jan 3, 2010.

  1. SuPaGrAm

    SuPaGrAm Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know if you can swap the regular CPU (c2d P6600) for the new i7-720QM without problems? I realized that the 1557 has a new motherboard to accomidate both the i7 and DDR3 RAM...
     
    SuPaGrAm, Jan 3, 2010
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If you currently have a P6600 (you mean T6600?), you cannot replace it with a 720QM. Period. You need the 1557 if you want to use i7 processors. It *may* be possible to "simply" swap out the motherboard in the 1555, but I wouldn't count on it.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 4, 2010
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  3. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    I'm fairly certain the 1555 and 1557 chassis' are identical, so you could swap the motherboard. Frankly, it's not worth the money though.
     
    Mastershroom, Jan 4, 2010
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