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    X9000 or T9500 in Inspiron 1720/Vostro 1700

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by linuxman2k3, May 26, 2008.

  1. linuxman2k3

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    Hi all. Has anyone upgraded your uP to an X9000 in a vostro 1700 or inspiron 1720? I'm about to upgrade the uP and I was wondering if a X9000 would run way too hot for a Vostro 1700. If it does then I would go for a T9500. What do you think? Have you got some experience with these two chips?
    Thanks a lot! :D
     
    linuxman2k3, May 26, 2008
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    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    I'm not sure if anyone here has done that but I do know there's a forum elsewhere in the net that I saw someone adding an X9000 in his 1720. I own a 1720 as well, and I'm looking forward for this processor exchange too. I think it's notebookforums.com or extreme overclockers.com if I'm not mistaken. Let me look through my history search.

    If someone can add an X9000 in the XPS 1530 as I seen in the forums here I'm sure this wouldn't be a problem. The 1720s and 1700s are one of the most easiest to dismantle-and-upgrade laptops around even it's dedicated graphics card can also be removed, according to the instructions given in the Dell support site.

    However if I were you, the T9500 is good enough and more financially wise. The X9000 is no doubt cool and doesn't consume much energy as the predecessors. But since you're not intending to do any overclocking I wouldn't suggest the X9000. However, you can add it and see how it goes, 2.8Ghz is quite a decent step from my T9300 with 2.5GHz. I have yet to try out this processor but well, seems quite decent! But for the price tag wise, I don't know if it's worth it. I'm still quite happy with my processor.

    Just be careful of adding an X9000 to your machine, it might break your warranty as Dell offers the T9500 as the highest default processor.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, May 26, 2008
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