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    e1505 upgradability

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by silenceevolves, Apr 12, 2006.

  1. silenceevolves

    silenceevolves Notebook Enthusiast

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    How upgradeable are the Inspirion e1505's? I just purchased one with a 1.66 core duo processor, 2 gb of ram and a 256 mb radeon x1400 and may want to upgrade the sound card and maybe the video card and processor down the road. Are all these possible in this laptop, or will I run into problems if I try to upgrade it?
     
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  2. syxbit

    syxbit Notebook Evangelist

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    you don't have too many good options for the soundcard
    the best card, the Audigy2 ZS PCMCIA, as the e1505 doesn't have a PCMCIA
    your only option is either a USB, or to wait for an expressCard sound card
    you can't upgrade the video card
    you could upgrade the cpu, but it wouldn't be worth it, as the performance from 1.66 to 2.0 is 15% ish
    but the 2.0 costs over $400
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819111178
     
    syxbit, Apr 12, 2006
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