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    Gateway MT6730

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by nacr05, Feb 8, 2009.

  1. nacr05

    nacr05 Extreme Overclocker

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    I have a Gateway MT6730 I upgraded the hard drive to a 320 7200rpm, I upgraded the ram to 3gb's, Now I want to upgrade the cpu. It has a GL960 chipset and a T2330 cpu. My question is will a T7700 SLAF7 work for this?? If it does will I notice a big speed diffrence?? Please let me know.

    Thank you.

    Heres the specs before any upgrades:

    Feature Description
    Processor Intel® Pentium® Core 2 Duo processor T2330
    1.6 GHz | 1 MB L2 cache | 533 MHz FSB
    Chipset Intel® GL960
    Display panel 15.4-inch WXGA (1280 × 800)
    Memory 2048 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 × 1024)
    Operates at 533 MHz
    Total slots: 2 DDR2 slots | Available slots: 0 DDR2 slots
    Video controller Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
    Up to 384 MB of Dynamic Video Memory
    Webcam 1.3 Megapixel
    Audio High definition audio - 2 channel
    Hard drive 120 GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive
    Optical drive 8x Multiformat Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM
    Write maximum: 8X DVD±R, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 2X DVD-R DL, 2.4X DVD+R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 24X CD-R and 16X CD-RW discs
    Read maximum: 8X DVD-R/RW/ROM, 4X DVD±R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 24X CD-R/RW/ROM discs

    Modem Integrated V.92 56K modem
    Network 10/100 Ethernet LAN
    802.11a/b/g wireless LAN
    Memory card reader 5-in-1

    Memory Stick®
    Memory Stick Pro®
    Multimedia Card™
    Secure Digital™
    XD
    MiniSD and RS-MMC (when used with adapter that is supplied with card)

    Interfaces Four - USB 2.0 ports
    One - VGA port
    Microphone jack
    Headphone jack
    RJ-45 port
    RJ-11 port
    One - Kensington lock slot
    Power input

    Pointing device Touchpad with vertical scroll zone
    Expansion slot Expresscard™ Type 54
    Battery 6-cell Lithium-ion

    It has a socket P 478 pin too.