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    Can I up from merom to penryn?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Ranilus, Nov 27, 2008.

  1. Ranilus

    Ranilus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I have a Dell XPS m1530 with t5550 (1.83GHZ), though it handles most games and applications fine, it performs miserably when I play Mass Effect and Crysis on it...

    So I've been thinking about upgrading CPU, like the t8300 or even t9300...

    Now I've heard that all m1530s use the same motherboard/socket so I will be able to upgrade.

    However, Dell tech chat ppl told me that I can't and the best I can do is t5850.

    I'm more inclined to listen to Dell ppl...but they don't know everything either..

    So...any input will be nice and kindly appreciated!

    Thanks, and happy thanksgiving!
     
    Ranilus, Nov 27, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Penryns are supported.
     
    Andy, Nov 27, 2008
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You can use the 800MHz FSB Penryns (probably with a BIOS update), but not the 1066MHz FSB chips.
     
    Commander Wolf, Nov 27, 2008
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  4. mujjuman

    mujjuman Notebook Deity

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    Cool thanks for the info. I'm assuming this also applies to the hp dv9500
     
    mujjuman, Nov 27, 2008
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  5. Mr._Kubelwagen

    Mr._Kubelwagen More machine now than man

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    Ranilus, what video card do you have? Because that has a greater effect on performance than processor.
     
    Mr._Kubelwagen, Nov 27, 2008
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  6. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    He hopefully has the 256MB GDDR3 GeForce 8600M GT.

    And yes, the Penryn processors T8100,T8300, T9300, and T9500 are compatible. Just open the system, smear on some new thermal compound on the CPU (and the GPU if you have to remove its heatsink to get to the CPU), put it all back together and watch it work!
     
    TehSuigi, Nov 27, 2008
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  7. mujjuman

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    Thats awesome. I'm so happy now.
    Once prices for the T9300/T9500 drop, I will def upgrade.
     
    mujjuman, Nov 27, 2008
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