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    Dell Inspiron 1420 T5850, would like to ask upgrade processor

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by stingbandel, Mar 17, 2010.

  1. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    Hi, my laptop is Dell Inspiron 1420. Currently it has Intel T5750 on it. It's a merom processor.

    What is the maximum processor speed I can upgrade it to?


    It uses santa rosa and GM 965 chipset according to everest and socket P

    Can I go with T9500 penryn or maybe higher?


    Thanks in advance


    sting
     
    stingbandel, Mar 17, 2010
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  2. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Reading around (don't know if it's accurate) you can upgrade to a maximum T8300. ( Source) Again, it may be a less powerful CPU or maybe more, as the system stated is different from yours.
     
    Joel, Mar 17, 2010
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  3. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    T8300 is only 3mb cache. I was hoping to be able to get 6mb cache. so I am stuck with that only?


    thanks for the answer
     
    stingbandel, Mar 17, 2010
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  4. crayonyes

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    Yes you can have T9500. (all soket P processor with fsb 800MHz)
    you can also try X9000 but its not guaranteed to work with the Bios and the cost is too high.

    Best choice would be T8300, T9300 and T9500.
     
    crayonyes, Mar 17, 2010
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  5. Mastershroom

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    Crayonyes pretty much nails it. The T9500 is about as good as it gets, other than the Core 2 Extreme X9000, but that's 2.8GHz vs. 2.6, and you can't take advantage of the unlocked multipliers on that system anyway.
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 17, 2010
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  6. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    thank you for the answer.

    now I need to ask one more. what is x9000? is it a mobile processor? I've never heard of it.

    so based on what you say I can't use the x9000 because the multipliers are locked?


    sorry I am relatively new.

    so my current processor is .65 and it will work with the newer .45?


    thanks
     
    stingbandel, Mar 18, 2010
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  7. crayonyes

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    Yes , X9000 is mobile processor, Core 2 Extreme model, it has 800MHz fsb
    The cost is too high, I'd recommend to change the notebook instead,
    with the latest core-i processor :)
     
    crayonyes, Mar 18, 2010
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    The X9000 is an extreme mobile processor that has unlocked multipliers, which makes it capable of being overclocked. You can use it in your notebook (although it will probably run rather hot), but it would not do you much good, because you would not be able to overclock it in your notebook, and it would be very expensive. You would be better off getting a cheaper, if slightly slower, CPU, if you want to upgrade your existing machine.

    The size of the production process doesn't matter so much (65 nm to 45 m); the issue is mostly architecture, BIOS, socket, and FSB for compatibility.
     
    Judicator, Mar 18, 2010
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  9. stingbandel

    stingbandel Notebook Geek

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    ok thank you for the responses.

    I think I'm gonna go withT9500 or T9300

    thanks once again...
     
    stingbandel, Mar 18, 2010
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    T9300 is a better choice.. it is only 0.1GHz slower than T9500 and way cheaper... also remember to update the BIOS before swaping the CPU...
     
    sean473, Mar 18, 2010
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