Dell Inspiron E1505 - Upgrade 1.72/533Mhz T2250 to Core 2 Duo?

Hi, I just got finished purchasing a refurbished Dell Inspiron E1505 off of Dell Outlet containing a Intel Core Duo Proc T2250 (1.73GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache) and I do have some pretty intensive games and I was wondering if I would ever be able to upgrade to a Core 2 Duo 1.83 or 2.0 in the future?

 

Should be able to with a BIOS update.

 

Yep, it is possible, you only need to get your hands on a processor, some thermal paste, the manual and a screwdriver.

It will void your warranty though.

A better upgrade would be more memory, and a faster hard disk.

Upgrading the processor rarely will help performance aside from benchmark stats.

What graphics card do you have? the gma950, x1300 or x1400?

 

I have a 128MB ATI X1300, and a 120GB 5200rpm hard drive. Thanks for the info!

 

I have the same processor in my system and plan on upgrading to a T7200 (2Ghz C2D). Will up the FSB to 667Mhz, faster clock, more performance per clock.

 

So will I see a great difference from my older notebook,

a Dell Inspiron 8600, Pentium M 1.4GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB, 64MB Nvidia Geforce FX 5200, 1.28GB RAM (DDR) to a

Dell Inspiron E1505, Core Duo T2250 1.73GHz/533MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache, 128MB ATI X1300, 1GB DDR2 RAM?

 

Most definitely. What dualcore gives you is a more responsive computer. You can click harder and faster and it does a much better job keeping up.

If you are encoding audio or video, you can still use your computer. You will find yourself able to do more things in a more vigorous manner.

Pentium M is a fine chip, in fact, it is somewhat similar in performance to what a core solo would be.

The devil will find work for idle cores to do.

 

Hmm... The T2250 has a 533 MHz FSB, the Core 2 Duos have a 667 MHz FSB. If it did work, it could damage the motherboard. I wouldn't do it. If you are looking to game, I would pop in a Core Solo T1350 or a Pentium M 750/760.

 

Well there are E1505 motherboards with Core 2 Duos that periodically appear on eBay so I may just swap the motherboards when the time comes. Thanks for the response!

I have another question though, would I ever be able to upgrade the X1300 to a 256MB ATI X1400? Although the sticky above says you can't, I have looked around on the forums and also on Google and found out that it may fit and work perfectly. Is it recommended? The 128MB ATI X1300 Video Card wasn't really what I was after but I figured I was getting a good deal anyway for only $649 from Dell Outlet.

 

I dont see the logic in that.

 

The T2250 is a fast processor, I would recommend against upgrading it. Installing a Core 2 Duo will not noticeably help your gaming performance; the bottleneck in your notebook is the video card without a doubt. The Radeon X1300 is a low-powered card and a faster CPU is not going to make up for the its lack of power by a long shot.

The Intel 945 series chipset supports both FSBs, so no problem with the different processors.
Although a Core Solo is compatible (there is no reason to get one of those if you have a Duo), the Pentium M is not installable in the E1505. It uses Socket 478 while the Core (2) Duo/Solo uses Socket M.

 

Can I upgrade the X1300 to a 256MB video card in the future? I have a family member who has knowledge of opening laptops and has upgraded my older Inspiron 8600 to a Pentium M 1.4GHz and 1.28GB RAM but can a E1505 be upgraded from a X1300 to X1400 with no problem?