Dell xfr e6400 upgrade questions :)

Hi guys
I received a Dell xfr e6400 in trade a few days ago. First time I've ever had one of Dell's rugged laptops (I have had a lot of experience with Panasonic's Toughbook series).
I'm really liking the Dell version even if it is old as dirt now.

On to my questions

I had a problem with Windows 7 Professional not being able to receive updates of any kind so I went ahead and purchased a copy of Windows 10 professional and installed it. I swore I would stop at the upgrades there but now I'm interested in adding a solid state drive in place of the factory hard drive.
The hard drive is nestled in a caddy of course and I'm wondering what size of solid state drive will fit this caddy?? Ive seen both 2.5" & 1.8" so I'm a bit confused. Maybe there is a plastic spacer that will accommodate one or the other? I suppose I can use a SATA 1, 2
or 3 (I just won't get the higher speeds of say a SATA 3)?

Next up,
The laptop is equipped with an core 2 duo (p8700). If I choose to update this processor I believe I can go as high as the P 9000 series but will the slight gains be worth while for casual internet browsing and so on?

Lastly,
I need a replacement rubber bumper for the bottom left of the chassis (if your looking at the front carry handle it would be on the left rear of the chassis beside the charging cover).
Looked high & low & can't find any on the web. No big deal but figured I'd ask.

Thanks for any & all help, you guys are always a lifesaver

 

1. It takes 2.5" 9.5mm hard drives or SSDs, just like the normal E6400.

2. Not really worth it IMO given P9500/P9600/P9700 all go upwards of £20 in UK, T9600 is half as cheap and gives slightly better performance than P9600 but it's a 35W TDP CPU, T9800 = P9700 with 7W more TDP and T9900 will cost you £40+.

However all of them will give at least 10% performance increase so it's your take, may be worth it if you really like this machine.

For browsing though P8700 is more than enough, hell I'm using some Pentium M / Core Duo era laptops frequently!

3. I couldn't find one either, parts for XFR are indeed hard to find so it seems like you're SOL on this.

 

Thank you so very much for the detailed reply. ☺

Ill upgrade to an SSD & leave it at that. I love technology, when the new becomes old I get to try it out for a fraction of the cost

 

Other thing to note, this is a semi rugged machine compared to the ToughBooks you are used to. Not quite full rugged, but this line does have the advantage of higher performance by comparison, so for some users a worthwhile compromise. And I think you'll like it and find it interesting comparing your two machine makes. For the record, I own both a Latitude E 5510 and a ToughBook CF 30, and both have their purpose and their niche. Both do something for me the other does not do, the ToughBook is my mobile field machine that Cerebral Palsied, spina bifida, gimpy me can't kill under no conditions. It takes my muscles with a mind of their own in stride.

 

I'm really liking this XFR so far.
It's a shame I hadn't heard about them sooner...

 

Hi

Regarding your questions
The Dell e6400 xfr take 2 diff hard drive. If you have a hard drive caddy or enclosure you need 1.8 , if you don't have the enclosure use regular 2.5. the diff is with enclosure you can pull it out as a hot swap, regular 2.5 it is hard to take out.
For the part if you need contact me . I sell mostly this type of laptop.