Santa Rosa and Core2Duo T5450

Ok I ordered a Toshiba U300.

I want to know if it's considered as a Santa Rosa platform?

The system has the GM965 chipset, but has a T5450(1.67ghz, 667mhz FSB, Socket P).

I was sure the GM965 chipset was only for FSB running @ 800mhz?

If it's not Santa Rosa, does it have the Intel’s Dynamic Acceleration Technology?


And;
Can I replace the processor for a more powerful one in the future?

thanks,

 

No!..................

 

Yes, the T5450 is a budget Santa Rosa processor...Intel always has a low-end version with a slightly slower FSB as an option.

Can you replace? Yes, but rarely is it worth it. Difficult, costly, and voids the warranty. Marginal performance impact unless you use very powerful applications.

 

hmmm...well I have the T5420 1.5ghz chip @667mhz so that's even more budget than that. Would it be worth an upgrade to a t7300 @ 2ghz 800mhz fsb ? But probably wouldn't upgrade till next year or so when its cheaper....it will get cheaper won't it?

 

Greg I might be wrong but I say short of a 800Mhz FSB you are wrong! Also please quit reffering to CPU's as Santa Rosa, as that Santa Rosa is a platform not a CPU. Try using a word like compatible.
If I am wrong school me.

 

What kind of tasks do you plan to do on this notebook?

Also before even considering a CPU upgrade, make sure that you max out your ram(4GB with a 64bit OS even though its probably overkill) and a 7200rpm Hdd(maybe even a SSD hard drive if you have the budget)

 

Well, calling it a Santa Rosa processor I figured that all would understand that is the processor for the Santa Rosa chipset

 

Is overclocking even an option? If so, how can one seriously get it done (which software should I use)?

 

Wow this is old and I was wrong back then (sort of) words coming back to haunt me! Please put back where you found.

 

So according to that definition, a notebook with a 667MHz FSB processer is not using the Santa Rosa platform. The PM965 can do anything from 533MHz to 800MHz of FSB.

Not so sure about IDA. The PM965 supports IDA, but according to Wiki, only Penryns support IDA on the other end.

You can replace it with a more powerful processor in the future; you can go up to the new Penryns since you've got a PM965. The question is whether or not you actually need it.

Some software overclocking is probably possible, but while it's fine on the desktop, I honestly wouldn't play with these things on a notebook.

EDIT: Whoa there, it IS old. Didn't read the OP date XD