Satellite P100-ST9752 Upgrades...

My friend bought while here in Iraq a P100-ST9752 on Ebay and he want to know if will be worth it or not make the following upgrades: The specs he have are the follows.

Processor Type * : Core™2 Duo Processor Number * : T5600 Processor Speed * : 1.83GHz
Operating System **
Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (32-bit)
Memory Size *
1024MB
Display Size *
17.0" widescreen
Display Type *
WXGA+ with TruBrite® Technology
Display Resolution *
1440x900
Graphics Engine *
NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7900GTX
Graphics Memory *
512MB GDDR3
Hard Drive Size *
120GB
Hard Drive Speed
5400rpm


Here are the upgrades he want to do when we get back to the states:

Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 Merom 2.0GHz Socket M Processor Model BX80537T7200 - Retail $296.00

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Notebook Memory Model VS1GSDS667D2 - Retail:$29.99
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Notebook Memory Model VS2GSDS667D2 - Retail:$92.99
For make 3 GB that is the top the Vista Ultimate 32Bits recognize

Hitachi / TravelStar 7K200 / 200GB / 7200 / 16MB / 2.5" Mobile / SATA-150 / Hard Drive:$189.99

Well thats it, he is so happy because it runs all he's game on high settings with no problems. He don't care about the money but on the other hand he don't want to put something in the laptop the don't going to make a difference. He bought the laptop on Ebay 2 months ago for $1,200.00 refurbished with a 90 day warranty, by the time we get back the warranty will be expire thats why he don't care too much. Me I still waiting for buy a laptop but I'm thinking on the X205 SLI 3 or S9359. Well any help will be appreciate.

 

RAM very good Idea, HDD will be faster but how much effect real world depends on what applications, gaming only going to improve load times will not improve gameplay. But upgrading HDD is a nice upgrade overall.

CPU, this is the one that likely will show the least difference and the highest cost, will not improve most game play. Will only show real world difference in certain CPU intensive applications. The current CPU is unlikely to be the "bottleneck" in almost any application so upgrading may show no improvement.

RAM-Definitely
HDD-Good idea if you want to.
CPU-I wouldn't just not worth it, but if money no object it won't hurt and could help with some things.

 

So I should recommend him do only the HDD and the RAM, so the CPU at 1.8GHZ is basicaly good for his use. Okay thanks...

 

Don't bother with the full 3GB. 2GB should be fine for Vista and 2GB DIMMs are disproportionately expensive compared to 1GB DIMMs.