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    Should I upgrade CPU on my lappy or save it

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ps2cho, Jun 8, 2009.

  1. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    My warranty is up in 2 weeks so keep that in mind.

    I currently have the 1.5GHZ T5250 in my Inspiron 1520 /w 8600M GT. Should I go grab a T7200/T7400 or something?

    Think the extra speed will be significantly noticeable?
     
    ps2cho, Jun 8, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Depends on what you usually run on your computer.
     
    namaiki, Jun 8, 2009
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    Precisely. If all you do is run office programs and browse the internet, then no, you will probably not see any difference with a processor upgrade.

    If you do intense processing like huge volumes of number crunching, distributing computing projects (Folding@home, etc.), gaming, or video/audio encoding and editing, then you may benefit from a more powerful processor.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 8, 2009
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  4. daniel6767

    daniel6767 Newbie

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    what are you doing with your notebook,i think 1.5G is enough for most people
     
    daniel6767, Jun 8, 2009
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    If your cpu load is hitting 90-100% on daily usage, a processor upgrade will be beneficial.
    I upgraded from a T5300 to a T7400 and my overall rendering performance with V-RAY and 3DSMAX was much better.

    The only problem I see is that the T5250 is a socket P processor and a T7200/T7400 is a socket M processor.
    Installing a socket M processor in a socket P laptop will not work.

    I know for a fact the 1520 you have, supports the T7500, T8100, T8300, T9300, T9500 processors


    K-TRON
     
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  6. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    90% of the time I just browse, but I do take the laptop to peoples houses to LAN playing World in Conflict, DotA and a few others. Would the 8600M GT benefit from the faster processor? Think it gets bottlenecked at all? Any benchmarks comparing the 1.5 to 2.0+?? Just curious.

    Yes the Dell 1520 supports all T7xxx and T8xxx processors.
     
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  7. RainMotorsports

    RainMotorsports Formerly ClutchX2

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    World in Conflict is CPU intensive, overclocking the cpu on myne (with the P7450) gave a good boost in framerates. I have a 9800M GS overclocked to GTS speeds.
     
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  8. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    A processor upgrade will help a little, but the bottleneck is your graphics card. The 8600mGT is a medium range graphics card, so expect medium graphics.

    You can tell what the bottleneck is by leaving task manager open when playing a game. If the processor is running at 100% load while gaming, the processor is the bottleneck. Thus a processor upgrade will increase your gaming experience.

    If the processor is running say 80% load and lower than the bottleneck is the graphics card. Thus a processor upgrade will not increase your gaming performance.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jun 10, 2009
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  9. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    I would get a t8100/t8300 i upgraded from a t5250 to a t8300 and noticed a world of a diffrence in everything. Too bad the t8300 had a problem and i had to remove it shortly after.
     
    Tippey764, Jun 10, 2009
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  10. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    I agree the T8300 Penryn would be a solid upgrade from your current lower line Merom chip.
     
    flipfire, Jun 11, 2009
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  11. TehSuigi

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    Thirding the motion for a T8300 - it is one slick little CPU (upgraded from T5550).
     
    TehSuigi, Jun 11, 2009
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