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    T2050 upgrade possibilities

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by skyline'08, Jan 25, 2008.

  1. skyline'08

    skyline'08 Newbie

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    I have a Core Duo T2050, what would could it be upgraded to???if possible?
     
    skyline'08, Jan 25, 2008
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Any Socket M Core 2 Duo. Guide in sig.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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  4. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Why do you want to upgrade your CPU?

    I recommend that you consider a Ram and HDD upgrade before upgrading the CPU.
     
    Kdawgca, Jan 25, 2008
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  5. skyline'08

    skyline'08 Newbie

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    What would be better HDD upgrade?? (new to this lol)
     
    skyline'08, Jan 25, 2008
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    helps to know exactly what laptop you have and what drive you have now. Listing your complete system spec's would greatly help in getting any info on upgrades, as well as stating what you use your laptop for or what you expect from it.

    welcome to the forum.
     
    goofball, Jan 25, 2008
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  7. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    It depends what you want to do with your laptop.

    If you are looking for smoother operations/faster boot times/faster loading programs then a upgrade to a faster HDD as well as a Ram upgrade will be your best bet.

    IF you do heavy duty video encoding/rendering/photoshop/number crunching/2d CAD then you want a "Beefy" CPU as well has a HDD/ram upgrade.

    ALso, as goofball mentioned, please list the specifaction of your laptop.
     
    Kdawgca, Jan 26, 2008
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  8. skyline'08

    skyline'08 Newbie

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    Is there a simple way to find out all specs? i am not entirely sure what they are...
     
    skyline'08, Jan 27, 2008
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    skyline'08 Newbie

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    p.s. generally looking for faster boot times and loading..
     
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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Hi.

    I upgraded to T2050 go figure?

    regards

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Jan 27, 2008
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  11. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Look under the Computer information/Benchmarking section in the Best free software for windows(Use CPU-Z/Everest/PC wizard)

    Also make sure you list your laptop model.
     
    Kdawgca, Jan 27, 2008
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    skyline'08 Newbie

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    I didn't use the website you gave, but managed to find out some things anyway...Processor
    Processor: Intel Core Duo T2050 / 1.6 GHz

    Multi-Core Technology: Dual-Core

    Data Bus Speed: 533 MHz

    Cache memory
    Type: L2 Cache

    Installed Size: 2 MB

    Ram
    Installed Size: 1 GB / 2 GB (max)

    Technology: DDR II SDRAM

    Form Factor: SO DIMM 200-pin

    Configuration Features: 2 x 512 MB

    Storage controller
    Type: Serial ATA

    Storage
    Hard Drive: 120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm

    Optical storage
    Type: DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM

    ....
     
    skyline'08, Jan 27, 2008
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  13. goofball

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    Unfortunately, that info does not provide much.
    Use CPU-Z and provide the info on the mainboard tab.
     
    goofball, Jan 27, 2008
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