The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    T7100 vs T9500

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by giangpoh, Mar 13, 2008.

  1. giangpoh

    giangpoh Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Dear all,

    I would like to know the battery life for my Inspiron 1420 if I upgrade my T7100 processor to T9500. Will it be improved?

    As for T9500 and T9300, are they consume the same power? AFAIK, 35W TDP is not the actual power consumes by the processor.

    Rgds,
    giangpoh
     
    giangpoh, Mar 13, 2008
    #1
  2. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

    Reputations:
    3,179
    Messages:
    5,361
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Hmm how much is the Upgrade? i have T7100 and also interested
     
    X2P, Mar 13, 2008
    #2
  3. giangpoh

    giangpoh Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    US$450 on ebay
     
    giangpoh, Mar 13, 2008
    #3
  4. jooooeee

    jooooeee Stealth in disguise

    Reputations:
    737
    Messages:
    1,311
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Your battery life will be better I think its around 20-30% better I am not sure.
     
    jooooeee, Mar 13, 2008
    #4
  5. giangpoh

    giangpoh Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    my current T7100 runs at 1.8GHz and T9500 runs at 2.6GHz. I'm wondering the 800MHz difference will improve the battery life
     
    giangpoh, Mar 13, 2008
    #5
  6. Hawkshark

    Hawkshark Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    61
    Messages:
    277
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    30
    20%-30% is the corporate shpiel you're more likely to see something around 10-15... Giangpoh, the 1.8ghz to 2.6ghz isn't what makes the difference in battery life its the processor architecture...
     
    Hawkshark, Mar 13, 2008
    #6
  7. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    2,011
    Messages:
    2,777
    Likes Received:
    15
    Trophy Points:
    56
    There's no point forking out the extra for a T9500 over a T9300, the difference is 100MHz and the price difference runs into 3 figures of USD.

    The T9500 really really isn't worth it.
     
    moon angel, Mar 13, 2008
    #7
  8. giangpoh

    giangpoh Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Can u guys recommend where to get T9300 over the Internet? It is prefer to have international shipping. Thx
     
    giangpoh, Mar 13, 2008
    #8