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    T7300 vs T7700? Any reason to upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Alemaker, Oct 13, 2007.

  1. Alemaker

    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,
    Have the intel T7300 in my 1520. Am wondering if I'd see a noticeable performance increase if I go from the T7300 to the T7700, or is that just wasting $$$?
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    Alemaker, Oct 13, 2007
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  2. Charr

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    I would recommend saving your money at this point, it would help much with most programs. From scratch it would be a nice option, but not at this point.
     
    Charr, Oct 13, 2007
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    Only if you do heavy movie encoding you will see a difference.
     
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  4. Alemaker

    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    Umm,
    a typo? are you saying it would help alot or won't? not trying to be rude, just think maybe you meant to say "wouldn't"?
     
    Alemaker, Oct 13, 2007
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  5. jb1007

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    Stick with the T7300... Intel recently announced a new processor lineup for 2008 which you should be able to pop in your laptop at that time. At this point in time if you're asking the question, you don't need the power - save the money.
     
    jb1007, Oct 13, 2007
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    Yes he is saying it would only show a difference in CPU intensive applications such as video encoding. It will not be noticable in most applications as the CPU will not be the bottleneck. I do not think it is worth it. In a couple of years if more CPU power is needed then what is available then may be much better.
     
    powerpack, Oct 13, 2007
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    How do you replace a processor? If you're very knowledgeable about it I suppose you could try it but the difference in performance is not huge, but it is noticeable. Intel just came out with the T7800 processor...I believe its a 2.6GHz processor....but to me to upgrade from T7300 to T7700 would be a waste of money now...you should configure that specification before purchasing the computer.
     
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  8. Alemaker

    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    O.K.
    Consensus wins!!!! Thx everyone, I don't do heavy duty vid stuff, so pretty much I'm good to go for now is what everyone's saying.
    Thx again for clarifying this.

    :smile:
     
    Alemaker, Oct 13, 2007
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    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    I meant wouldn't, sorry about that.
     
    Charr, Oct 13, 2007
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  11. K-TRON

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

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    What processor did you upgrade your E1505 to?

    I have a T5300 @1.73GHz, 533MHz FSB in my Dell E1505.

    What was your original processor, and what did you do with it?

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 13, 2007
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  12. Alemaker

    Alemaker Notebook Consultant

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    np-chk ur rep points
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    Alemaker, Oct 13, 2007
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    My original e1505 cpu was a CoreDuo T2500 and bumped up to the T7200 Core2Duo, not a speed diff,but wanted 64bit and the T2500 didn't support 64bit.
    Sold the T2500 on e-Bay
    :smile:
     
    Alemaker, Oct 13, 2007
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    my T7300 can't play 1080 movies on mplayer, but my T7700 can. That's a rough measure of the power disparity.
     
    denizenx, Oct 11, 2008
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  15. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    This thead is more than a year old....

    Please do not bring back dead threads.

    Thread closed.
     
    Patrick, Oct 11, 2008
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