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    Upgrading to the T7700/7800

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by morgan-X65, Oct 17, 2007.

  1. morgan-X65

    morgan-X65 Notebook Consultant

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    I have ordered a Samsung X65 laptop.

    It comes with a T7300 and that will suit me fine for a while, however once it is out of warranty and the T7700/7800 are going for a song how easy would it be to upgrade?
     
    morgan-X65, Oct 17, 2007
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If your chip isn't soldered to the motherboard, it shouldn't be too hard. Samsung will probably have a service manual somewhere online that gives you instructions as to how to dismantle your computer such that you can access the CPU socket.

    Though just imo, I don't think it's really worthwhile to upgrade T7300 to T7700/7800.
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 17, 2007
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    morgan-X65 Notebook Consultant

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    I thought the jump from 2.0GHz to 2.6GHz would have made a noticable improvement.
     
    morgan-X65, Oct 17, 2007
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    There will be, but a T7700 will set you back like 200-300 dollars, which I don't think is worth the extra 600MHz. But of course if you're using a lot of really CPU intensive programs, you may feel differently; just a personal opinion.
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 17, 2007
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