Uprading a T7700 to T9600

I have a ThinkPad T61p with a T7700 cpu (Merom, 65nm, 800MHz FSB, 4MB L2 cache). I'd like to upgrade it to a T9600 cpu (Penryn, 45nm, 1066Mhz FSB, 6MB L2 cache).

They are both Socket P, so it will fit in, but will it work? I'm hoping it'll work with the only downside being the lower FSB of the board slowing the cpu down. If that's the only problem I can live with that.

So, what do you think?

 

I dont think it will because of the FSB. If that speed isnt supported, then it will simply not work.

 

will not work the p965 chipset only supports up to 800mghz fsb

 

So, what's the maximum upgrade I can get, a T9500?

 

Likely something like that; you need a CPU that has an 800mhz FSB. I believe the 800mhz FSB Penryns will work.

 

x9000 or t9600 is the max id go with a t9300
although you wont see a big change.
and only like 5-15% in cpu intensive tasks.
imo not worth the money

 

He has the T7700, but I do agree that the price compared to the performance increase is not worth money.

 

Yeah, I guess you're right, if I can't upgrade for something better than a T9500 then I probably won't. Maybe a few years later, when the Penryn's become cheap, I'll buy a T9500 just to extend my T61p's life a little bit more.

 

I went from a T7300 to a T9500 and saw a noticeable increase in program response times. To me, it was worth the expense. Just my opinion.

 

I went from T7300 to T9300 in my old Acer 5920G and I noticed a difference even in games. It definitely worth the money. The maximum you can go is T9500. The extreme version CPUs might not be supported/compatible to your laptop so I don't think you should risk it unless someone else has confirmed that it is working in your laptop. BTW, you might need to update the BIOS to do the upgrade but mklym would know better since he has the same laptop and done such an upgrade.

 

I'd agree that upgrading from a T7300 to a T9300/T9500 would make a noticable difference, but upgrading from a T7700? The actual upgrade would be a 100 Mhz increase in clock speed and 2 MB increase in L2 cache. Does it worth the money?

 

I love my T7300. It overclocks well. from 2ghz to 2.6ghz is very stable on stock volts.
I got it to 2.72 so far, my ram becomes unstable at that point.

I would agree that it is noticably faster.

I would first overclock the T7700 to see how far it can go, I'm sure it will be more than 2.6ghz.
If you need help overclocking then PM me.

 

hi guys,

i have a question to ask here.

i live on turkey and many people say that gpu and cpu can not be replaced.

is it true. i saw many people upgrading cpu's so i think cpu's can be replacable if motherboard supports it and the socket?

also is there a way to replace gpu or upgrade.i have a 8600m gs can i upgrade it? i have a pm965 motherboard.

 

It is easy to replace the CPU in most cases.

But the GPU is usually soldered to the motherboard.
you might want to check out this thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=397667&page=44

make sure to read the first post in that thread^^.

The best way to see if you can upgrade your GPU and CPU is to take apart the notebook and see if the parts are removable.

 

I do not know if the BIOS needs to be updated, as I already had the latest version [7LETC6WW (2.26)] before I did the CPU change, but it can not hurt to update before a swap.