HP Pavilion dv5 Upgrade

I have a HP Pavilion dv5-1215ee with the following specifications:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400
(2 GHz; 2MB Level 2 Cache; 800 MHz FSB)

My questions are:

1) Is my notebook capable of upgrading its processor from T6400 to T9600 (2.80 GHz; 6MB Level 2 Cache; 1066 MHz FSB)?

2) If so, then it would mean that it would be a decrease of its battery life, right?

3) And if I do upgrade, is the difference noticeable? I mean, if my RAM would still be 2GB DDR2, and if I do upgrade, is the change very noticeable?

 

1. Yes, most definitely. It was sold with that CPU.
2. No, both CPUs have same TDP in watts. So about same battery life using that one metric.
3. You would see a greater than 50% improvement in performance. A very worthwhile upgrade. You can do the math yourself by comparing benchmarks of the two CPUs. You can compare wprime, 3dmark CPU, and super PI results. Check here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html


BTW, here's a link to the PDF service manual for your DV5: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01550108.pdf

It has illustrated disassembly instructions.

Enjoy your upgrade.

 

What is the laptop used for? Boost in synthetic benchmarks doesn't always appear in real life applications as well.

Depending on usage, simply upgrading ram from 2 to 4GB may give more responsive feeling instead.

On the other hand, if that laptop is used in video editing or mp3 conversions all day long CPU upgrade is very good option.

 

Well, school projects do tell me that CPU upgrade would be much better as I do edit videos and produce much of them.

Thanks so much for all the replies.

 

If your budget allows you, get both.

With video editing you will notice alot from a better CPU, but more memory is also desireable. Since I'm guessing your running Vista, 4 GB would be recommended.