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    T9300 + PM45 (Montevina) Compatibility

    Discussion in 'HP' started by DES_MX, Apr 30, 2009.

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    As the title says, I've got a PM45 based notebook (DV7t-2080) which currently has a T6400 (Penryn 2M, 2.0ghz, 35Watt tdp)

    The question is - will the PM45 chipset support the first generation penryn if i was to upgrade my cpu to T9300?

    Any help is welcome.
     
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    Yes, it should work as it si socket P work. Not sure exactly what clock speed it will report since Montevina Penryns use a mutliplier (bus/core ratio) of 10 - 10.5 @ 800mhz-1066mhz. Whereas Santa rosa Penryn T9300 use a multiplier of 12 @ 800mhz. BIOS may not know what to set the bus @ since it's wan't meant to be used in your notebook. If it sets it to 1066mhz, it would be overclocking the T9300. If it leaves it @ 800mhz, then it would run @ 2.5.
     
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    Well the thing is, the current T6400 in the laptop runs as well the 800Mhz FSB, since the T6400 is essentially a 800mhz fsb processor. (Rebranded P7350 i believe, with 1mb less of l2 cache). Im just really wondering on the compatibility... could have gotten the T9550 or P8700, but they are more expensive without offering anything better in essence. Got the T9300 for 215 euro, while I could have gotten the P8700 for 235eur...
     
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    P.S. If it will be overclocking the CPU @ 1066mhz fsb ill get an instantenous 3200Mhz on cpu core... which will probably instafry the system. I did order some AS5 with it ofcourse, but since the T6400 does work on 800mhz fsb, i do get the feeling that the T9300 can run 800mhz as well.
    :)

    Comments welcome, specially if someone had a relevant experience!
     
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