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    Upgrade T7300 to T9300 on 8710w - DONE!!!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by suland, Mar 8, 2008.

  1. suland

    suland Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all. I have just upgraded my 8710w processor from T7300 to T9300. All the procedure took about 15 minutes as the processor located just behind the keyboard and it did not took long to remove all the heatsinks. I have used Arctic Silver 5 paste.
    The performance of the laptop grew drastically. Now all the soft opens in a moment. Graphics improved a lot too.

    Highly recommended upgrade.

    I will update with the 3DMark and PCMark soon to compare.

    Any questions welcome!
     
    suland, Mar 8, 2008
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  2. zorkmta

    zorkmta Notebook Enthusiast

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    ohh.. great, waiting Bechmark and comparation.
     
    zorkmta, Mar 8, 2008
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  3. Arki

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    I have the T7300 so this is excellent news. Thank you!
     
    Arki, Mar 8, 2008
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    WTG! i got a few more upgrades for ya.... so stay tuned.... LOL
     
    Johnksss, Mar 8, 2008
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  5. suland

    suland Notebook Evangelist

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    3DMark05 and 3DMark06 tests for T9300 are here. Bottom ones are for the T7300.
     

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    What were the 3dmark tests before you upgraded? I don't expect much of a change with 3dmark though, more so on the pcmark05.
     
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  7. suland

    suland Notebook Evangelist

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    Updated my previous post. Here is PCMark05 for T9300:
     

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  8. jerry66

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    wow ! what an upgrade ! doubled the numbers . i know the next upgrade for my 8510-p !
     
    jerry66, Mar 8, 2008
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  9. optomos

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    Nice work. How much did you pay for the T9300?
     
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  10. suland

    suland Notebook Evangelist

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    Thank you. I have paid $340 shipped for T9300 and $10 shipped for Arctic Silver 5.
     
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  11. suland

    suland Notebook Evangelist

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    Here are temperatures after upgrade.

    Idle:
     

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  12. garetjax

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    Where did you purchase your T9300 at?
     
    garetjax, Mar 9, 2008
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  13. suland

    suland Notebook Evangelist

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    costcentral ;)
     
    suland, Mar 9, 2008
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  14. justinluck

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    What is the temperature reading for the T7300?
     
    justinluck, Mar 10, 2008
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  15. SL2

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    Exactly which number doubled?

    3D5: 5.1 % higher
    3D6: 1.3 % higher
    PC5: ?
     
    SL2, Mar 10, 2008
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  16. radopod

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    That is one peaceful and cold processor! :)
     
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  17. suland

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    The temperature reading for the T7300 was at least 10-12C more.

    In stress T9300 does not come higher than 61C.
     
    suland, Mar 10, 2008
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  18. BLACKMAMBA123

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    can u write a step by step guide of ur upgrading?? coz im also interesting in upgrading frm my T7250 to T9300
     
    BLACKMAMBA123, Mar 11, 2008
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  19. Leo7

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    Just to add my experience with the T9300 and T5450 in terms of temperature.

    At idle the T5450 was at 46 C, while the T9300 stayed at 33 C.
     
    Leo7, Mar 11, 2008
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  20. chapmanenskog

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    did I miss something? all the 3Dmarks screen captures posted was for cpu running at ~2500 Mhz. I suppose that was T9300. Can I see the figures for t7300? Thanks a lot
     
    chapmanenskog, Mar 13, 2008
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  21. Benoot

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    Hello!

    I've got an acer aspire 5930G with a T7300 ( 4 gig RAM ) I've read what you said about the positive effect on the preformance and graphics
    I'm also thinking about the T9300 for my laptop. Do you think that I would be a good choise for me or not?

    Thanks for your help !!

    greatz

    ps: sorry for my bad english, I'm for Belgium :) :D
     
    Benoot, Nov 26, 2008
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  22. S_P_Q_R

    S_P_Q_R Notebook Evangelist

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    Wouldn't this do the same thing. Because I went from a T7500 to the T9300 and used a media library service page to get over it.
     
    S_P_Q_R, Nov 26, 2008
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