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    Lenovo U330 upgrades

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ghost_recon88, Jan 25, 2011.

  1. ghost_recon88

    ghost_recon88 Notebook Geek

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    Hey all, thinking of upgrading my U330 to get some more life out of it. Right now it has a P7350, 4GB DDR3, and a 5400RPM hard drive. First thing I think I want to put in is a SSD, my question regarding that is whether my P7350 will "bottleneck" my SSD? Also, will some of the newer SSD be bottlenecked on the SATA bus on the GM45 chipset? Is it even worth spending some $250 to put in a P9600 and SSD? I don't really game on the laptop, but if I take the money I could get from selling it, and combine it with the $250, maybe I could get into a better laptop with a graphics card better than the HD 3450?
     
    ghost_recon88, Jan 25, 2011
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Unless you've got a specific need to run the CPU at or near capacity a lot, I don't see the CPU upgrade as worthwhile.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 25, 2011
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