2920X/2960X core i7 in toshiba X775

Hi all,

I just ordered a Toshiba X775 refurbished and got a great deal on it, but it's coming with the i5 dual core. As a replacement for my current gateway FX I was thinking of upgrading it to a core i7 quad core. I saw some users had swapped in some lesser processors but I was wondering if these computers can support either the 2920X or the 2960X extreme processors? I have an X9100 in my gateway and I had to upgrade my power supply brick to be able to utilize it properly. I searched a bit but couldn't find any threads relating to this. Maybe there was a post in the owner's lounge but I didn't notice it. Has anyone done this? Will the BIOS support it?

 

I think you would be the first to try the Sandy Bridge Xtreme processors in a x775.

Here's a thread on disassembly instructions for the x775. This user also put in a 2820qm without any problems [I know, not a Xtreme Sandy Bridge].
http://forum.notebookreview.com/toshiba/651540-x775-x770-disassemble-thermal-repaste.html

Good luck and keep us posted with any results.

 

Well I guess when a decent example pops up for a good price I'll pull the trigger on one and be a guinea pig.

Right now I have plans to put in a 2720QM and I just ordered a 16GB ram upgrade thanks to the newegg specials I got the toshiba for 500$ so my goal was to either replace my gateway or flip it and have a little more cash for a better laptop. But I'm leaning towards keeping it right now. Has there been a regular issue with power supplies failing or not providing adequate power? Because that was a killer on the FX line. The standard brick was barely capable of handling the lesser dual cores, let alone the higher end ones and definitely not the X9100. Did all of the X775s come with a 180W power brick? Or just those that came with quad cores?

 

I believe all X775s come with the same power brick. Power-wise it's done vastly better than other big laptops I've seen. I have a couple of D900Ts in at the moment, the D900Ts charge best when powered off, they consume so much power that when I left it idle, at the desktop, it took it 2 hours just to get 3% of go-go in the battery.

I have an X775-3D8V2B, a higher-end one with all the bells and whistles. I'm hoping you have the same GTX 560M graphics I do... I wouldn't see a processor upgrade worth it otherwise. I'm actually certain if you don't have GTX 560M graphics, then you can simply pick up a video card and plug it in to get it. I'm almost certain OTHER graphics cards from other gaming laptops can actually work as well... but I'm not completely certain.

I have an i7-2670QM, and it's plenty of power for what I need. So you getting a 2720QM will be a very good move-16GB RAM in my opinion is a bit overkill, unless you do a lot of video editing, programming, CAD or high-level gaming. I wanted to see if the X775 could accomodate Ivy-Bridge processors, since they still use the same CPU socket, and because in my case; the Sandy-Bridge Extreme i7 would be a very marginal upgrade in power. However-even the Extreme Sandy Bridge i7s don't go for anymore than $300-$400 on ebay, which is actually decent money for the power you're getting, in contrast to the $1000 that Extreme Ivy-bridges are at the moment.

 

I wouldn't. Not in the X775 machines. They suffer temperature problems as is with the standard i7 line. Those are 45w CPUs, the 2920XM is a 55w CPU. that alone will probably be dangerous, and unnecessary. >_>

It's not like you'd see any realistic gain over the 2670QM with the 560M as your GPU...

 

Disregarding the 7200RPM Seagates, there really is no bottleneck in my computer. It's very well balanced with the GTX 560M and the i7-2670QM. I'm very happy with it.

I've also had to service my laptop twice already since I bought it... just to keep temperatures in check. It was hitting the 100C cool-off point under full-load before dusting. You almost never get turbo-boost, because the CPU just gets too hot, too fast. I attribute it to the single giant-fan design... one big fan cools both the GPU and the CPU, unlike other high-end machines where there's separate heatisnks for both the GPU and CPU. It is cheaper and more efficient, but at this spec... kind of a compromise.