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Your need of an upgrade puts you in an interesting spot, where you won't get much improvement even if you attempt to max out your current platform. I made a poll and I would appreciate your response about the best possible CPU upgrade for my Dell. Since X9100 is a 44W CPU (compared to my current 25W P8700), I'm sure that I will have to buy a 130W power supply adapter and probably update a BIOS. The problem is that T9900 is more expensive than its older overclockable brother X9100. I saw someone who managed to upgrade from C2D P8600 to C2D T9800 on a Dell laptop (I don't know which model), what means that C2D T9900 should work without any problems on Dell's with PM45 MOBO. Is such upgrade even possible on my laptop? Therefore, I was thinking about Core 2 Extreme X9100. I'm not sure whether Core 2 Quad will work on my Dell. I planned to go with Intel QX9300, but some folks who tried such upgrade (from Core 2 Duo to Core 2 Quad) on other laptops were not successful even after the BIOS update, despite Intel PM45 motherboard lists support for this CPU. ➤ What bothers me is the best possible CPU upgrade without replacing the motherboard. SSD is currently out of the question, since I need minimum 480 GB capacity and I plan to spend no more than 550 kn (77 $) for that piece of hardware.
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DELL AIO 948 POWER BRICK INSTALL
I plan to install 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1066 RAM, 1TB HGST Travelstar 7K1000 HDD and a more powerful CPU. It's used as a backup computer, mainly for internet, MS office, and occasional image and video edit.Ĭurrently it has Intel Core 2 Duo P8700, HD4670 1GB, 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3-1066 RAM, 320GB WD Black HDD. It's not a high priority, but I like this laptop because it is a rare model with backlit Croatian keyboard. In a few months I plan to upgrade my old Dell laptop.