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    Another 1720 processor question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by kalelINspironKing, Apr 9, 2009.

  1. kalelINspironKing

    kalelINspironKing Notebook Enthusiast

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    what is the best processor not named Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile X9000 2.8GHz 6MB and is it overclockable in the 1720?

    Also are any of the t9550, t9600, or t9800 compatible with the 1720?
     
    kalelINspironKing, Apr 9, 2009
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  2. Bartlett

    Bartlett The Prophet

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    The t9550, t9600, and t9800 won't be compatible because they all have a 1066mhz fsb.

    the best compatible cpu's will be

    t8300 2.4ghz
    t9300 2.5ghz
    t9500 2.6ghz

    all have 800mhz fsb's like the 2.2ghz t7500.
     
    Bartlett, Apr 9, 2009
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    weirdo81622 Notebook Evangelist

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    None of them, even the X9000 Extreme, are overclockable in the 1720.
     
    weirdo81622, Apr 9, 2009
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    Dude and weirdo are correct. You have a 965 chipset, same one as my Studio 1535, which means you are limited to 667MHz and 800MHz FSB processors. Excluding the X9000 Core 2 Extreme, your best options, as Dude55 said, are the T8300, T9300, and T9500.

    I recently upgraded from the T5750 (2.0GHz/667MHz FSB/1MB L2 cache) to the T9500 (2.6GHz/800MHz FSB/6MB L2 cache), and it's been just fantastic so far.

    Unfortunately, you won't be able to overclock any of these chips. However, that's a limitation of your motherboard/BIOS, not the actual processor. Heck, the Core 2 Extreme X9000 was made to be overclocked. :p
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 9, 2009
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