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    Dell Studio 1537 CPU Compatibility & RAM Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Dhulan, Jul 22, 2014.

  1. Dhulan

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    Salutations Everyone,

    I just managed to get a hand me down Studio 1535 and upgraded it to a 1537 mobo and was wondering what you all thought about CPUs and RAM.. I want a 3GHz CPU and found the Intel Core 2 Duo E8435 @ 3.06GHz with a lovely 6M cache on Ebay.. Will it fit in this old thing?? And what do we do about RAM? This new board can do 8GB of ram and I want to go whole hog... so it will be capable of even gaming and things like SL when I'm away from the house... and so it can at least TRYYYYYY to keep up with my 8-core super-wonder beast of a tower. * chuckles *

    It has a POS T5350 it it atm with only 3GB of PC5300 RAM.. the mobo model number is a 0P173H A11. How do I determine if it is a GS45 or a GM45 chipset? I've been digging, but that info currently eludes me..

    TIA and Namaste...

    Dhulan
     
    Dhulan, Jul 22, 2014
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The Studio 1537 motherboard should probably have a PM45 chipset. The E8435 is from a set of mobile form factor CPUs designed for iMacs... they will physically fit in the 1537, but they may not actually work. If they do, they may melt your computer or do other bad things because the rated TDPs are 55W. I would not recommend getting one.

    Try for a T9800 or T9900, which are practically the same thing with a conventional mobile TDP.

    As for the RAM, I think the official limit is 4GB, even though the chipset supports 8... in practice 8 will probably work, but a quick Google search couldn't confirm that anyone had done it successfully yet.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 25, 2014
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  3. Dhulan

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    I discovered it is a GM45 chipset after deeper researching.. Too bad the T9900 is a bit more expensive, but as the old saying goes, " you get what you pay for " now about RAM.. suggestions? The max speed I have found is 800MHz.. the 1066 seems to be all DDR3 and this board is DDR2 only.. I might have to go with the T9800 for now.. Which would be acceptable, and is 20USD less. 8GBs of rAM of what I have found so far has been running as much as 144USD, and yes.. Definitely don't want to melt the board - heh..
     
    Dhulan, Jul 29, 2014
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    800MHz DDR2 is probably the best bet. They did make 1066MHz DDR2 SODIMMs, but they are rare, and probably won't even run at 1066MHz.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 31, 2014
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  5. Dhulan

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    Ok.. Thank you very much.. I'll give it a shot..

    Namaste...

    D.
     
    Dhulan, Aug 5, 2014
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