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    Upgrade Dell Inspiron 1525 to t8300

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dkarus, Mar 11, 2008.

  1. dkarus

    dkarus Newbie

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    I'd like the new penryn on my next purchase, but Dell doesn't yet offer it on the inspiron 1525, so I'm thinking of upgrading to the t8300 as soon as I get it.

    There's no question that it should work if I were upgrading from say, a t7250, with a FSB of 800. But, since I'm planning on ripping out the processor as soon as I get it, I'm thinking of buying the cheapest offering, a celeron 540, which has a FSB of 533. Now, on Intel's page, it notes that the 965GM has a 533 and 800MHz speed.

    I confirmed with dell support that the 1525 configured with celeron has a 965GM chipset, but they were not too helpful in confirming with me that the FSB on that offering is limited by the chipset rather than the processor itself.

    Anyway, I guess the question is, if I buy a celeron 540 configured 1525, will the FSB of the motherboard be 533 or 800?
     
    dkarus, Mar 11, 2008
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  2. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    A GM965 (letters go in front of the #'s with this chipset family) will adjust FSB based on CPU, so you will be fine.
     
    powerpack, Mar 11, 2008
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  3. stormwatch

    stormwatch Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is possible to put a C2D T7200 in this model?
     
    stormwatch, Apr 2, 2008
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    no, you cannot put a T7200 in your system.
    If your system has a spcket P processor, (aka a 7250, T7100, T7300, T7500, T7700, T7800, T8100, T8300, and so forth) you cannot put a socket M T7200 in there.
    They are different sockets.

    If you have a T7200 and want to sell it to afford a new cpu, PM Me I am interested in the processor.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 2, 2008
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    stormwatch Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the help. I dont have this processor, I'm interested to buy a Inspiron 1525 with a Celeron processor and put it, because a friend is selling it with a good price.
    Here in Brazil the price of Inspiron with a C2D is very high.

    Regards.
     
    stormwatch, Apr 2, 2008
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