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    Upgrading my CPU

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nyholm91, Feb 19, 2009.

  1. nyholm91

    nyholm91 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, i'm new to this forum

    I was wondering, if i can change my CPU on my laptop? It's a Toshiba Qosmio F30-130

    I found a T7500 processor a website, here in Denmark for $170, and i thougt that was cheap

    But does it fit for my laptop

    Is there a list of CPU's that supportet by my laptop or chipset?

    Please help
     

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    iNoob.x Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry to disappoint you, but it won't work.
     
  3. F!nn

    F!nn Notebook Consultant

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    Hey there, well you need to find a processor with the same socket in this case (socket 479 mPGA)

    maybe order it from the states online?
     
  4. K-TRON

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

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    The T2300 is a socket M Processor
    The T7500 is a socket P processor.
    You cannot upgrade to a cpu which has a different socket.
    You can upgrade your cpu though

    You can upgrade to any of these cpu's
    T2500, T2600, T2700, T5200, T5300, T5500, T5600, T7200, T7400, T7600

    K-TRON
     
  5. nyholm91

    nyholm91 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The T7200 cost about $460 and the others are a little cheaper but not so powerfull and i cant find the T7400 and the T7600 CPU on a site? Maybe you can suggest a site from the US for me??
     
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    Hej there!

    I'll recommend sweclockers.com "marknad" on that market i found a T7600 (2.33GHz/4MB cache) for 1000SEK (~$120). It was a pure steal :D But i've seen them come up from time to time there, but not for that steal price, but somewhat reasonable. It's a swedish site, so it'll be easy for you to get it shipped to denmark.

    Otherwise it's ebay that you should look at, i found out that a T7600 would cost $230-250 with shipping to sweden, so should be the same for denmark :p
     
  7. nyholm91

    nyholm91 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks Michel.K, i'll try it ;)
     
  8. Apsilon

    Apsilon Notebook Enthusiast

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    Go on Ebay mate. I just upgraded my T7250 CPU for a C2D T9300 2.5ghz CPU for £80 inc from Ebay, which i thought was a bargain.
     
  9. K-TRON

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

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    socket P chips are much cheaper than the socket M processors.
    Finding a T7200, T7400, T7600 may take a year to find.
    It took me a little more than a year to get my hands on a T7400, and it ended up costing me around $140

    K-TRON