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    CPU Upgrade From T7100

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by urbanstereo, Jan 22, 2010.

  1. urbanstereo

    urbanstereo Notebook Consultant

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    hi i am wanting to upgrade my t61 from a T7100 to something higher

    here are my main specs
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    from wat you guys see could i bump myself up to a penryn? please advise thanks!
     
    urbanstereo, Jan 22, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    only the T8xxx and T9500 (has to be with FSB of 800 mhz) would work in the T61, it would also depend on the motherboard revision number (the Penryn use digital thermoprobe, while the older CPU use an analogue, so if you don't have the right motherboard, there maybe an error during startup about the wrong thermal measuring device). The T9xxx for your Thinkpad is pretty expensive, and probably not worth the effort (you should just sell the T61 and get the T400 instead)... while, the T8xxx CPU won't give you any sigificant performance increase.
     
    lead_org, Jan 22, 2010
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    urbanstereo Notebook Consultant

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    i go to look up the planar and this is wat i get


    42W9389 0000000 MALIBU-1 EXT PLANAR-EHABW (NB8M-GS/HYNIX)


    42W3784 41W1489 PLANAR ASSEMBLY FRU YES



    no idea on this.

    i don't wanna upgrade my notebook till i'm done with college.
     
    urbanstereo, Jan 22, 2010
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  4. not.sure

    not.sure Notebook Evangelist

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    Better get a new laptop. Especially if that thing has an nvidia GPU.
     
    not.sure, Jan 22, 2010
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    urbanstereo Notebook Consultant

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    i know its better to get a new laptop but with class fees and books. i would rather not right now.
     
    urbanstereo, Jan 23, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    did you post the same message in lenovo.com forum? In Europe new thinkpads are fairly expensive. If you are going to upgrade you will have to go with the T9xxx CPU with the 800 mhz FSB, anything else is just a waste of your time and money.
     
    lead_org, Jan 23, 2010
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    lol no i didn't post in the lenovo forums.
    guess i'll start saving up for my i5 t410s :eek:

    im seeing i can get the processors that are under 200 for the t7800 and the t8300 and i do plan on giving this notebook to my brother when i'm done with it.
     
    urbanstereo, Jan 23, 2010
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    those two processors you suggested would give you a performance boost of 5 to 10% max, unless your CPU is constantly running at 100% load when you use it, you would not even notice the performance increase.

    Save your money by upgrading the ram and probably get a SSD, the bottleneck in your laptops are usually in the memory department and not the CPU.
     
    lead_org, Jan 24, 2010
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  9. urbanstereo

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    upgraded to 4gb
    changed out HDD to a scorpio black 320
    just seems like the processor could use a lil boost
     
    urbanstereo, Jan 24, 2010
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