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Upgrading laptop RAM Dell XPS 15

I bought my Dell XPS 15 L502X laptop almost 18 months ago. It has 4GB RAM and am thinking to upgrade it. Processor: Intel 2nd Generation Core i7 2630QM According to processor specifications, it ...
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Upgrade laptop CPU from i3-330M to i5-whatever

I have a VPCCW2S1E with: CPU: i3-330M cpu Intel® NM10 Express Chipset. I'd like to upgrade it with an i5. (or anything faster!) I see my socket is either a BGA1288 or PGA988 and an i5 such as ...
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Can I upgrade my Lenovo T-520 i3 to an i7? [closed]

I have a Lenovo T-520 Core i3, with 8 GB RAM and 500GB HDD. It's not very slow as it is, but having been spoiled at work with a 128GB SSD, I would very much like to upgrade to at least 128GB SSD, but ...
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Can I upgrade the CPU and RAM in my Toshiba Satellite laptop?

I have a Toshiba Satellite C855D-S5303 laptop with the following specs: Processor: AMD E-300 APU with Radeon(tm)HD Graphics GHz RAM: 2.00 GB (1.59 GB usable) I would like to upgrade the hardware ...
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Intel or AMD CPU for Gaming when using a dedicated Graphics Card? [closed]

I'm looking to build a new gaming pc and am out of touch with the latest tech. Some background info... OS Win7 - 64bit - using single monitor when gaming - not really looking to overclock - when not ...
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With 3GBs of RAM and single core processor, what would you upgrade first? [closed]

Please help! which one is better to upgrade if i can only do one at this certain time.
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Upgrading CPU in laptop

My wife would like a laptop, and I'm looking at an HP G6, specifically, a g6t-2000. She says she only wants it for storing photos and so forth, but the techie in me would like to ensure it doesn't ...
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Can a processor upgrade cause BSOD?

I Had the following hardware setup: Phenom II X4 945 Asus M4A97 4GB DDR2 OCZ Radeon HD5850 OCZ Agility 2 120 GB Windows 7 x64 Pro Fully updated (latest drivers and windows update patches) Then I ...
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Are Intel SU2300 and SU9400 compatible? [closed]

I want to replace the CPU in my Acer Aspire 1410-232G25i. So have two options: Replace with same SU2300 Replace with newer SU9400 So the question is: are they compatible? Motherboard is Acer ...
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Can I upgrade the processor in my laptop (Satellite L455)?

I have a Toshiba Satellite L455-S5975 which is about three years old. The processor is currently an Intel Celeron 900. Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade this to a newer one? I have heard ...
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I want to upgrade my laptop core2duo cpu, what's the best cpu I can use? [closed]

I have a samsung R510 with a core 2 duo T6400. http://ark.intel.com/products/40479/ I took it apart earlier today to clean it up inside, since it has been overheating recently. When I got the ...
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Can I upgrade the CPU in my Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop?

I've got an Intel Core Duo T2300 in my laptop (Lenovo 3000 N100, 0768-49G). Here is what I could find out about it: $ sudo dmidecode # dmidecode 2.11 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 42 structures occupying 1436 ...
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Why did my computer's performance not improve after a CPU upgrade? [closed]

My hardware is as follows: Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) ...
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Is it possible to upgrade a notebook with a i3 380um to an i5 430m processor?

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 11 0328CTO (intel HM55 chipset) that came with a i3 380UM, which is a low power 11W processor. I wonder if i can upgrade that to a i5 430M, which is the same socket, but ...
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Upgrading a i5-3210M to an intel i7-3610QM? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: i5-3210M to an intel i7-3610QM? If i want to upgrade my processor in my laptop from a i5-3210M to an i7-3610QM what else, if anything would i need to change? They both ...
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i5-3210M to an intel i7-3610QM?

If i want to upgrade my processor in my laptop from a i5-3210M to an i7-3610QM what else, if anything would i need to change? They both have the same sockets, I"m thinking i might need to upgrade the ...
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Can I upgrade my laptop CPU

I have Lenovo Ideapad Y510 with dual core 1.6 Ghz processor, 1GB ram, 160GB HDD. I want to upgrade my current cpu with any latest one like i3, i5 or i7 to get more speed but don't know if it is ...
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In terms of performance, which processor is more suitable? [closed]

My computer specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate CPU Socket: LGA775 CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4300 (2M Cache, 1.80 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) After I bought new ...
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Intel T5600 to upgrade T5250

I want to upgrade my laptop which has T5250 CPU with a T5600 CPU to support virtualization. I ordered T5600 on ebay, but it didn't fit. It says T5250 supports PPGA478 socket, so I assume that is what ...
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Should I upgrade my RAM on my iMac 27"? [closed]

I have an iMac 27", with an intel core i5 3.1 Ghz quad core processor and 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM. It runs on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3. I am currently hosting a minecraft server to which I allocated 1 GB ...
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Changing the processor on Toshiba R500 Portege?

This is my first post here. I am looking to fix my old Toshiba Portege R500 laptop. It fell in the water a while ago so I bought a new one. To my surprise, it still works, though it has a cracked ...
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Why have I had to disable Enhanced Halt State (C1E) for my new CPU?

So, I've just upgraded my PC's CPU and RAM from an AMD Phenom X4 9600 with 2×2GiB DDR2-800 to an AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (the 95 version, HDT55TWFK6DGR) with 2×4GiB DDR3-1333. The system worked - I'm ...
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CPU is changing fan speed to maximum [closed]

I have Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (21 x 133) 478 socket processor and Hewlett-Packard HP d530 SFF motherboard, and a noisy CPU fan. In BIOS fan speed on idle is set 2/4 (50C-65C) because my motherboard ...
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To which CPUs can I upgrade my Dell XPS M1330 laptop? [closed]

I've got a Dell XPS M1330 laptop which is already a couple of years old. I've already upgraded to 8GB of RAM and a SDD. Since I do all my development work (under Ubuntu) on this machine, I'd like to ...
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Upgrade to a processor not on supported CPU-s list

I'm about to upgrade a processor for my 4 years old system (Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2, single core Athlon 64 3800+ 2,4GHz 90nm) to triple core AMD Athlon II x3 455 AM3 3,3GHz. But this processor is not on ...
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Gateway laptop module bay light repeating 12 flashes - what error is that?

I have a Gateway M465-E laptop currently running fine with a T2300E Core Duo installed. I wanted to upgrade it to a Core 2 Duo. My brother has the same model laptop and that took a Core 2 Duo ...
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Can you upgrade a C-50 APU to an E-350 on an Aspire Laptop?

I bought an overpriced laptop with a C-50 processor, here in mexico is like buying a netbook for 550 dollars in the outfit of a laptop. I was wondering if I could upgrade its cpu and change it for ...
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Processor compatibility and motherboards

I have a Intel DG965WH motherboard. I am looking to upgrade my processor. I've checked the "Supported Processor" list, and I've checked the compatibility tool. I'm still a bit confused because the ...
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Compatible CPU models?

I have a relatively old computer that I just upgraded the RAM in, and I am thinking of upgrading the CPU. I was wondering if CPU models have to be compatible to your motherboard and whatnot besides ...
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Upgrade restrictions on Lenovo desktop

I have a Lenovo Thinkcentre Model 8811DEU. It has 4 DDR memory slots and 'Core 2 Duo 6400' cpu. The clock rate is 2.16Ghz. I would like to upgrade the CPU to quad core and a faster clock. We tried ...
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What is the fastest CPU my laptop can support?

I have a Dell Latitude D830 laptop and would like to speed up compile times on it. I have confirmed that it is, indeed, the processor time that is the bottleneck. How can I tell what processors are ...
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AM2+ CPU on AM2 Motherboard?

I want to perform a cheap CPU upgrade on an old Socket AM2 motherboard. I currently have an Athlon 64 X2, and want to upgrade to a quad-core AMD Phenom. IIUC, Socket AM2+ CPUs are backwards ...
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Can I upgrade the CPU without reinstalling my Xen/Ubuntu system?

I built myself a computer a couple of years ago and run it now with Ubuntu 9.04 under Xen 3.0. I'm not a hardware expert by any means, but I managed to make it all work. However, due to the lack of ...
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Is it worth upgrading a Q6600 4gb ddr2 to an i7 920 12gb ddr3 for $500?

I used to frequent madonion (now called futuremark these days) but the StackExchange community has been so helpful with my web development questions, I thought I'd give the superuser-section a try in ...
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Best Processor for MediaSmart Server? [closed]

I'm trying to figure out what the best possible processor is that I can stick in my HP MediaSmart server. I'm clueless when it comes to correlating CPUs to motherboards. I suspect it's the socket type ...
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Upgrade RAM or CPU [closed]

I have an IBM X31 with 1GB of RAM and a 1.4GHz proccessor running Windows 7 Home premium. Which would be more worthwhile to upgrade, the RAM to 2GB or the processor to a max of maybe 2GHz? Thanx in ...
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Upgrading processor IBM x31

I have an IBM X31 notebook that is running windows 7 home premium. Its current specs are a 1.4GHz intel pentium processor with 1GB of RAM. Is it possible to upgrade the processor in it and if so how ...
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Can I upgrade the CPU in my Lenovo laptop?

I want to replace my Lenovo laptop 3000 N500 CPU to one of these: AMD Athlon 64, revision D or later AMD Opteron, revision E or later AMD Turion 64, revision E or later AMD Sempron, 64-bit-capable, ...
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Is it possible to upgrade my laptop processor to an i3 or i5?

I am using an Old Acer Aspire 3683 laptop and my Operating system is Fedora 13. My laptop configurations are as follows: Intel celeron M processor 430 (1.73 GHz, 533MHz, 1MB, L2 cache) Mobile Intel ...
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CPU/RAM 'swapping'

There are two machines in my household: A Dell Dimension 9200 running Ubuntu 10.10, with 4GB (4x1GB) of RAM and a Intel Core 2 E6600 CPU. A Dell Dimension 5150 running Windows XP, with 1GB (2x256MB, ...
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Upgrade motherboard and CPU without reinstall

I have a home server running Ubuntu 10.04. I want to replace the motherboard and CPU without reinstalling the OS. I read a long time ago that this would sort of work on Windows XP, but with stability ...
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Dell PowerEdge 850 CPU upgrade to Pentium 4 E5400 not working

I bought a new dual-core Pentium 4 CPU (E5400) for my PowerEdge 850 (800Mhz FSB), and it's not even going through the POST. What am I missing? I updated the BIOS to the latest version (A04), and no ...
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Upgrade processor in Dell Inspiron E1705

I'm looking to upgrade the processor in my older Dell Inspiron E1705. The laptop is currently running an Intel T2400 @ 1.83GHZ. First, is this something that is even possible to do? Second, what ...
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Upgrading laptop processor

I have a Dell Studio 17. It's a few years old, and I wanted to upgrade the processor. It currently has an Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 @ 2.00GHz My question is how can I find out which processors are ...
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Is a 2006 Mac Mini’s processor upgradeable to a Core 2 Duo?

I have a Mac Mini with Core Solo 1.5GHz, 512mb RAM, 60gb HDD, etc... I know, it's very old but since it's lying around here, I wanted to bump it up for general usage and some experimental iPhone ...
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Recommended CPU upgrade for Dell Vostro 220 with Intel E7300 processor?

I've got a Dell Vostro 220 with an E7300 processor (Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66Mhz, LGA775 socket) and I'm thinking about upgrading my processor so I can run Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V, which ...
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Does one need to have a compatible CPU to access BIOS?

Suppose that a motherboard doesn't ship with a BIOS that supports your CPU. Can you still get into BIOS and flash it without the correct CPU? For example, does it automatically downgrade from 6-core ...
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What's the highest performance Socket 478 processor at 133MHz FSB?

Looking to upgrade an older box that has an Asus P4S8X-MX mobo.
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If my old desktop PC has a pentium D CPU in it now, can I be pretty certain a core 2 duo E7500 will work in it?

If my old desktop PC has a Pentium D CPU in it now, can a be pretty certain a core 2 duo E7500 will work in it? It used to be same socket (both are socket 775 I'm told) means they're compatible; I'm ...
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Replaceing/upgradeing a Motherboard/CPU

So now that my computer is 4 years old I think its time to upgrade. I have replaced the video card, and upped the ram, but also want to increase my processor. I have an HP Media Center m7248n with a ...

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