Hey folks,
Just for info, I yesterday fitted a T7400 Merom CPU (Core 2 Duo for mobile) into my HP Pavillion DV8000 series (DV8333) which originally had a T2300 Yonah CPU (Core Duo).
Very straightforward -if you can call stripping any modern laptop down to the screws, then having 3 orphaned screws when you put it all back together
Runs every bit as fast as the system benchmarks suggest for this CPU, which only costs me about 160 GB Pounds at this time (July 2007), so is a cheap upgrade. 3D apps (Vue, Bryce) are way faster as you'd expect -which was my reason for upgrade. Generally feels much more fluid and quicker using Windoze. Best bang-for-buck upgrade I ever saw
The Merom I used had the 667MHz bus -crucial point.
For info, I know CPU upgrades are a popular topic.
Just for info, I yesterday fitted a T7400 Merom CPU (Core 2 Duo for mobile) into my HP Pavillion DV8000 series (DV8333) which originally had a T2300 Yonah CPU (Core Duo).
Very straightforward -if you can call stripping any modern laptop down to the screws, then having 3 orphaned screws when you put it all back together
Runs every bit as fast as the system benchmarks suggest for this CPU, which only costs me about 160 GB Pounds at this time (July 2007), so is a cheap upgrade. 3D apps (Vue, Bryce) are way faster as you'd expect -which was my reason for upgrade. Generally feels much more fluid and quicker using Windoze. Best bang-for-buck upgrade I ever saw
The Merom I used had the 667MHz bus -crucial point.
For info, I know CPU upgrades are a popular topic.
Now I have a question for you: Since the C2D CPU supports EM64T instructions, can I install Windows 7 x64 on my laptop? And more importante, can I install more than 2 Gb RAM? I have this question because I saw the laptop specifications and it says that the Maximum Memory is 2 Gb, but I dunno if it's was a CPU or a Motherboard limitation.
