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Inspiron 9100 change to Northwood - which core stepping version?

post #1 of 8
4/5/10 at 2:51pm
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Hi,


I want to change my 9100's CPU to a Northwood...(want to see if it will make it a bit quieter....but which one do I get? There's so many different Core Stepping versions....Does it have to be a 3.0C? or will any work?

Can it be a D version - loads on Ebay?

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J.
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post #2 of 8
4/5/10 at 4:03pm
Can you provide us with your current model chipset and cpu?

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post #3 of 8
4/5/10 at 4:35pm
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It's a Prescott 3.0E 3GHz Pentium 4 HT, 478.

Intel 865 Chipset.

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post #4 of 8
4/5/10 at 5:24pm
Your best bet is to match 3.xE to 3.xC

In your case you probably can go up to 3.4C Northwood. I am not sure if that (Northwood) would make it run quieter. Cooler maybe.

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post #5 of 8
4/5/10 at 6:03pm
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
Your best bet is to match 3.xE to 3.xC

In your case you probably can go up to 3.4C Northwood. I am not sure if that (Northwood) would make it run quieter. Cooler maybe.

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Yeah definately want it running cooler - then those fans won't kick in!!! Sound like a 747 taking off!

I couldn't find a 3.4C.....will these be suitable: 2.8GHz SL6WT or 3 GHz SL6WK??

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post #6 of 8
4/5/10 at 6:16pm
SL6WK would fit but it is an EE (Extreme Edition) version - meaning you are on your own should it fails SL6WT is a safer bet.

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post #7 of 8
4/5/10 at 6:47pm
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What does "extreme edition" mean please?
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post #8 of 8
4/6/10 at 1:44pm
Extreme Edition:
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"The dual-core CPU is capable of running multi-threaded applications typical in transcoding of audio and video, compressing, photo and video editing and rendering, and ray-tracing. Single-threaded applications alone, including most games, do not benefit from the second core of dual-core CPU compared to equally clocked single-core CPU. Nevertheless, the dual-core CPU is useful to run both the client and server processes of a game without noticeable lag in either thread, as each instance could be running on a different core. Furthermore, multi-threaded games benefit from the dual-core CPUs.

As of 2008 many business applications are optimized for multiple cores. They run at similar speed when not multitasking on the Pentium D or older Pentium 4 branded CPUs at the same clock speed. However, in multitasking environments such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, BSD operating systems, other processes are often running at the same time; if they require significant CPU time, each core of the Pentium D branded processor can handle different programs, improving overall processing speed over its single-core Pentium 4 counterpart."
They are branded CPUs based on the 945-, 955-, 965- and 975-series. Could work - according to some - on some other Intel chipset but with "no" guarantee.

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