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Upgrading an XPS 15 (l501)

post #1 of 5
9/19/11 at 11:41pm
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I bought an xps 15 with the 2.53ghz dual core processor, core i5. It seems like some of the I7 processors might be on a different socket, so they won't fit. Has anyone put in another processor on theirs?
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post #2 of 5
9/22/11 at 12:52pm
what I have found is any Dual core processor will work (that includes the on board GPU) but upgrading to a quad core did not work for me.

I upgraded mine from and I3 to a I5,

i tried the 720QM but it did not boot.

I believe they used a different motherboard for the quad core CPU's

I think there maybe a few I7 CPUS (Dual Core) that will work, but it will take careful research.

Good Luck

Cheers

Dave
Edited by dave-p - 9/23/11 at 11:08am
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post #3 of 5
9/23/11 at 12:18am
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Thanks for sharing and it makes sense if the quads are all on a different socket. The only strange thing is that yours fit. Looking over the available cpu's it doesn't seem like there is a whole lot of difference in the speeds. I wonder if I would just be better off leaving it as it is.
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post #4 of 5
9/23/11 at 2:23am
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Originally Posted by Elitevaz View Post

Thanks for sharing and it makes sense if the quads are all on a different socket. The only strange thing is that yours fit. Looking over the available cpu's it doesn't seem like there is a whole lot of difference in the speeds. I wonder if I would just be better off leaving it as it is.

Absolutely, an i5 CPU is right up there for performance already

cheers ...
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post #5 of 5
9/23/11 at 11:09am
I think the biggest difference is the on board GPUs are faster as you go from the I3 to I5 to I7
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