Bigshooter
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Hello everyone!
My laptop is Dell Latitude E5400. Recently, I replaced the old 240gb/5400rpm hard drive with a Kingston 240gb SSD. I also added 2gb/800mhz more RAM and now it has 4gb in total. So, I decided to replace the processor (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250/2mb L2 cache) with a faster one. (These are the numbers on the top of the processor if they help: LF80537, V947A355, SLA49)
This is the list of processors that I am interested in:
Thank you very much for the help and the information!
My laptop is Dell Latitude E5400. Recently, I replaced the old 240gb/5400rpm hard drive with a Kingston 240gb SSD. I also added 2gb/800mhz more RAM and now it has 4gb in total. So, I decided to replace the processor (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250/2mb L2 cache) with a faster one. (These are the numbers on the top of the processor if they help: LF80537, V947A355, SLA49)
This is the list of processors that I am interested in:
- Intel Core 2 Duo - T9300 - (6M Cache, 2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
- Intel Core 2 Duo - T9500 - (6M Cache, 2.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
- Will it work? I am really confused. Can somebody explain the difference between BGA479, PGA478, PPGA478 sockets? Are these T9300 and T9500 processors compatible with my motherboard socket?
- Is the BIOS (Version A13) going to recognize the new processor?
- Do I need to change my 65W power cable with bigger one if the new processor is with the same 35W consumption as the T7250?
- Is the upgrade worth it? I am using the laptop only for small graphic design works with Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Is there going to be a significant improvement in the performance?
Thank you very much for the help and the information!