With the T7300 things are great for merom, what if I wanted a penryn cpu that was better then t7300. What would I be looking for ? I cant do quad core someone said, so is there a better dual core then the one i have that will work ?

Neil, I tested your link and I too see the video driver and read me file.

I just installed the t7300 core 2 duo and it is working great, games run alot better. I can get 30fps instead of 15fps average. Which is very playable. CPU temps are far lower then with the celeron m 540 1.8ghz single core. I stay between 80*F - 130*F. I used the DOT method to apply the thermal past...

Thank You for posting about this model, I have the same one. I plan to do an upgrade on it soon too. It has a celeron 1.6ghz too and 32mb graphics with 830m intel. Not the best graphics by far I could'nt play games from 2004 and up with it but it is decent for older games. I am wondering if any due...

I'm looking for a processor to run pc games, like Grand theft auto San Andreas, Resident Evil 4 and Driver 3 (Driv3r). San Andreas runs abit better with Middleton's bios, I dont get alot of framerate drops like I did before, but I know Resident Evil 4 and Driv3r require 2ghz to run decent. I tested ...

By the way, can anyone tell me how the intel celeron m 540 1.8ghz stacks up against the intel core 2 duel T7300. Is there a big or small performance increase ?

Thanks so much, Its great to have everything confirmed to work. And if I havent put all this time into researching and finding the right cpu I probably would of regreted it. I was leaning towards penryn and could of made a big mistake. And I also searched all over and could not find the middleton bi...

Hello, I've been browsing the forums on cpu upgrades and reading alot, doing research and watching videos on upgrading processors. I want to put a duel-core 2ghz into my thinkpad r61 which you'd think would already have one but this model is different and they put in a celeron m 540 1.8ghz cpu. The ...