Upgrading my T43 1871

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KuniD · #1 Post by **KuniD** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:59 am

I have a T43 1871 which is starting to feel a bit long in the tooth.

Currently it has the following spec:

Pentium M 730 1.6GHz
512Mb DDRII-533 (PC4200)
40Gb
DVDRW

Is it worth me spending money to upgrade it, or am I better of buying a new C2D T60 and selling the T43? How much do you lot reckon I'll get for me T43?

+ 1Gb DIMM - £35
+ 120Gb HDD - £50
+ Pentium M 760-780 - ?? (would I really notice the difference?)

gunston · #2 Post by **gunston** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:45 am

go for T43 if you still like the classic IBM design outlook!!!

#3 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:55 am

With respect to memory, Windows XP SP2 likes to have 512Mb minimum, and I know from helping users that more memory on an SP2 machine will help performance. I use 768Mb and that is entirely workable, but 1Gb would be fine as well.

The thing on your machine is likely the hard drive. The biggest performance booster I did on my T41 was go to a 7200-rpm hard drive. Big difference.
.... JDH

KuniD · #4 Post by **KuniD** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:29 am

jdhurst wrote:With respect to memory, Windows XP SP2 likes to have 512Mb minimum, and I know from helping users that more memory on an SP2 machine will help performance. I use 768Mb and that is entirely workable, but 1Gb would be fine as well.

The thing on your machine is likely the hard drive. The biggest performance booster I did on my T41 was go to a 7200-rpm hard drive. Big difference.
.... JDH

How has using a 7200 affected battery life / noise / heat for you?

cmarti · #5 Post by **cmarti** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:08 pm

KuniD wrote: How has using a 7200 affected battery life / noise / heat for you?

If you use a 7K100 you won't notice any difference, the only difference would be the performance increase, believe me i have use it on a T40,770Z,600X and now on my X60 the drive is great!

simms · #6 Post by **simms** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:53 pm

cmarti wrote:
KuniD wrote: How has using a 7200 affected battery life / noise / heat for you?
If you use a 7K100 you won't notice any difference, the only difference would be the performance increase, believe me i have use it on a T40,770Z,600X and now on my X60 the drive is great!

I use a 7K100 as well. noise is not noticeable above my old Hitatchi, heat is no worse, and battery life is the same. The bonus is now I have a portable 60GB HDD which needs no external PSU!

#7 Post by **underclocker** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:56 pm

This will help a little for very little $... http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=39879

#8 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:08 pm

KuniD wrote:<snip>
How has using a 7200 affected battery life / noise / heat for you?

NIL

No noise and no heat other than normal which is quiet all around. More battery - who knows? But I can say this: The battery slowly but inexorably expires over time because it is a chemical device much faster than any impact from the hard drive.

I will no longer own any kind of laptop computer unless it has a 7200-rpm drive or faster. Slower drives have never cut it for me. Some persons are willing to sacrifice speed for storage, but I need the speed, and storage remains ample.

... JDH

gunston · #9 Post by **gunston** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:50 pm

upgrade to SXGA+ would be the best option

Upgrading my T43 1871

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