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Hi

I'm considering giving my t60 a bit of an upgrade (and of course this has nothing at all to do with one of my mates buying the X300 with SSD, 4 GB ram etc...).

As I remember it not so long ago you could look up the model (mine is 2007-63G) on the ibm.com website at get all the details of the computer, including motherboard and chipset. This is not possible anymore as far as I can see. Anyone know why this is not possible anymore?

Anyhoo I think there are 3 places to upgrade:
CPU - (current T2500 - 2.0 GHz)
Memory - (current 2 GB)
Harddisk - (current 80 GB, 7200 rpm Hitachi)

I got me an SSD (patriot warp v2 64 GB).
Considering getting 2x2 GB of RAM (not sure which make... Kingston perhaps? And PC-4200 or PC-5300?) <- I know about the 3GB max, but then there's the sync. vs. async. aspect.
Some sort of Core 2 Duo mobile CPU, but I don't know which one the motherboard will accept.

Can anyone help me figuring out:
- Which Ram make/speed to choose
- Which CPU is the max. my mother board will take?

Thanks in advance.

HalliHallo wrote:As I remember it not so long ago you could look up the model (mine is 2007-63G) on the ibm.com website at get all the details of the computer, including motherboard and chipset. This is not possible anymore as far as I can see. Anyone know why this is not possible anymore?

It is possible. Here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... eLenovo.do

You basically go to lenovo.com and then click on Support. The change is caused by the fact that, as maybe you already knew, ThinkPads aren't made by IBM anymore but by Lenovo.

HalliHallo wrote:Can anyone help me figuring out:
- Which Ram make/speed to choose
- Which CPU is the max. my mother board will take?

This topic has been written about before, but;

-the max RAM speed that the T60 will utilize is 667Mhz or PC2-5300 sodimms, you can use faster, but it won't be any faster

-for the CPU, a Core 2 Duo T7600, 2.33GHz is the fastest the motherboard will support

Thanks for answering.

I have bought me 2 x Kingston KTL-TP667/2G specified for Lenovo.

I will try these out.

Upgrading from 2GB to 3GB (since 3GB is the maximum RAM a T60 will utilize) will have a very small effect, if at all on performance, in most usage patterns.

Upgrading T2500 to T7600 might have a somewhat noticeable effect, plus the extra benefit of being able to run 64bit operating systems, should you want to do that. Of course it is quite an expensive upgrade, and will void the warranty, if you still have any left.

The SSD upgrade, while also not very cheap, might have the best effect on reading and loading speeds, which is usually what matters for general snappiness. Writing speeds might be same or slower than with the current 7200RPM HDD. Keep in mind, that the bus of the T60 is limited to SATA 1.5Gbps (you can use faster drives, but they will not run at 3Gbps).