Upgrade to P9500

[davepol]

Hi

I want to upgrade my t400 (type 7417-CTO) from p8600 to p9500 processor, is it possible at all? Will I run into any issues like overheating or problems with compatiblity? Thanks!
davepol

[ZaZ]

I don't reason it would fail to work, but unless you're doing CPU intensive tasks all the time, I don't know maybe you are, investing in a faster hard drive or SSD is probably money better spent. Stuff like Office, Internet and movies, don't really push the CPU enough where you'd be able to discern a difference.

[Iron Eagle]

I agree. The T2500 in my Dell performs similarly (for what I do) as the P8400 in my T400, considering how much more advanced the P8400 is. The gap between the P9500 and the P8600 is much smaller, so I doubt you are going to see a worthwhile improvement for the amount of money you'll be paying. RAM and HDD upgrades are a lot more worthwhile. Also, I'm not sure if upgrading the CPU will void the warranty.

[Quicklite]

Sure it would work, it's just you'll only get very marginal performance gains, despite paying for a brand new processor. Both CPUs have the TDP of 25W at full load, so there won't be overheating AFAIK.

Gone to be very hard to notice the real world benefit - of 0.13 Ghz and 3mb extra cache. Unless you sit around all day, editing video on a 14 inch laptop, or run CPU intensive app. In which case, something like T9600 @ 2.8 - would be a real upgrade.

Hay Eagle, nice to see you here.