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Upgrading laptop processor
I have a Dell Studio 17. It's a few years old, and I wanted to upgrade the processor. It currently has an Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 @ 2.00GHz
My question is how can I find out which processors are ...
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Upgrading laptop RAM [duplicate]
(This question was originally asked for my specific laptop: Dell XPS 15 L502X. But it seems that understanding I gained from the upgrade experience I am able help my friends to decide upgrading RAM ...
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Can I upgrade my laptop CPU
I have Lenovo Ideapad Y510 with dual core 1.6 Ghz processor, 1GB ram, 160GB HDD. I want to upgrade my current cpu with any latest one like i3, i5 or i7 to get more speed but don't know if it is ...
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What do I need to know before upgrading the CPU of a laptop?
I have an AMD laptop, which has AMD APU (e1-2500). I don't really like the speed of it and would love to upgrade to faster APU. There are some AMD APUs available in ebay. So the question is:
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Upgrade RAM or CPU [closed]
I have an IBM X31 with 1GB of RAM and a 1.4GHz proccessor running Windows 7 Home premium. Which would be more worthwhile to upgrade, the RAM to 2GB or the processor to a max of maybe 2GHz? Thanx in ...
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Can I upgrade the CPU without reinstalling my Xen/Ubuntu system?
I built myself a computer a couple of years ago and run it now with Ubuntu 9.04 under Xen 3.0. I'm not a hardware expert by any means, but I managed to make it all work. However, due to the lack of ...
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Processor compatibility and motherboards
I have a Intel DG965WH motherboard. I am looking to upgrade my processor. I've checked the "Supported Processor" list, and I've checked the compatibility tool. I'm still a bit confused because the ...
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Lenovo G550 CPU upgrade from T3000 to P8700 issue
I have a Lenovo G550 laptop. I wanted to upgrade its CPU from T3000 to P8700. Both support PGA478 socket. I bought being in use P8700 and inserted it into my G550 laptop's socket.
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