CPU Upgrade Question For Precision M6300

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Greetings! First time poster. I've looked around for the answer to this question, but everything I've found is a couple of years old...so I thought I'd re-post and see what kind of "2012" answers I can get.

I've got a Precision M6300 that is about 4 years old. I've taken very good care of it and that runs perfectly. But being several years old, it's obviously a tad slow. So instead of buying a new laptop, I thought I'd try "facelifting" and upgrading my current PC. I've already installed a new keyboard, 1TB HD, added more memory, and a new CD/DVD drive. Now I want to upgrade my processor so I can get the most speed possible out of my Precision. My current config is:

Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20Ghz
Processor Speed 2.14 GHz
Memory (RAM) 4096 MB

What I want to know is: What is the fastest processor I can install on this system without having to skrew around with the bios, clocking, cooling, and all the other stuff that is over my head? I just want to pop out my current T7500 chip and pop something faster in. I've read about the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T9300, the T9500, and the X9000. But I found these in older posts...so I don't know if there's anything else out there.

Any gurus out there interested in helping out a newbie that wants to save some $$$? I can get the T9300 from eBay for about $50-60 - and I've read there's little difference between the 9300 and 9500. The X9000 is quite a bit more, but if it really improves speed, it might be worth it.

Let me say that I DO NOT game; I run a t-shirt printing company and am heavy into graphics, often having several large images open for editing at the same time...as well as my email, a browser, etc. So I'm more interested in speed and power for multi-tasking rather than gaming.

Suggestions? Anyone? Bueller?

Thanks in advance for any and all help/guidance/assistance.

ejn63 · Answer

Any of the T-series should work - the X series may or may not.   You're limited to the 800 MHz bus CPUs - the system won't support the newer 1066 MHz bus Core 2s.

ejn63 · Answer

It won't hurt, but it won't be any more than perhaps 5% overall - you may see it in benchmarking but for day to day, you just won't see much of anything.

I'd put $75 into a Seagate Momentus XT hard drive - the hybrid type - - that will boost things appreciably more than the CPU upgrade will, and it's far easier to install.

Blue Water Graf · Answer

Thanks for the rapid response.  Now, will going from a T7500 2.2 to a T9300 2.5 give me any noticeable speed improvement?  Or for about $50, will it hurt to give it a shot?

Lain1 · Answer

The serie X just the X7900 – 2.80 GHz (4 MB) is valid to put in your computer. The gain will not bigger than 5%. if you could, put SSD instead HDD in your computer, will have a better performance.

Blue Water Graf · Answer

Actually, I just purchased a new Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB, 8MB Cache, 5400 RPM Hard Drive yesterday, but haven't installed it yet as it's going to require a complete OS install, all of my software, etc.  I figure that'll take about a day, so I'm saving it for next Saturday.  I've only got 75GB now, and it's almost full - only about 10 gigs left on it.  Should this show some performance enhancement, and if so, could I save the $55 and not buy the bigger CPU?  I'm just trying to avoid dropping the coin on a new 'puter and would like to milk another year or so out of this one.

Lain1 · Answer

depends that you need. if you are need more processing pattern is has a processor, now if you want capacity SSD would be pattern.

DELL-Royan S · Answer

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