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Hardware upgrade for Inspiron 1520
Hello everyone,
Trying to upgrade my 1520. Ultimately I want to upgrade my hardware and move from XP to Win 7.
My service tag is
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 @ 2GHz
RAM: 2GB DDR2 Looked this up and can upgrade to 4 GB, 2x 2GB each Manufacuter# SNPTX760C/2G. (Seen this on Dell site)
HD: Toshiba MK1637GSX SATA 160 GB Comparative to Dell 128GB SSD SATA
GPU: NVIDIA Ge Force 8600M GT As far as I have read this is best I can get.
Any input for memory of SSD would be appriciated. Please let me know any specifics I need to know for the SSD, I guess that as long as it is SATA it should work.
My problem is the CPU, I can't find any information on the motherboard to determine what I can upgrade too. The Core 2 Duo T700's go all the way to T7600, if you can find it. I found the T7400 for a reasonable price but don't know if the board will hande it.
Then my next problem may be the software, I have read here that drivers for Win 7 don't exist for Inspirons and you need to use the ones from Vista. Correct?
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. I have built my desktop but never upgraded a laptop and need some help.
Dell-Rajesh R
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August 14th, 2013 11:00
Hi lasertaglasertag,
Yes, SSD should be compatible with the computer. Ensure Form factor is 2.5”.
Below are the processors which are compatible with Inspiron 1520:
Intel Core 2 Duo
You may upgrade the Operating system from Windows Vista to Windows 7. You can also download the drivers from Manufacturers website. I am afraid, drivers for Windows 7 is not available on our webite.
****NOTE: Upgrading Software/hardware is completely up on user discretion.
Please reply for further questions.
dallascowboyswo
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August 14th, 2013 11:00
Your better off buying a new computer then upgrading that one.
But if you must I would only upgrade memory and the hard drive.
ejn63
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August 14th, 2013 11:00
You might want to consider a compromise upgrade on the drive and go for a hybrid SSD-HD (called an SSHD); Seagate and WD both have these and they're a better price/performance compromise. If you buy a $75 drive and a license for 7, call it there -- that alone will be over $150, which is probably about what the entire system is worth. The RAM and CPU are both dead ends (can't be used in any newer system) and the added cost of those will push you toward half what a much faster new system would cost.