Upgradeing a Dell Inspiron 1525

[legodude]

I have a 5 year old Dell Inspiron 1525 and am using it to play Tekkit on(modded Minecraft) and was wondering if it is worth upgradeing to a Core 2 Extreme x7900 Mobile($100 from ebay new) 4 GB's of RAM specifically built for this computer($55 from Amazon) and a New 9cell Lithium battery($15-20 from Amazon). The total is about $170. So is it even worth upgradeing? Thank you for your help.
P.S. I can't Forget the specs!:
Intel T2330
2GBS of RAM
112GB Hard drive
Mobile Intel 965 express Chipset Family(can't upgrade)
If anybody has any upgrade suggestions please let me know.

 

[fsinc2]

I would go with the items your planning to buy, just make sure the motherboard can support the new components.

 

[legodude]

Ok. Also The Keyboard just broke and the connector pin connecting the keyboard to the laptop has just broke. So if you know how to fix it Please tell me!

 

[Kisianik]

Are you located in US - I will look through my supliers' choices then?

 

[legodude]

Yes I am in the USA. Thanks for looking

 

[Kisianik]

In this post I will provide keyboard solutions, I can not recommend specific supplier.
http://www.laptopjacks.com/view_prod/Dell-Inspiron-1525-Keyboard-23.html?gclid=CNOh6tLq0rUCFad_Qgod9QUAYg $ 23.67
http://www.rakuten.com/prod/laptop-keyboard-for-dell-inspiron-1420-1520-1525/212415024.html?listingId=52705053# $ 10.48
http://www.cputopia.com/keyboard-replacement-dell-1525.html?utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adwords&id=20206522684&utm_content=pla&gclid=CLG2753s0rUCFe1_QgodhQUAkw $19.98
Plus shipping.
Youtube happened to be the best for keyboard replacement tutorial, first video has good audio comments, second has stupid music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMNjfJR2kH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPvSLJL6fJg

After watching both videos, I can change keyboard in 15 minutes.

Next I am looking into compatibility of your parts.

 

[Kisianik]

You can use any of the Core 2 CPUs on 800 MHz or lower bus speed -- excepting the Extreme Editions. These max out at the T9500 CPU:

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=33918

X7900 benchmark is 1856 http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Extreme+X7900+%40+2.80GHz&id=1028

T9500 benchmark is 1762 http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Duo+T9500+%40+2.60GHz&id=1010

Not such a big difference.

This is your manual ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_laptop/esuprt_inspiron_laptop/inspiron-1525_service%20manual_en-us.pdf in pdf format

Is it worth upgrading, difficult to say. If money are tight, probably yes.