X9100 on Dell E6400

[Johnny Dasio]

Hello,
I would like to know if Intel Core 2 Extreme X9100 will work on a Dell E6400.
I know that there is the option of T9900 but the difference is price is a bit high.
T9900 cost 50 euro. X9100 cost 15 euro.
Iwould like to know if the combination of E6400 with X9100 WORKS, and if there are issues maybe (incompatibility/overheating).
Any help will be highly appreciated.

* The specific moment my Dell E6400 has 8GB ram with a P9700 and an Intel SSD 120GB. Runs with Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit.

Thanks in advance

 

[ThatVietGuy]

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/howto-latitude-e6400-and-similar-performance-cooling-guide.375889/

Maybe, but you'll have to undervolt the processor.

However, for the trouble I don't think it's worth it for the marginal increase in performance.

 

[delaro]

From the Dell Manual for that Unit

P8800, 2.66G, 3MB
T9900, 3.06G, 6MB
T9800 2.93G
T9400 2.53G
T9600 2.8G
T9550 2.66G
T9600 2.8G
P9500 2.53G
P9700 2.8G 6MB

The T9900 and X9100 basically the same chip with the exception of the power draw. "35W- 58W vs 44W-71W. The issue here is your CMOS is expecting to be supporting a 35W CPU and your giving it a 44W version, it may work fine but it also may fry your board. None of the Bios updates support this chip natively so the voltage profile for the chip in it's different draw stats are not set which can cause huge issues even if you undervolt. Will the Bios pick up and read the chip ID? Yes it will but after that it's your risk to what happens.

You should look into Software overclocking and take your current chip to 3.1G or 3.2G because nothing over what you have is really worth the upgrade, a .2mhz gain isn't really worth it.

Everything you need to know about these chips can be found here.
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/core2-duo-mobile-45nm-datasheet.pdf