Intel Core 2 Duo T9900 3.06GHz Dual-Core (AW80576GH0836MG) Processor

A new life for my old HDX16 laptop

I just love this laptop so I decided to give it a new lease of life by installing the T9900, replacing the HDD with an SSD and swapping out my plain keyboard with a backlit. The Intel Processor Diagnostics gives it a clean bill of health everytime I checked in the last couple of weeks that I have had it. I have the Duo Core at 3.1Ghz running at high performance setting and temping at 110 F, handles everything I have thrown at it.
After upgrading to win 10 pro none of the quick response buttons work but I can live with that.
Installing the cpu in the socket is easy but getting to it required pretty much dismantling the entire base and is not for the faint of heart.
But now I have a system that will hold me for another five years. Thanks to ebay and spare parts sellers in the marketplace.Read full review

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If you are a "revive old parts junkie" like me, it is definitely worth a shot.

My laptop speed jumped almost 600 MHz I had an older processor P8600 , without any other upgrades I see substantial network performance and web pages load really fast.

Installing is not so easy, too many screws and cables to remove, needs lot of patience, but finally, I got it done after 3 years of contemplating over it. There is no online video of changing the processor, my Laptop is at least ~ 8 years old - VGN-AW230J by Sony, I kept the laptop because it has a beautiful large screen 18 inches 1080p and competes very well with latest laptops with 1080p screens, though you cannot really play fast games on it as the graphics on this is GTX960 mobile.

I am very happy with the upgrade, initially it started very hot but after another reboot the temp did not raise that much. Of course it is 10W TDP more than P8600 but the fans in this laptop can handle it very well.Read full review

Perfect upgrade to Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 Processor

I've become rather attached to my HP Pavilion DV6 1330ca laptop. It has served me well, capably upgrading from Win7 to Win10. After upgrading my RAM and the hard drive to a SSD, it seemed time to bump up the CPU. Some research determined that this CPU was the max possible for my Duo 2 T6600 CPU.
After upgrading my BIOS and other files for the motherboard, I powered down and followed the service instructions from HP. This CPU certainly bumped up my performance, it is not blazing, but certainly within what I expected. I should be happily plugging away for another two years before looking to retire my faithful laptop to that great e-Heaven in the sky.Read full review

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The T9900

The T9900 is a Penryn dual core processor for the socket P. It has a core clock speed of 3.06GHz. It is reliable, cheap and runs fairly cool. Apparently, it can be overclocked fairly well, although I have not tried to do this. I bought the cpu to breath a little more life into my Dell E6500, which is also reliable and cheap.

A great processor and I would recommend anyone with a socket P laptop to try it.Read full review

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Nice top of the line C2D CPU

Fastest CPU in the class. Installed easily with Arctic silver paste. However, on the Dell Inspiron 1545 that I installed it in, the fan runs a lot and near max. speed. Based on that, I'm going to swap the T9900 (35W CPU) for the slightly slower P9700 (25W CPU) so see if it runs cooler. T9900 is recommended as fastest C2D CPU if your laptop has good cooling.Read full review

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Made my old laptop feel brand new again!

This little chip, along with a little more RAM, was able to make my laptop feel brand new. This is on an old Windows 7 Dell Inspiron that I upgraded to Windows 10. I installed the RAM first and didn't notice much of a difference. But woah! This CPU really made a difference! For an example Youtube videos used to be choppy. But now Youtube and everything else runs buttery smooth!Read full review

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fast cpu upgrade

This CPU was purchased as an final upgrade for a dell 1545 laptop. this cpu is an excellent way to extend the lifespan of your older laptop for another 2 years. Although it uses energy saving technology to use less power the 3.06 Ghz still uses the battery in a slightly shorter time them the older 2.6 processor that was in the unit.
good upgrade for the cost. ymmv as other laptops are more difficult to change the processor.Read full review

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The fastest Core2Duo

Having received a Dell Latitiude 5500, I wanted to get the most out of it for the experiments I'm going to do with it. Doubling the memory from 2 to the maximum of 4 was trivial (and required a 64-bits OS to install), as was swapping out the WiFi-mPCI-card for one which supports 802.11ac.

But with modern laptops the processor also is socketed, so the "sluggish" P8400 @ 2.26 GHz was replaced without problems with this T9900 @ 3.06 GHz, making it 1/3 faster in clock-speed, but also doubling the L2-cache from 3 to 6 MByte. It isn't noticeable for everything, but I sometimes do push my hardware to the limit.Read full review

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Painnin the rear to install into 2009 iMac however worth it!

Strong CPU for everyday use even today given it's generous 6mb l2 cache which helps when processing large data sets. This CPU is the fastest that the 2009 iMac can use and this t9900 has held up well in spite of newer tech. Definitely recommend to bring out the best that the iMac can do!Read full review

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Great upgrade

Intel T9900 3.06Ghz duo processor is a great upgrade for Sony Vaio VGN FW35G laptop (comes with factory P8600 2.4GHz processor). Plug it in, update the drivers and you're set for windows vista or upgrade to windows 10 (haven't tried this yet but it's in to-do list). CPU runs steadily at 71 degrees and 100% load on both cores with existing Vaio heat sink hardware (I had to clean my fins and reapply new heat sink compound supplied by vendor). All in all a stable and reliable upgrade!!Read full review

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