Processor upgrade?

by nedzz May 9, 2009 12:42PM PDT

Does anyone know how much performance increase would be seen by buying a laptop with these different processors? Where is the upgrade not worth it? Thanks for help in advance.

Intel

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Potential laptop performance upgrades

by Steven Haninger May 9, 2009 10:50PM PDT

More RAM sometimes helps depending on which OS, what software you run and how much memory you currently have.

Faster hard drive maybe. If yours is a 5400 RPM you can replace it with one that runs at 7200 RPM.

Processors are bit more difficult to get at. You didn't mention what your current processor was so it would be difficult to determine what performance increase you might get with any of these. There isn't that much clock speed difference between the 2.0GHz and 2.4 GHz to, IMO, justify 175 bucks more in price. As well, it won't be the bottleneck if you're utilizing the HD's swap file regularly.

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My bad...

by nedzz May 9, 2009 10:59PM PDT

This is a prospective laptop (one I could configure on Dell) and not one I already have. So the base processor is the first one on the list (or right here)

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Amortize it?

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator May 9, 2009 11:27PM PDT

Your average laptop lasts 3 years so 175/36 is 5 bucks a month for a 10 or so percent boost in speed. Not bad.
Bob

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Processors

by IgoZoomX2 May 15, 2009 2:22PM PDT

The T6400 is a good processor for most users. The T6600 will be noticeably quicker in processor-intensive tasks and I'd be willing to pay $50 more for it. Oddly, the T8100 doesn't perform as well as the T6600 but costs more! And the T8300 isn't worth the $175 premium.

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