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    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by ejay04, Apr 19, 2010.

  1. ejay04

    ejay04 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all nice forums you guy's got here :) Gonna be buying a Alienware M15x in the next month but i can't decide what processor to get
    as you can see there is not much difference in the price and it will be used mostley for gaming thanks in advance.


    COLOUR CHOICE Alienware M15x Gaming Laptop - Nebula Red
    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 540M(2.53GHz,3MB cache)
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
    LCD 15.6-inch Wide Full HD Display (1920x1080)
    MEMORY 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
    HARD DRIVE 320GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
    GRAPHICS CARD 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX260M graphics card
    OPTICAL DRIVE DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write) Slot Load Drive
    PRIMARY BATTERY 6-cell 56Whr Lithium Ion battery

    £1,268.99



    COLOUR CHOICE Alienware M15x Gaming Laptop - Nebula Red
    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 720QM (1.60Ghz, 6MB L3 cache)
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
    LCD 15.6-inch Wide Full HD Display (1920x1080)
    MEMORY 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
    HARD DRIVE 320GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
    GRAPHICS CARD 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX260M graphics card
    OPTICAL DRIVE DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write) Slot Load Drive
    PRIMARY BATTERY 6-cell 56Whr Lithium Ion battery


    £1,288.99
     
    ejay04, Apr 19, 2010
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  2. Tristan

    Tristan Garrosh Did Nothing Wrong

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    Mostly gaming; the i5 should work fine.
     
    Tristan, Apr 19, 2010
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  3. HarryTheFish

    HarryTheFish Notebook Evangelist

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    The i5 would suffice, but given the very small difference in price, I would go for the 720.
     
    HarryTheFish, Apr 19, 2010
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    rsgeiger Notebook Evangelist

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    i7 720 is more future proof, and I doubt you would see much of any benefits in gaming in the i5. Dont forget the i7 will turbo boost almost up to the i5 speeds.
     
    rsgeiger, Apr 19, 2010
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    rsgeiger has it right. The i7 920 will actually turbo two cores up to 2.6GHz and shut the other two off, under a situation where two cores are heavily loaded and the other two aren't.
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Apr 19, 2010
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  7. ejay04

    ejay04 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the input guys think i will go for the i7.
     
    ejay04, Apr 19, 2010
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