T7250 v. T7500?

T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB, 2MB Cache) v. T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)...$75 cost difference.

1) Is there a noticeable difference between these?

2) Does double the cache help much?

 

yes. cache is muy important.

4MB is much better.

and for $75 why not? thats a dinner and a movie for two in most cities...so dont take your boyfriend anywhere next week.

edit: all about importance of cache ---> http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/24/does_cache_size_matter/

 

yah def get the upgrade, u not only double the cache which is a great improvement but the clock speed increases by 200mhz too - 2 reasons to upgrade and for only $75, well theres just no reason not to

 

Wow. On dell canada going from the 7250 to the 7 300 is $80 dollars(~$83 usd)... we really are getting screwed up here.

Yeah, i would deff. go for it if it was that cheap.

 

whats funny is that people on the sony website might be getting screwed if they dont know the difference - t7250 is the same price as the t7300 (atleast on the SZ) and it doesn't say free upgrade or anything, just sais add (0.00) next to it and if people don't know anything about them, it looks as if the t7250 is better:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.0GHz) [add $0.00]
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7250 (2.0GHz)
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.20GHz) [add $50.00]
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.40GHz) [add $200.00]

to me, it would like as if the t7250 is better because the list is building to the best but i ofcourse know the difference (because im the smartest man ever)

 

If you use CPU intensive stuff, like video encoding or editing, choose the T7500, if not...you won't notice the difference.

 

Anything in the 100$ price range is better than nothing. I always like to get the fastest CPU & best video card since I can upgrade the RAM & HDD later.

 

CPU can be also upgraded later on...

 

i think - for $75 - you cant go wrong - currently, the 7500 is one of the fastest chips out there - AND - the 4mb cache really does make a pretty huge difference...

 

Yes, but it's not an easy operation and the upgrade price is very high afterwards. Some manufacturers offer decent (lower than retail) pricing and it's really not worth all the effort of disassembling your laptop to put in a new CPU. Just my opinion. I just don't want to risk anything, so I stick to HDDs and memory.

 

Well.. it's not hard at all.. take the screws off that old the palm rest down, lift off, ta-da full access to everything. Assuming he is looking at an Inpsiron/Vostro.

But OP, do upgrade, you'd be stupid not to. Running Vista is a CPU intensive task - LMFAO... Cache is a big factor in a processors speed, plus 200mhz to boot. Not that 200mhz is even worth it if you were asking if a 7500 was better then a 7300. Because frankly 200mhz is nothing. You could OC it and problem solved.

Well worth it.

 

The point is that buying a CPU separately is not such a great idea in my opinion, because it will probably cost more than the upgrade from the manufacturer.

 

I did end up going with the 2.2. $75 is not much. I can install RAM or a HD, but I would not want to mess with the processor. I probably bought too much computer but I would rather have too much as opposed to too little. Hopefully it will keep me happy for a little while.

 

uff here they charge us the equivalent to $146 usd .., gotta stick with basic configurations i guess