Gateway P6860FX: T8300 vs T9300 & Cooling

I'm just wondering how much of a difference I'm going to see between a T8300 and a T9300 processor, as I can save around $100 by going with the T8300. However, if I'm going to see a big difference with the T9300 I'll willing pay the extra. Also I was wondering what I could add to the interior of my laptop for cooling, and whether there is a guide around here for installing it.

Thanks

 

Take a look at this thread

It is for lowering the voltage, a link to the main thread showing the how to's is in that post. Lowering the voltage will bring down the temperature.
I just bought a t9300, I too was choosing between that and the t8300. After researching which to buy I decided on the extra 6mb cache and 100Mhz as I do a lot of data searching/spreadsheet work and the cache helps there. If you have the extra $100 then I would say go with the t9300.
Search the forum, there have been many posts on which processor to get for our laptop.

 

There wont be a significant difference between the two for general use, gaming etc. Extended file en\decryption, archiving, de\compression would benefit from a larger cache.

 

The most demanding thing I'll be doing on this laptop is gaming, so I don't see a need to improve past the T8300. I'm undervolting as we speak, seems to have already lowered temps by 10C ty.

 

t9300 is best

 

t9300 is cooler than t8300, spends less power, faster at most of cases etc
so i would go for t9300

 

both the T8300 and T9300 have a 35 watt TDP, so they run right about the same temperature wise, the only time you will see a difference between them is when you have the processor maxed out (stress testing, video encoding...things of that nature)

the T8300 is the best bang for the buck, even if it only has half the L2 cache of the T9300.

 

just to add
vid voltage range :
t8300 1.00V-1.250V
t9300 1.062V-1.150V

if anyone wants to translate this to extra heat

 

easily fixed.... http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824 which is how i regularly see this:

 

well not everyone lives in an ice container, i dont see how core temps can be lower than room temp unless you use water cooling,

on this note, if you use water cooling please write us a guide

btw as can see from your picture speedfan is useless

 

lol...unfortunately no water cooling for me. probably not for the next 2 years at least because thats how long i plan on NOT buying a desktop because of my job. although....it would be really sweet to see someone water-cool a laptop. and for that screenshot, the core temps were actually above room temp.

 

man i hope you have a good coat and a decent pair of gloves