3610qm vs 3620qm: any real advantage?

I'm pretty set for a m17x r4 with 7970 and 8gb of ram (well, 6gb from dell and i'll install 4x2 by myself).

I'm not sure what to do about the cpu though. Benchmark wise the 3620qm is of course better than the 3610qm, but does it really make any big difference in terms of gaming experience?

I refer just to "games" because I don't plan on doing any video editing, cad or that sort of stuff, and as far as I know when it comes to gaming Gpu >>> Cpu.

Here in Australia upgrading to 3620qm costs 150AU$, which should be roughly 130 US$ or something like that. Do you reckon it may be worth it?

 

well since 3620QM doesnt exist, i guess you are talking about 3720QM

In terms of gaming experience, it seriously doesnt matter at all

but I guess 3720QM is worth the $150 since you can overclock it whereas with u cant with the 3610 without crashing it

but i wud say if u have no intentions of overclocking or doin any heavy video editing stuff, go for the 3610

 

Yeah, sorry for the typo....too many numbers xP I meant 3720qm.

I think the most graphic intensive game I'll play in the near future will be Guild Wars 2, and mmorpgs aren't usually too heavy. Other games are tribes ascend, maybe diablo 3 and a few other titles that are a piece of cake for the 7970m.

I guess i'll save that money then, thanx xD

 

The 3610qm won't bottleneck your 7970M at Gaming in the next years. However if you're gonna do some other stuff that are CPU demanding than it would be advisable to upgrade the CPU. But that's not your case so just save the money for something else and have fun with the 7970M.

 

Save the money, and buy yourself a better, **much more** noticeable upgrade, like a 1080p display or a decent SSD (last time I checked, the 128GB Crucial M4 is going for $99).

 

Don't bother unless you really need every bit of CPU power you can grab. The 3610qm is a beast. If you don't do real CPU intensive stuff on a regular basis (gaming does not fall under that category) you'll notice virtually zero difference. Plus it seems the 3610qm consumes slightly less power.

 

Yeah. So many people end up spending money on a faster CPU when most people don't realize how powerful the CPU really is. Unless you do LOTS of CPU intensive stuff like encoding or compressing or encrypting and I mean pretty much all day long, it won't matter. The few seconds you will save for doing this on occasion is not worth the extra cash. As stated, go for a better display or SSD or upgrade to a better GPU if possible if you play games.