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    Cache question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Nigori, Apr 2, 2008.

  1. Nigori

    Nigori Notebook Enthusiast

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    So is it worth an extra $200 for a 2.5GHz 6mb L2 cache, or should I just stick with the 2.4GHz 3mb L2 cache. Will the 6mb cache run significantly faster?

    BTW, this will be for a M1530 with an 8600gt and 4gigs of ram
     
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    The difference in speed will only be noticeable in intensive tasks. What are you going to be mainly doing on that machine? Compiling programs and encoding videos, or just simply browsing the web and playing WoW?
     
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    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    Deeeefintily NOT worth $200 for just 3 more mb of cache. Where are you geting the processors/what models are they?
     
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    Nigori Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hrm, I do some programming, and I often tend to like running a fair number of programs simultaneously. My girlfriend does some video encoding, but I don't yet know whether she'll want to do it on this laptop, would it be sufficient for that purpose? I also would like to make sure the laptop stays fairly up to date for a while......but I don't want to waste my money.
     
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    Nigori Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually the available options keep changing on the website....it looks like it would be only $125 dollar difference........I think it's a T8300 to a T9300 but it might be a between a 2.2GHz 4mb L2 and a 2.5 GHz 6mb L2 (i.e. T7500 vs T9300) for a difference of $125
     
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    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    The money might be justified if the video-encoding is important, because there is notable performance in processor cache with that. I'm not completely sure of the performance between the t8300 and the t9300. I would say, put t8300 vs t9300 in the search bar, and see what you can find
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    The difference between the T8300 and the T9300 is between a 5-8% performance gain in programs which utilize 100% pocessing power.
    A average user will rarely need 100% cpu power, so you will not need to do the upgrade.
    As waterwizard mentioned, definitely notw orth $200.

    You should use the money instead on getting a 320Gb 5400rpm drive or a 200Gb 7200rpm drive. The harddrive will make a greater impact on the speed of the system than a slightly faster processor.

    It may be worth $125 to upgrade from a T7500 to a T9300. You will have a more energy efficient and faster processor.

    K-TRON
     
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    Thanks guys, just to note though the price difference is $125 between the T8300 and the T9300
     
    Nigori, Apr 2, 2008
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