Core 2 Duo : which one to get.

Anyone have any feelings on choosing a processor and weighing out the benefit of the higher speed with the increase in price.

Dell offers the T7200, T7400 and T7600. difference is 2G, 2.16G and 2.33.

T7400 is 175 higher and T7600 is 425 higher (dollars)

wondering if I should get the highest of if the added benefit isnt worth the money increase.

thanks

 

What are you going to be using the notebook for? For most tasks you won't feel the difference between the T7200 and T7400, for example.

 

You don't need the highest sinece the lowest can stand to the mainstream of the Core Duo series. But if you're an enthusiast, then you might want to take a look at the highest performaing one.

 

I think T7200 is way to go since faster clock speed above T7200 isn't worth buying.
T7200 is also good price/performance ratio.

 

It's hard to help you choose when we have no idea of what you want to do with the notebook.

 

It's also hard to recommend a CPU when we don't have a general idea of what applications and possibly games you are going to run/use.

 

Well, this will be my only computer which I use every day taking it to work and doing all internet, document stuff and I am looking to play some of the new games when they come out and I am also looking to use Pro Tools which is a music recording/playback program which is very resource intensive. But in these games for instance, will I notice a real difference in performance with ANY games from the 7600 to the 7400 or would that be more affected by how much RAM Ive got. I just want to know what I get for that 4 to 500 dollar difference.

thank you

 

I'd categorically go against the 7600. Price to performance is nowhere near what the 7200 is. If the 7400 is only, say, $50-$100 more than the 7200, it's bragging rights. You won't notice any difference more than likely though, except in benchmarks.