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    Hard decision between 2 cpus

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by 133794m3r, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. 133794m3r

    133794m3r Notebook Consultant

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    Ok i'm getting the Sager NP8660. Now for my question.
    should i pick the 2.93Ghz with 35w or do the 2.66Ghz with 25w i'm mainly looking at batterylife/performance. What exactly is the tradeoff i'm looking at here. How much peformance is gained with the 2.93 Ghz than the 2.66Ghz compared to how much more battery would be used compared between the 35w to the 25w. So basically is it worth the battery trade off to get the extra .27Ghz from the cpus. I will be considering over clocking after i get the cpu to get it to an even 2/3.x0. Or as close as i can get and feel safe with it. So what's your decisions i'm looking for power/battery life combined the most power for the least battery usage. any input will help me, also just to say thanks to everyone to answering all of my many questions.
     
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  2. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    I do not feel that the ~9% increase in clock speed is worth +$195.
     
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  3. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    I would buy 2.66Ghz with 25w (P9600). It will give you quite satisfactory performance with all apps...


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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Battery savings between a 35W T-Series processor and a 25W P-Series processor generally seems to be considered minimal unless you run your laptop at full load on battery. The 35W and 25W figures are ratings for maximum power consumption.

    That being said, I don't think the T9800(?) is worth the premium over the P9600(?). I'm not too familiar with Sagers or Clevos in particular, but if your machine actually allows you to OC the processor, I'd venture you'd get just as much headroom out of the P9600 as you would out of the T9800.
     
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  5. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Do you have experience with OCing laptop CPUs? What applications are you running - do you even need such a CPU? Performance difference is personally not worth the cost. Battery life trade off is pretty small too. I would go for an even cheaper processor if you have the option.
     
    sgogeta4, Feb 9, 2009
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