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    Ion + Atom 330 in a Netbook?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by peli_kan, Mar 4, 2009.

  1. peli_kan

    peli_kan Notebook Evangelist

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    What I'd like to know, is how much extra would you pay to "upgrade" a current netbook to an Nvidia Ion chipset + Dual Core Atom 330?

    I would be willing to pay $150 more, and sacrifice a good 40% of the battery life for this extra performance.
     
    peli_kan, Mar 4, 2009
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  2. joshuaLX

    joshuaLX Notebook Evangelist

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    You should reword it.

    How much extra would you pay to upgrade your netbook from a Atom 330/Intel chipset to a Atom 330/Ion chipset?

    Just my two cents. I would pay less than $50 btw.
     
    joshuaLX, Mar 5, 2009
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    I wouldn't pay anything, really. If I were looking for a netbook, I'd be looking for a lowest power, lowest heat, longest battery life sort of device; any extra firepower (at the cost of power, heat, battery at least) would be a liability rather than an asset. Maybe in a nettop I'd give a positive figure under $50, but not in a netbook.
     
    Commander Wolf, Mar 5, 2009
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  4. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    I wouldn't want the heat coming from the 330 in a netbook. Given it has a TDP over 3x what the current Atom does (and the current Atom can get pretty warm), I would hate to see what the cooling they would use is.
    Ion would be interesting but only if it has less power consumption than the current 945GSE.
     
    goofball, Mar 5, 2009
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  5. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Why would you want it, all it is is two single core Atom's stuck together.
     
    Jayayess1190, Mar 5, 2009
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  6. adonisbook

    adonisbook Notebook Guru

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    I couldn't live with 40% less battery.
     
    adonisbook, Mar 5, 2009
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