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    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by 4goodman, Feb 7, 2006.

  1. 4goodman

    4goodman Newbie

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    I am going to buy an HP laptop. The problem is choosing the CPU. Turion ML32 has 512KB L2 cache. ML34 has 1MB, but $25 more. Is the additonal 512KB cache worth $25? What's the difference of speed?
     
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  2. Uscooper

    Uscooper Notebook Consultant

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    25 dollars is worth it. Get the most precessor you can for the money. Its better to have more cache as a general rule. Esp. for mobile processors
     
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  3. Jenson

    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    It all depends on what your going to be doing, but for $25 I would personally upgrade it. The extra cache means that it will less often have to go out and get data from the RAM, which takes longer than the cache, which is on the chip. It probably wouldn't be that noticeable unless you game or edit video, or encode. The RAM/hard drive are where the most noticeable gains in performance are, so you may want to look into that also.

    Matt
     
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  4. CoffeeShark

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    go for the higher cache, well worth it.
     
    CoffeeShark, Feb 7, 2006
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    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I will fourth that conclusion. Get the higher cache.
     
    USAFdude02, Feb 7, 2006
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    whats 25 dollars like 12 pounds 50, mate that is well worth it, a processor upgrade for 12 quid, wish i could have that.
     
    REDFROG, Feb 7, 2006
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