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    Will an i5-4200U bottleneck a GT 750M (DDR5) card?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by HSanjay19, Jun 28, 2014.

  1. HSanjay19

    HSanjay19 Notebook Guru

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    I'm doing my research before buying a new laptop and one of my options (inspiron 7537) comes with i5-4200U and GT 750M DDR5. I want to get a DDR5 graphics card for better performance now and in the next couple of years in gaming, but would the undervolted CPU (turbo speed 2.6 GHz only!) be a bottleneck? It's very confusing because I haven't had experience with these processors. Am I better off buying a normal processor with a DDR3 GT750M from Asus which is a brand with a better reputation? (see below)

    My other options are GT 750m DDR3 with i5-3230M (Asus N56VV) an GT 650M DDR5 with i7-3630QM (Inspiron 17R 7120 SE) both of which are more expensive. Too many choices :wideeyed:
     
    HSanjay19, Jun 28, 2014
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  2. octiceps

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    Get the i7-3630QM + GT 650M GDDR5.

    Dude stop spamming these threads.
     
    octiceps, Jun 28, 2014
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  3. HSanjay19

    HSanjay19 Notebook Guru

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    I'm asking a question, not spamming anything.
     
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    You've made about 10 separate threads scattered in various sub-forums asking the same question instead of continuing in the original thread you started. I'd call that spam. It also makes it harder for you to receive useful help as people are just answering the same questions over and over again and nobody's getting anywhere.
     
    octiceps, Jun 28, 2014
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  5. HSanjay19

    HSanjay19 Notebook Guru

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    All right, my bad. I get what you are saying. I did that when people seemed to lose interest in replying to the same thread, or didn't reply at all. No harm intended, and no more new threads. Thanks for being respectful :thumbsup:
     
    HSanjay19, Jun 28, 2014
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    Get i5-4200U and GT 750M DDR5 if you prefer more quiet, cool operation laptops, get the other if you need maximal performance at CPU side, for example video encoding.
     
    Big_Vulture, Jun 29, 2014
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