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    i5-430m question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nu_D, Mar 5, 2010.

  1. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    Right now I'm using an aging laptop with a Pentium M 1600mhz. If I have a few programs open it starts stuttering...iTunes is painful on it. So basically, I'm sick and tired of it and want a beast. I want to be able to open whatever the heck I want, four-five programs or more, whatever...and have it not even stutter.

    Would a i5-430m be able to do that? My brain tells me ya but considering the suffering I've been under with this laptop...I just want to make sure. The i5-520m is natively as fast as the 430 on turboost and gets all the way to 2.93 where the 430 tops out at 2.53. Basically, will I notice any difference? I don't do any video encoding or whatever....down the line if I did though, would it be anything significant between the two? Or even with the 540m?

    Thanks!
     
    nu_D, Mar 5, 2010
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  2. DakHam

    DakHam Notebook Geek

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    DakHam, Mar 5, 2010
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  3. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    personally , if u really want no problems get an i7-quad... should have no problems...
     
    sean473, Mar 5, 2010
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  4. jenesuispasbavard

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    My measly P7350 at 2.4 GHz gives me no stuttering with regular programs at all. Today, any dual core is much much better than the Pentium M (I had the same 1.6 GHz Pentium M, but I upgraded to 2.0 GHz for $70 two years ago and saw a pretty big difference).
     
    jenesuispasbavard, Mar 5, 2010
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