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    What CPU For T61

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Spica, Nov 28, 2007.

  1. Spica

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    Hi all. I can get a 35% discount on Lenova's through my employer and my son needs a LT for college. Although I have an IT background (ex-Network Admin), I haven't been in touch with current architecture advancements let alone model numbers.

    How much of a difference is there between the 7250 and 7300 Intel duals available with the T61? I see an extra 2Gig of cache but is it that much of a difference especially for what my son will be using it for? TIA.
     
    Spica, Nov 28, 2007
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    If he plays games, go with the 7300...it's definitely more future-proof.
     
    SkeeteRX8, Nov 28, 2007
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    take T7300, with 4MB of cache, if he won't need them now, later for sure.
     
    oct, Nov 28, 2007
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    What is it going to be used for?

    In any case, if the extra cache is needed, you might as well bump up the speed to 2.2GHz with a T7500. If it's just typing and other documents, even the cheapest CPUs right now are plenty fast.

    P.S. It's megabytes, not gigabytes.
     
    knightingmagic, Nov 28, 2007
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    Get the 7300, its the price-performance ratio sweet spot.
     
    Hackez, Nov 28, 2007
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    well he may bump to 7700 too :) anyway for college more than 7300 is overkill.. imo
     
    oct, Nov 28, 2007
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    The upgrade is almost never worth it unless you have a specific need which most people in my experience do not.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 28, 2007
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    when i got my notebook in 08/07..the t7300 was the best performance/price ratio...at this time the t7500 has the best performance/price ratio

    after that...the upgrade price is not worth it
     
    eyecon82, Nov 29, 2007
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    agree, lately seems like most of the vendor stopping to supplied for T7300. except lenovo. wonder why. most of them only selling with T7250. So right now, for the best performance and price is T7500 i guess.
     
    kaede, Nov 30, 2007
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    The T7700 is a ripoff;

    +$93.75 for 7500
    +$281.25 for 7700

    and only 200 mhz faster, which won't make enough of a difference to justify the price.
     
    SkeeteRX8, Nov 30, 2007
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  11. eyecon82

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    that's exactly why i say a t7500 is the best value and best performance/price ratio
     
    eyecon82, Nov 30, 2007
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