Best Processor for NP8662 Discussion

I have been reading countless threads discussing which is the best processor to put in the 8662, and I am still having trouble deciding what to do:

First, there is the question of if you want the quad or the C2D...Everyone has their own opinions on which is best, but I feel, just as others, that a 2.00ghz quad is on the slower end.

Then, the question is, is it worth it to buy the stock P8700, sell it, and then install a higher clocked quad? I see that people have had success with putting in Q9100s and Qx9300.

So, what is the best processor to put in the NP8662 that I will not have to worry about anything at all as far as temps, etc? Thanks so much.

 

Best would be to order a barebone, so you will no need to pay extra $$$ for CPU.
Then to order qx9300 (OEM, not ES) and have a lot of fun.

 

From what I understand though doesnt the qx9300 run a bit too hot for the 8662? I don't want to have any worries about anything being hot at all, I just simply want the best I can get *safely*

 

It's not so hot as in "fairy tales". So a little bit of play with RMClock and it will be cold as rest.

 

I wouldn't feel comfortable having a qx9300 in it. Even undervolted, this quad + a GTX 260M and the hdd going crazy half the time in a such small chassis makes me wonder if it is a good overall idea. But I move my laptop alot and don't have a cooler obviously so I have a tendency to go for the 25w cpus. But if you do, definitely get the barebone. It'll be cheaper and way more fun

 

Have you seen my thread detailing gaming performance and temps with the Q9000?

It may only be 2.0 Ghz but it has no problem with any games. Regarding which processor is best, it all depends on exactly what you will be using the laptop for.

 

I am going to Penn State University Park and I am planning on majoring in Computer Engineering, and possibly double majoring in some sort of digital animation...From things I have been reading, for CAD and modeling and things of that nature, a quad is definitely the way to go, but I definitely still want to be able to game. Clearly, for the major's purposes I would rather get what is best for what I am going to need to do in the future.

Do you guys think that the Q9000 has a high enough clock for doing things in comp. engineering and such, or should I go for a higher clocked quad? (or even the P9700?)

I think that the Qx9300 definitely runs too hot for what I am interested in. I am talking about which processor will be best without me having to worry about it at all and no temp problems at all. Thanks!

 

Who says you can't game on fast dual cores? If you want the number crunching CPU power, get the Q9000 or Q9100; the QX9300 will get too hot.

The GTX 280M at stock clocks, in terms of raw performance, is ~6% faster than the GTX 260M at stock clocks. And if you include the 12 additional shaders, it will be ~10% faster depending on how shader intensive the application is.

Jpac28. I'm going to graduate from SFSU next spring in computer engineering. The slow Pentium D workstations in some of my university's computer labs can crunch everything I throw at it in MATLAB. A P9700 or the Q9000 will be able to trump the Pentium D's in a heartbeat, serve your purposes in CAD, and bring you hours of enjoyment in the latest games.

 

Hmmm. what about if I stayed with the stock P8700? Is that going to be a bottleneck in games, and will that not be able to handle things I may be doing with computer engineering?

If that is the case, I suppose I would be torn between the P9700, the Q9000, Q9100, and Q9200.... Do they all run at safe temperatures? (As if I do not have to worry about the temps at all) Is it even worth it for the hassle of manually installing the 9100 or 9200 for the slight upgrade from the 9000?

 

If you feel that the 10% difference in performance is worth the step up from the P8700 to the P9700, then go for it. Unless you play the latest RTS games or GTAIV, or very intensive applications such as huge arrays of MATLAB, or mission-critical professional-grade CAD applications such as 3dsMax or Maya, there is no need right now to step up to the Qxxx series as the CPU will not bottleneck the GPU. But if you want to and your wallet can take it, then by all means splurge.

The Q9000 and Q9100 will operate at safe temperatures just fine. As for the Q9200, you will need to ask kaltmond as I cannot recall what the operating voltage is at 2.4Ghz, and I am too lazy to find kaltmond's thread.

Official Clevo resellers will not sell the Q9100 or higher as part of the complete notebook. Is it worth the effort installing the Q9100 from a Q9000? Very much yes. I taught my little niece to install CPU's on old desktops before. But is it worth the money? Again, that is up to you. You can always buy the notebook barebones and buy the CPU seperately to bypass having to sell the stock CPU.

 

i have the q9200 and right now my temp values are 48/52/52/54 with a min of 42/47/47/43 and a max of 77/74/74/74

 

while i would take a 2.6 quad over a 2.8 or even 3.0 duel any day..

taking a 2.0 quad over a 2.6 duel is another matter

Go hard or go home... quads and duels are already dated tech.. i expect BF3 (which will release late 2010) will require a 3+gig quad or i7 minimal.( Do you guys think intel will release more quads that work in the NP8662?... i would love to put a 2.8-3gig quad in this at good temps before battlefeild3 comes out in a year or so)

GPU is not the bottleneck esp in a scalable enviroment and especialy with the prodomonence of console ports.. Nvidia fund most of Crytek to convince people of this lie.