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    Mobile Ivy Bridge CPU & Desktop CPU

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by bsan89, Apr 29, 2012.

  1. bsan89

    bsan89 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How much of a different between the two?

    Example:

    Intel Core i7 3820 3.6GHz/3.9GHz Turbo LGA 2011 Quad-Core Processor (10MB L3 Cache)

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    Intel® Core™ i7-3720QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.6GHz/6MB L3 Cache)

    If you had a choice. Which one would you choose?
     
    bsan89, Apr 29, 2012
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  2. Tyranids

    Tyranids Notebook Evangelist

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    Uhh, really? The desktop version's minimum clock is faster (actually it might be the same) than the mobile version's maximum Turbo Boost speed. Also it has 1.67x the amount of cache the mobile's got.

    Take the desktop variant if power's what you want.
     
    Tyranids, Apr 29, 2012
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  3. BenWah

    BenWah Notebook Consultant

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    I'd put the desktop version my laptop because I think it's really cool when sparks and smoke shoot out from it when you exceed the tdp design limits
     
    BenWah, Apr 29, 2012
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  4. b0b1man

    b0b1man Notebook Deity

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    The desktop GPU is part of the Sandy Bridge E-series (extreme). Its supported ONLY by Clevo P270WM. You cannot put anything else in it, the mobile variants are different sockets.

    If you have the cash, go for the P270WM. It is nice. Next year it will get Ivy Bridge E-series available for upgrade.
     
    b0b1man, Apr 29, 2012
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  5. jclausius

    jclausius Notebook Virtuoso

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    Did you mean the SANDY Bridge, and not IVY BRIDGE comparison? I ask because the chips you list are Sandy Bridge CPUs not Ivy Bridge.

    Also, in what context are you looking for differences? Just a general interest or are you thinking of this as BenWah suggested from a laptop point of view?

    In general, the highest SNB Desktop CPUs vs. highest Mobile CPU will generally have more L3 cache, higher Turbo frequencies, and that brings a higher TDP.

    From a laptop point of view, desktop CPUs require a different socket than "mobile" CPUs. With the exception of the Clevo x7200/P270WM, to my knowledge all other laptops motherboards have a socket that only accepts a mobile processor. For the Clevo machines, their motherboards are designed take a specific Desktop CPU. For example, the P270WM will only take a CPU with the LGA 2011 socket.

    HTH
     
    jclausius, Apr 29, 2012
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  6. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    the i7 3820 is a sandy bridge E part only available in the mobile sector for the p270wm, its quite a powerful cpu, but sincerely you should only go for that if you are doing quite some intensive tasks, and that doesnt include gaming.

    the i7 3720qm is quite a powerful ivy, if we go by the benchmarks its going to be a 10-15% improvement over sandy bridge, not recommended upgrade might I add, however if you are coming from earlier intel chips or even llano AMD APUs last year it will be a healthy upgrade.
     
    Karamazovmm, Apr 29, 2012
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  7. goldenboyuk

    goldenboyuk Notebook Enthusiast

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    do you mean not recommended vs the 3610mobile processor?as in price vs performance increase?
     
    goldenboyuk, May 1, 2012
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  8. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    that is another thing to consider as well, if its a cheap upgrade like 50 go for it
     
    Karamazovmm, May 1, 2012
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  9. awakeN

    awakeN Notebook Deity

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    lmao the i7-3820 is so overkill for someone like me. i mean, it probably won't even go above 5% cpu usage unless i open 50 sc2 clients at the same time... while playing skyrim and BF3
     
    awakeN, May 1, 2012
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