Still unsure for the processor (5796)

It's a big buy for me and i want to be sure i got what's best for the money so for the moment im sure with every feature i choosed exept for the processor...

My first tought was the P9500 at 2.53 ghz and 6mb l2 cache but i read that the performance was comparable to the P8600 2.4 ghz @ 3mb l2 cache.

But im still unsure about this choice, for the bucks, should I go for the P9500 or stick with the p8600 and upgrade late if ever i need more processor power.

I will do gaming as far as the 9800 GT will be able to play and autocad 2009 and inventor 2009 (mechanical engineer design programs)

 

Go with your first thought.........

You will have much better performance with the P9500.

 

i disagree with the "much better performance" part. the actual performance difference should be less than 5%.

 

There will be no noticeable real life performance. Unless you do heavy 3d editing work. Like CAD,

 

That's what i've heard and that the performance between equally Ghz 3mb vs 6mb cache is almost the same.

Does the .13 ghz worth the extra 100 bucks ? My thought is that if ever i need more power in the future i could get a better cpu that fit the socket, anyway i think i would definatly go with the P8600

I know there's other post already there about the Robson turbo boost but there's no search option on the forum and im too lazy to search everywhere, anyway I read that it gived about no performance changes but I saw another thread that showed some result after few tweaks, so my question is : Is it worth the 49$ and hope the official drivers update or something like that change it all and make it work ?

 

turbo memory only helps your boot time by few seconds. so unless your time is as valuable as Bill Gates's, I'll say don't get it.

 

The P8600 has a 3MB vs. the 9500's 6 MB cache. With Intel's memory controller still off chip that helps a lot.

The P8600 is of course 2.4 vs. the 2.53 Ghz P9500 yielding more clocks out of the box.

If the price difference isn't that much stick with the P9500.

 

132 $ is it ''that much'' ?

 

Not worth it, IMO.

 

I agree as others have stated, it is not worth it. Not that much of a performance difference. The best value for the performance is usually the 3rd or 4th one from the top.

 

I personally would disagree with the other people saying it's not worth it. Your idea of "just dropping in a new proc" would void your warranty, which is never good. So if you don't care about your warranty well then i guess it'd be an alright idea. Also that seems like a rather large hassle to have off the bat in the back of your mind. I would not be able to deal with knowing that i could have gotten a better processor within my budget but didn't.

However if you're on a tight budget and really can't afford the extra hundred bucks or so then it might be one way to trim some excess fat off your bill. Although it seems like ram, and the hard drive would be an easier way to save money and both are very easily upgraded later.

I got the turbo memory on my 5796, it was just 45 bucks so i figured why not. Here's a quick review by anandtech that sorta convinced me it might be worth something, especially this new revision.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3009

But again if your on a budget just skip over it.

 

ech230 - that is actually incorrect. Installing a CPU does not void your warranty. Now if you physically damage something during the install, warranty would not be provided on the damaged parts.

 

Plus the CPU is something that is almost a sunk cost. What I mean by that is if you get a lower end CPU in the system, you have invested "x" amount into it. That is "sunk" or lost because lower end CPU's don't fetch very much if you try to recapture your investment, like say selling it on Ebay, if you want to upgrade in the future.

If you have any doubts, or if you just have the money, I would say get the better processor. It isn't like RAM that if you have a single 2 GB stick, you can just add another stick without losing anything. The clocks aren't that big of a deal. I agree with that. The cache and the extra clocks... that's a good thing.

 

My order is now send ! I chosed the P9500 finnaly
My budget is thight but **** ! I dont buy a top gaming notebook every years.. Thanks for the advices pplz