What kind of processor do I need for a good laptop.?

Question

I am currently custom creating an M17 Extreme Gaming Notebook from Alienware, and I wanted to know about a few of the changeable areas.

These are the available processors and their respective prices.


Intel® Core™2 P8400 2.26GHz (3MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)

Intel® Core™2 P8600 2.4GHz (3MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [+$100 or $3/mo.]

Intel® Core™2 T9400 2.53GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [+$250 or $8/mo.]

Intel® Core™2 T9600 2.8GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [+$500 or $15/mo.]

Intel® Core™2 Extreme X9100 3.06GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [+$850 or $26/mo.]

Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9100 2.26GHz (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [+$850 or $26/mo.]

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad QX9300 2.53GHz (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [+$1,200 or $36/mo.]
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I also wanted to ask about the operating system:

Windows Vista® Home Premium (32-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1 [+$0]

Windows Vista® Ultimate (32-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1 [+$100 or $3/mo.]

Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1 [+$100 or $3/mo.]
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I heard vista sucked, but what are the best choices for the above? I want a great gaming laptop that can handle daily usages like schoolwork, watching movies, and social networking.

This is the actual link: http://www.alienware.com/customize/M17-notebook.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-M17&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

I'm grateful for your time!

Answer 1

Alienware will grossly overcharge you for what's just a basic Quanta or Compal chassis. Check out Acer and Asustek machines with 9650GTm and 9800m over at Best Buy and Newegg before you comit to such a premium brand... you might be surprised how far your money goes elsewhere. In particular, Asuystek has a 9800gs T5xx at Bestbuy for under $1100, and if you'd take a 9650GTm, Newegg has the same for about $750. 9650GTm/P8600 offerings are available for around $1100, too.



But, from your choices:

No reason to pick Ultimate. Save the $100. 32-bit has better device driver support, so opt for it over 64-bit unless you have need for more than ~3GB of RAM.



P8600 is the CPU sweet-spot, and uses less power than T9xxx chips. Anything above a T9600 is grossly excessive, even by Alienware standards.

Answer 2

In most cases, the P8400 will do just fine. The other CPUs only offer minimal boosts, depending on the model. Your other parts are vital to overall system performance also. For $1000 to get a quad-core upgrade, you're better off buying a great desktop with that much.



Stick with Vista 64-bit. 4GB or more of RAM. A fast hard drive, like the 7200.4 or the WD Scorpio Black. These will be better money spent than on a CPU upgrade with only 200 more points in synthetic benchmarks.

Answer 3

Well as much as I bet ppl are going to post the dell sucks, the 1730 and 1530 XPS models are not that bad and are cheaper then an alienware one (I have a 1530XPS Ram = 4GB dual core 2.6gh and a 256mb vid card. Cost like $3,000. Plays farcry and crysis on normal settings no problem. As for the process, I would get the daul core and a 512 vid card min. Vista ultimate is good. It had small features here and there that are nice but I would just go with the basic one to save some money. (I have ultimate and don’t think it is bad) XP would be better for gaming because it doesn’t use as much of your system as vista does. OH and 64bit vista can go about 4gb of ram (32bit can only reconize 3.5gb)

Answer 4

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad is the best one, and the Intel® Core™2 Quad is the second best



Windows vista doesn't has many of the stability problems it used to have (yet the bad rep remains) but still had to use a lot of system resources compared to windows XP and the user account control is annoying but can be disabled in users setting on the control panel.



the best one for you would be windows home premium 64-bit edition, although using older games and gametap service needs 32-bit



PS; trying to downgrade to xp could cause you lose support of multi-core processor and several pieces of your hardware.

Answer 5

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad QX9300 2.53GHz (12MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [+$1,200 or $36/mo.]





else



Intel® Core™2 Extreme X9100 3.06GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) [+$850 or $26/mo.]





I really dont care about OS, vista aint good,

get xp- fast edition.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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