Difference in Processors

duncansby

Hi - I am about to buy a Dell laptop and was wondering if there was any significant difference between a Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370 and a Intel Core 2 Duo T5550.

I plan on using the laptop for browsing, office and the odd game like civilisation and command & conquer. (So i can play my son online)

Thanks

TonyLisaP

There really isn't much between them. The T5550 is 100Mhz faster which is nothing in todays PC's
T2370 1.73GHz
T5550 1.83GHz

weegie.geek

The 5550 also has a faster FSB, so that coupled with the ram running at the faster speed will give it a noticeable boost. Bear in mind that they're dual-core, so it's two lots of 100mhz, and two lots of faster FSB, etc.


The 5550 also has double the cache. It's not as simple as pure mhz unfortunately.

TonyLisaP

For what the OP wants it for there isn't much difference at all.

frogman_2

You're both right; Weegie is absolutely correct that it's more than MHz and the extra cache as well as the higher front-side bus (FSB) will make a considerable difference. TLP is correct that there'll be little difference seen by the OP for what he has stated.

So the 2 things to consider are budget and headroom. I think the T5550 is worth about £30 more than the T2370 so if the difference in the price of your 2 target notebooks is more than that, go for the cheaper notebook. But the main issue is headroom, that is 6 months down the line will you be doing other things like video editing or ripping lots of music; in which case it might be worth getting the T5550.

Happy Shopping!

BillScarab

I'd go for the T5550 unless it is significantly more expensive. It won't be much much different for most thigns but could help if you are playing games.

What Graphics cards do they have in as that will be significant if you want ot play games on them? Unless you're playing very old versions of C&C and Civ.

TonyLisaP

Be careful with the operating system too. I really had to fudge c&c red alert 2 to work on Vista but cannot get network gaming to work because of ipx/spx.

duncansby

Thanks all - went for the T5550 as it only worked out at £20 more for the spec I wanted with 2G RAM, and remembered that my youngest son has just got a camcorder and has started editing videos with it, so the extra processing power might be handy

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duncansby wrote: »

Hi - I am about to buy a Dell laptop and was wondering if there was any significant difference between a Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370 and a Intel Core 2 Duo T5550.

I plan on using the laptop for browsing, office and the odd game like civilisation and command & conquer. (So i can play my son online)

Thanks

Not much, they are both "Pentium Class" cpu's and are both very good, a wise choice over AMD and Intel Celeron low end chips.