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Better Processor or More Ram? by albert on 12-07-2007 at 11:23 PM

I have to shop for a comptuer for my sister..
And I seem to have found the model she wants, yet I'm stuck on one detail..

2GB of ram with a T2310
OR
1GB of ram with a T5250

She'll use it for university, msn, music and web surfing most likely..
I'm thinking the T5250 should be better.. since you can upgrade the ram.. but not the processor that easily.

By the way, the price is the same..

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logo...095012&catid=20354

and

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?l...0FS10095415&catid=

RE: Better Processor or More Ram? by Voldemort on 12-07-2007 at 11:33 PM

I'd get the one with 2gbs of ram, and it can share more memory for video, and because the difference in processor power is minimal, i think, let's see what others say.

RE: Better Processor or More Ram? by MeEtc on 12-07-2007 at 11:35 PM

Well, the Future Shop link says it's sold out already.
IMO, the difference in processor speed is quite small, and not going to factor a huge difference in performance. On the other hand, you're doubling the RAM on the other model, and that probably will be noticeably different.

On a side note, the best upgrade to get for a laptop IMO is the hard drive. most laptop drives only spin at 5400rpm, compared to 7200rpm in a standard desktop. Both of these models sport a 5400 drive anyway, so this note is mostly pointless to this discussion. Meh.

RE: RE: Better Processor or More Ram? by owenw on 12-16-2007 at 10:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by MeEtc
Well, the Future Shop link says it's sold out already.
IMO, the difference in processor speed is quite small, and not going to factor a huge difference in performance. On the other hand, you're doubling the RAM on the other model, and that probably will be noticeably different.

On a side note, the best upgrade to get for a laptop IMO is the hard drive. most laptop drives only spin at 5400rpm, compared to 7200rpm in a standard desktop. Both of these models sport a 5400 drive anyway, so this note is mostly pointless to this discussion. Meh.

Wellll...
Speaking of Video RAM, if you're getting a laptop with no video ram, you'll be kicking yourself when you try upgrade past Windows XP...

but anyway...get the one with more RAM. itll be way better.
RE: Better Processor or More Ram? by andrewdodd13 on 12-16-2007 at 05:02 PM

Get the one with the faster processor and put more RAM in if necessary.

You can't usually upgrade laptop processors.

Edit: Which is what you were thinking. :)

RE: Better Processor or More Ram? by Volv on 12-16-2007 at 05:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Get the one with the faster processor and put more RAM in if necessary.

You can't usually upgrade laptop processors.

Edit: Which is what you were thinking. :)
But which is also unnecessarily expensive when the extent of the computer's use is:
quote:
Originally posted by albert
for university, msn, music and web surfing most likely..
RE: Better Processor or More Ram? by ShawnZ on 12-16-2007 at 05:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Voldemort
because the difference in processor power is minimal

yes, but the cache is doubled, the FSB is faster, and, the T5250 has a newer architecture than the T2310.
RE: Better Processor or More Ram? by lizard.boy on 12-16-2007 at 06:09 PM

I'd go with the faster processor, and put more ram in seperatly. I find that most manufactures overcharge for ram/hdd upgrades in many cases, but you can't upgrade your own processor in a laptop.

RE: RE: Better Processor or More Ram? by andrewdodd13 on 12-16-2007 at 06:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Volv
quote:
Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Get the one with the faster processor and put more RAM in if necessary.

You can't usually upgrade laptop processors.

Edit: Which is what you were thinking. :)
But which is also unnecessarily expensive when the extent of the computer's use is:
quote:
Originally posted by albert
for university, msn, music and web surfing most likely..
In which case, 1 gig of RAM is sufficient either way, so it makes very little difference at all, at least with the processor, there is the *option* to upgrade.