Pentium M 725 vs 715

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DanMan101

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I recently ordered a Dell 600m notebook with a Pentium M 715 (1.5 Ghz, 2MB cache) processor. I want to know if it would be worth the extra $47 to upgrade to a Pentium M 725 (1.6 Ghz, 2MB cache). What do you think? If I don't upgrade the CPU, I'd probably upgrade the 40GB hard drive to a 60GB for the same price.

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DanMan101
 
100mhz is not a big difference.

As long as they both have the same amount of cache, I would think either will be a decent CPU.

==>Lazn
 
youd see a much bigger increse in performance with a 7200 RPM drive. those things work wonders in laptops
 
The problem with Dell is that they don't list the hard drive speeds on their site for the 600m. Also, would a 7200 RPM hard drive drain the battery more quickly?
 
unless otherwise noted, i believe dell puts in 4200rpm drives, theyre cheaper. a 7200rpm would not drain your battery life more.
 
Yes, I found out the hard drive is indeed a 4200 RPM. The 60GB, which is $43 extra, is also 4200 RPM, and there are no choices for anything else. Anyone know where I can get a cheap 5400 or 7200 RPM 60GB notebook hard drive?

Man, this has gotten way off topic.

-DanMan101
 
well, they arent exactly cheap, but they are so great for laptops. newegg has them, the hitachi travelstar 7200rpm drives are great, they have breathed new life into the laptops i have put them into, literally. the users are now happy with their computers
 
I'm most likely going to downgrade to a 30GB hard drive to save $43 and then buy a 60GB 5400 RPM from NewEgg for about $127 shipped. I remember reading somewhere that the difference between the 4200 RPM and 5400 RPM is more significant than the difference between the 5400 and 7200. The cheapest 60GB 7200 RPM hard drive would cost me about $170.

-DanMan101
 
yeah.. but the difference between 4200 and 7200 is even more significant ;)

you could always just go for the 40gb model, but if you are going for a 5400rpm drive, look into the ones with 16mb cache
 
lithium726 said:
a 7200rpm would not drain your battery life more.
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Are you joking? Yes, it certainly would. Going from a 4200 to a 5400 will make little to no difference depending on drive makes, but going from a 4200 or 5400 to 7200 will definitely make a difference.
 
Tom's Hardware did a test that showed the 7200RPM (Hitachi Travelstar7K60) took 4 minutes off battery runtime (177mins/4200rpm vs. 173mins/7200rpm).

I'll take the better performance over a few extra minutes anytime.
 
eco said:
Are you joking? Yes, it certainly would. Going from a 4200 to a 5400 will make little to no difference depending on drive makes, but going from a 4200 or 5400 to 7200 will definitely make a difference.
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from first hand expiernce, no it doesnt.
 
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