I like this laptop but honestly I'd rather have a lower wattage less heat producing dual core. The i5-2520 will give the same fps on 99% of games as a i7-2630 so why waste the extra watts and produce the extra heat plus it cost more. I'm sure I could sell the 2630 and buy a 2520 and have plenty of cash left over after its all said and done making the laptop even cheaper.
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If the apps or games you use are not fully using all 4 cores then switching to a dual core probably won't make much difference to your power consumption or core temperatures. Intel Core i CPUs are designed so unused cores enter the C6 sleep state where the core voltage drops to zero. You can't get much less power consumption than that.
The C0% in the ThrottleStop log file will show you how much of your CPU is being used during a game. A lot of games are barely using a quarter of what a Quad core CPU is capable of so unused cores are constantly going to sleep to save power.
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Still I really wish dual cores were offered to make the configs cheaper. I dont think I ever use more then 2 cores ever.
Maybe you are right about the intel cpus being designed really good.
I know my amd phenom x6 desktop cpu constantly shows power being used on all 6 cores even when jus browsing the web
Is the CPU removeable?
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by laststop311, May 5, 2011.