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    effects on battery life

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by aan310, Oct 31, 2008.

  1. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well... if i get 4gb of 667mhz ram... vs my 2 gb... will i have lower battery life?
    320gb hd over 160gb (both 5400rpm)
    and a t8100 ill give me better battery life, right?
     
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    More memory won't lower battery life unless it's more memory modules. Since it's 2x1 GB to 2x2GB, no, it won't lower battery life.
    A 320GB 5400RPM will provide slightly better battery life than a 160GB 7200RPM. Performance would be similar. (I am assuming you just don't realize that you have a 7200RPM drive right now). A 5400 RPM 160GB vs 5400RPM 320GB will use the same power.
    A T8100 should give slightly better battery life than a T7300, but the performance difference will not be very large (+100mhz, -1MB L2). Just undervolt the T7300, and if you want better performance, get a T9300.
     
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  3. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks!
    and no, i diddnt realize i had a 7200rpm...
    and thanks for the info, i dont think im going to do the trade then (i think i mentioned it to you already)... ill probability just buy more ram then :)


    Thanks!

    EDIT: and thanks to you i got it UVed already :)
     
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    Polarix Notebook Evangelist

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    More memory will improve battery life.

    More things can be stored in the RAM instead of the OS having to access the hard drive all of the time.
     
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    Wouldn't a bigger hard drive give better battery life during heavy read/write sessions? It would be accessing less because the bigger drives are usually read/write quicker.
     
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    Extra question here...

    So when i unplug fron power... all my games lag.
    Its not my CPU cause i have custom setting from RMclock...
    So some how my gpu is getting downclocked?
    how can i stop this, but not all the time (ex, turn it on/off of downclocking)
     
    aan310, Oct 31, 2008
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