intel turbo memory..

i have the option on a system im looking at for the turbo memory for a whopping whole 10$ more.. is it worth it?? ive ead reviews at places like anandtech and others where they stated that is atualy slowed the system down in some cases over the non turbo memory system... im looking at a barebones whitebook and they have updated the model and removed the turbo mem but the old systems are still available but at a whole 10$ price increase.. the only thing is they changed the system cosmeticaly and i like the new style better the one without the turbo mem.. should i worry about it or forget it?? thanks

 

is this the type of Turbo memmory thats soldered in? or is it the removable stuff.... if its the removable stuff i say got for it and remove it if you are having issues.

If its the soldered type i would NOT go with it. reason being is that somewhere... i cant remember mabey tomshardware said that it was basically useless and that the same results can be achieved by using a SD card or USB drive.

 

from what i understand its deep inside the notebook and not readily removable but it is not soldered in. the newer style has the slot in a different place so it can be installed and accessed.. i just dont like the looks overall as much with the system that has the robson the one without is all black where the one with the robson has black with silver accents.. looks a bit cheaper i guess..

 

Go with looks then and realize that you can always use a good old USB drive

 

well it was the msi 1719 i was looking at i think for now this will serve my purpose and then ill wait till the next gen chips to buy an all out gaming rig and this will go to the wife lol... they have a older version that is gloss on the outside with matte plastic on the inside but with a silver touchpad and some white and some red lettering on the keys..

the newer style is all black inside and out and has a black keyboard with all white letering on the keys..

still deciding though which way i want to go i know nothing of the msi whitebooks and would rather have a compal, or sager...but they jump so much from 15.4 to 17" im not sure i want to spend that much right now...

 

yea, price is always big in my mind.....lol give the wife the old shizzle.

Remeber you cant live your whole life waiting for new chips sets. by the time you wait for it and it comes out itll be expensive and the newer one will still be on the horizon. its one long chain i hate to think about.....lets all build a time machine and get computers from 10 years in the future...that will solve our problems!

I ordered my Sager5791 today and am stoked for it. even though ive never owned one i vote for sager just because of what ive heard.

also when considering a barebone, is there a certain company that has better warrantys if any?

 

seems they all are one year.. except asus give you accident protection for a year for free

 

accident protection is nice...but i would never buy it from the Computer place.

getting it through insurance companies is MUCH cheaper....like 200% cheaper!

 

Readyboost/Turbomemory doesn't do anything if you have 2 GB of RAM or more. There are cases where it can actually slow the computer down.

 

no asus themselves give it to you now..

yeah i have heard the same thing man about slowing down the syste, and i have 4gb of ram waiting for whatever i get.. so maybe i should not go for the robson then i figured for 10$ if i go with this notebook then it may be worth it but i def dont want to slow anything down.. and with 4gb of ram available i cant see it using it much except maybe during super huge demanding flexi or cad maybe games?? i dont know..

 

Turbo Memory can definitely improve battery time by letting the HDD spin down. The performance boost is less easy obvious and is difficult to measure.

Read Anandtech's analysis. I think it is a worthwhile investment and it should help even more when Intel release the next version of the Turbo Memory software.

John