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    Whats the Dell Inspiron 15R New ?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by indianyogi, Apr 27, 2010.

  1. indianyogi

    indianyogi Newbie

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    I am planning to buy a laptop, and on Dell's website they r displaying Dell Inspiron 15R new, I was wondering which configuration is technologically better in the long run. Or they are just techie terms.

    1) Intel® Core™ i3-350M Processor (2.26Ghz, 4 Threads, 3M cache) with
    4GB (2GBx2) 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (Work at 1066MHz for Intel Arrandale CPU) and
    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 - 1GB

    OR

    2) Intel® Core™ i5-430M Processor (2.26Ghz, 4 Threads, Turbo Boost up to 2.53 GHz, 3M cache) with
    4GB (2 X 2 GB) 2 DIMM DDR3 1333Mhz and
    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 - 1GB

    Can any one shed light on this ??

    Thaankx
    Vivek
     
    indianyogi, Apr 27, 2010
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  2. Misdemeanor

    Misdemeanor Notebook Consultant

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    2) Intel® Core™ i5-430M Processor (2.26Ghz, 4 Threads, Turbo Boost up to 2.53 GHz, 3M cache) with
    4GB (2 X 2 GB) 2 DIMM DDR3 1333Mhz and
    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 - 1GB
     
    Misdemeanor, Apr 27, 2010
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  3. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    the 2nd one is better as long as price is same... as core i5 has turbo boost and hyperthreading while i3 only has hyperthreading... the advantage of turbo boost is that ur cpu can speed up more if ur doing a single thread... free Overclock in a way...
     
    sean473, Apr 27, 2010
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  4. Trottel

    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    What is the price difference? See if that price difference is worth it for you to have a single core clock 10% higher on some occasions. It probably isn't.
     
    Trottel, Apr 27, 2010
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  5. indianyogi

    indianyogi Newbie

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    Thank you all.
    In what occasions i may need "turbo boost", is it required every time ..or seldom. What activity needs "turbo boost" functionality.

    by the way, this configuration
    Intel® Core™ i5-430M Processor (2.26Ghz, 4 Threads, Turbo Boost up to 2.53 GHz, 3M cache) with
    4GB (2 X 2 GB) 2 DIMM DDR3 1333Mhz and
    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 - 1GB

    ..is coming out to be cheaper then the other one, as other components are either cheaper, or of less configuration, such as 1.3 MP webcam, SATA Try load, 2.8 AHr Battery, 10/100 Ethernet ......
     
    indianyogi, Apr 28, 2010
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  6. Trottel

    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    "Turbo boost" is a feature built into the processor to let it become slightly more powerful under some conditions, but otherwise serves no other function and is not required or even helps anything other than the 10% processor speed increase in some situations. The situation where "turbo boost" is enabled is when a program is utilizing only one of the processor's two cores and the other is idle. In this case, "turbo boost" will increase the frequency of the active core by about 10% to increase processing power by that same amount.
     
    Trottel, Apr 28, 2010
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  7. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    Well then , this is ur choice.. go and get it...
     
    sean473, Apr 28, 2010
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  8. inspirohost

    inspirohost Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd go for max specs (i.e. bluetooth, webcam, HDMI, VGA, eSATA, etc) so that when I go out into the market to resell my machine say a year or so down the line, I'll get a good price for it...

    I've got the 15R core i5 and quite pleased with it I must say... Only drawback was that it came without win7 pre-installed and only DOS.

    Best Regards,
    Jason
     
    inspirohost, Jun 17, 2010
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  9. lozanogo

    lozanogo Notebook Deity

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    Well, from the info you've provided I'd go with the i5.

    Now let me ask you: when you say cheaper components or less configuration, what are the differences you are looking at?
     
    lozanogo, Jun 17, 2010
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  10. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    Yeah I'd look at the full specs of both machines before deciding. Obviously if they both come at the same final price you're tweaking something somewhere to get these same prices (unless one machine is a pre-config on sale).

    Also, what uses is your Inspiron going to serve?
     
    Melody, Jun 17, 2010
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  11. wishmaster.dj

    wishmaster.dj Notebook Evangelist

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    to answer your question abut which is better in the long run, the 2nd one, undoubtedly.
     
    wishmaster.dj, Jun 18, 2010
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