Laptop CPU choice

[andrei3333]

same features and price but different cpu's, whats better for general use:

Intel® Core™ i3-380M Processor
(3M Cache, 2.53 GHz)

or

Intel® Pentium® Processor B960
(2M Cache, 2.20 GHz)

The specs are too close to call and the B series is newer it seems...

 

[ThatsABigOne]

I would go with Core I3 as the performance will be quite a bit better due to it having Hyperthreading.

For general use, take the Pentium B960 instead. Longer battery life, lower heat, and sufficient power.

 

[God Mode]

The sandybridge. That B960 has close/beats on some tests performance to the nehalem i3 while being more efficient and upgradable to a sandy i3, i5, i7.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Pentium-B960-Notebook-Processor.64192.0.html

 

[sm625]

Yeah you definitely want the B960. The platform is newer. The constraint on both these systems is the gpu, and the gpu in the B960 is a lot better. Even if the cpu is a tad slower, it is only marginally so. And the B960 is probably going to have better memory bandwidth. So the system will feel snappier even if its super pi time is 5% lower. I would look more at the battery in each one. Some of those B960 systems have 3 cell batteries.

 

[exar333]

Yeah you definitely want the B960. The platform is newer. The constraint on both these systems is the gpu, and the gpu in the B960 is a lot better. Even if the cpu is a tad slower, it is only marginally so. And the B960 is probably going to have better memory bandwidth. So the system will feel snappier even if its super pi time is 5% lower. I would look more at the battery in each one. Some of those B960 systems have 3 cell batteries.

Great advice.

No sense in getting a CPU that is 20% more efficient (just for example) that has 1/2 the battery capacity.

 

[andrei3333]

6 - cell batt on each lappy, im going with b960 i overlooked a few features, it had hdmi while the other didnt and that's a deal breaker for me...

glad for the responses, thank you

 

[andrei3333]

Would this be a good buy for the money ?
15.6"
6 cell batt
500GB HDD
6 GB ram
Intel B960
HDMI

for $429.99 + tax, i am contemplating this or waiting a few months for something newer, but newer will be more expensive, is this a good buy?
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/...494369258een02

 

[zCypher]

Link is broken

but yeah, for those specs it doesn't look too bad.

 

[gmaster456]

I would get the b960 as well.

 

[andrei3333]

Here is the link again,http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product...spx?path=037b90675f443a44fd187b494369258een02

or for $40 more :
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/prod...spx?path=75797cfdcd8dd5e201f72ade565be537en02