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Which CPU for my new Dell Studio 15?

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esbenm

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I am buying a Dell Studio 15 for these purposes:

Photoshop/Lightroom
World of Warcraft (possibly a few other games, but mainly WOW)
Browsing/Office/iTunes

I am considering these 4 CPU options (prices converted to USD):

Intel Pentium Duo-core T4300/2.1ghz/800mhz/1mb cache - 4gb memory - 1076 USD
Intel Core 2 Duo T6600/2.2ghz/800mhz/2mb cache - 4gb memory - 1276 USD
Intel Core 2 Duo P8700/2.53ghz/1066mhz/3mb cache - 6gb memory - 1496 USD
Intel Core 2 Duo T9600/2.8ghz/1066mhz/6mb cache - 6gb memory - 1704 USD

The basic specs:
15.6" screen 1920*1080
Radeon 512mb HD4570 GPU
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

My old laptop has a Core 2 Duo T5600/1.83ghz/667mhz/2mb cache CPU, a x1400 GPU and 3gb memory. Wow runs sluggish and Lightroom can be sluggish as well. So I need something faster.

How large a difference is there between these options?
I am guessing the 6gb memory could be very nice for Lightroom?
What do you recommend?
 
P8700 gets my vote. Pretty much the perfect balance of speed, battery life, and price. I have the P8400 and am very happy with it. The other chips just seem a bit slow and the 9600 is just to expensive.
 
Originally posted by: boomhower
P8700 gets my vote. Pretty much the perfect balance of speed, battery life, and price. I have the P8400 and am very happy with it. The other chips just seem a bit slow and the 9600 is just to expensive.
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I agree with the P8700. Probably the best balance between speed and price.
 
Does anyone out there ever try buying the low end CPU from dell & then upgrading to a higher end cpu purchased online?
 
Thank you all.

The P8700 also seems to have a good price/performance ratio.

What about 800mhz memory with a 1066mhz CPU, will that be a bottleneck or only mage an insignificant difference?
 
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