New Labtop! Asus A42JV

[Ashur]

the only corei7 that goes with corei5 750 consumption is corei7 870 they have similar envelope of heat production (i.e. only in idle)

so don't you want to have a nice low power consumption under idle operation? that's pretty good for your laptop chipset so nothing will be fried there also not to try your lap LOL

if you want a Core i7 so bad just get a desktop (i.e. if you're going to use it to its potential)

[Rocknote]

Huh...so even the auto shut down for high temperature might be used frequently if the heat production is too high.

I sure need to have good power saving and of course to make a fried laptop is a big damage to my wallet. :P

Then the best is just get a whole new CPU but it might cost a lot.

[Chewy369]

Originally Posted by Ashur

the only corei7 that goes with corei5 750 consumption is corei7 870 they have similar envelope of heat production (i.e. only in idle)

so don't you want to have a nice low power consumption under idle operation? that's pretty good for your laptop chipset so nothing will be fried there also not to try your lap LOL

if you want a Core i7 so bad just get a desktop (i.e. if you're going to use it to its potential)

Meh, I find Phenoms are good enough to compete with I7's for my need. The Phenoms are pretty damn fast and can compete with I7's especially in gaming.
Phenoms also overclock very well, so for those wanting to squeeze out those extra performance, it is achievable. I have reached 3.6-3.8 Ghz on my Phenom II 940 on a cheap 35$ heatsink. I am lazy though, so I have not bothered to play and tweak around the settings more to achieve higher clocks so I'm sure it's possible to squeeze out higher clocks. That being said, a stock Phenom II 940 is at 3.0 Ghz. Thats a 600-800 Mhz increase with exceptional performance.

Phenoms also have the best price/performance right now (mostly), they are extremely cheap compared to Intel's competition. For example the i7 980x, a hexa core CPU with unlocked cores is being sold over 1000$ CAD here. While AMD Phenom x6 1090T when released was only around 320$. Both 6 cores, both have unlocked cores as well. Yes, I realize the Intel CPU is faster, but not 300% faster thats worth the retail price its being sold at.

[MKHsma]

am getting a new one in monday