|
Title: New Laptop Spec Post by: Hinchlt on May 18, 2013, 01:16:17 PM I'm going to be acquiring a new laptop next month.
I tend to split my time between my flat, girlfriends and parents so buying a desktop is not an option. Looking at building a 17 inch Vaio E (education discount and 0% on a 12 month finance deal ftw) Needs to be able to run a pretty large pt4 db, spotify, and around 8-10 tables Wondering what impact the difference between i5 and i7 will have, and the difference between 500gb and 1tb hdd will have on performance? Title: Re: New Laptop Spec Post by: bobAlike on May 18, 2013, 01:37:29 PM If you can afford i7 get i7. Definite performance advantage although the i5 is not bad. 500Gb or 1Tb will not make a dif to performance. For performance improvements get an SSD.
Title: Re: New Laptop Spec Post by: Hinchlt on May 18, 2013, 01:44:49 PM ssd's cost a bomb!
In that case the 60 quid difference between the 500gb and Tb aint worth it then? Title: Re: New Laptop Spec Post by: skolsuper on May 18, 2013, 02:28:19 PM You can get hybrid drives now with performance close to a full SSD but the capacity and cost nearly as good as a regular hard drive.
Title: Re: New Laptop Spec Post by: wazz on May 22, 2013, 03:59:14 AM The cost of SSDs is justified and has gone down a lot. You should prefer to spring for an SSD over an i7, for sure.
Title: Re: New Laptop Spec Post by: theprawnidentity on May 22, 2013, 06:22:45 PM As someone who bought an extremely high spec laptop (Alienware), I really wish I had paid a bit more money for the SSD. The standard hard drive really lets the rest of the system down, ESPECIALLY when it comes to running a large PT4 database.
Title: Re: New Laptop Spec Post by: titaniumbean on May 22, 2013, 06:29:40 PM honestly you can't consider not getting an ssd.
that would be so -ev it hurts. Title: Re: New Laptop Spec Post by: kinboshi on May 22, 2013, 09:07:47 PM +lots for the SDD as well.
Makes such a difference. |