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Building laptop opinions
I am currently in the process of configuring either an Inspiron 1720 or Vostro 1700 and would like some of your opinions on as to what I should get, as well as to keep the price as low as possible. The computer I currently have is 4 years old, 1.5gb RAM, 80gb HDD, single core, etc... Needless to say, I am tired of it going so slow when running 12 tables + PT and PAHUD.
I will mainly be using the laptop for: -multiple AHK apps -PT and PAHUD -multiple poker sites, 12 tabling -surfing internet -MS office -and gaming What I must have in laptop: -17" WUXGA 1920x1200 -dual monitor compatibility -256mb GeForce 8600M GT video card (would 128mb 8400M GS be ok when running an extra monitor?) -2gb ram -9 cell battery Components I am not sure about and would like opinons on: -How fast of processor and what size cache would suffice? Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66GHz? 2.0GHz? 2.2GHz? 2MB cache? 4MB cache? -What speed hard drive do you suggest? Would 7200 be overkill? 120gb 5400rpm or 160gb 7200rpm -What brand and type of wireless card? Dell G, Intel a/g, or Dell-N? (I realize N is the fastest, but by how much?) All together, I would like to keep the price of this laptop to under $1700. Thanks for all your help! |
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Re: Building laptop opinions
My official opinion is that your old computer is fast enough.
If you're set on getting a new systems...Get the 7200rpm hard drive and the fastest processor you can afford after that. You won't notice a difference in speed between G and N wireless unless you're doing a lot of wireless transfers over your network. |
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