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Pentium M vs. Pentium M

post #1 of 12
1/4/06 at 10:46pm
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Quick question... how much difference will you see in overall from a Pentium M 740 & Pentium M 750?

1.7ghz vs 1.86ghz?

Appreciate the info
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post #2 of 12
1/4/06 at 10:51pm
0.16 GHz worth, of course!





if the price difference is more than around $50-$75, dont bother, its not that significant.
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post #3 of 12
1/4/06 at 10:58pm
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i think its about 40 bucks?
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post #4 of 12
1/4/06 at 11:02pm
Generally, the 1.86 GHz is seen as the best price/performance balance. That being said, the 1.73 shouldn't be noticeably slower during everyday use, since the Pentium M derives much of its performance from its architecture and huge L2 cache, and not from clock speed. So it's really a matter of whether you want to have a little more speed, or 40 bucks. You won't lose either way.
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post #5 of 12
1/4/06 at 11:43pm
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Originally Posted by flanken
Generally, the 1.86 GHz is seen as the best price/performance balance. That being said, the 1.73 shouldn't be noticeably slower during everyday use, since the Pentium M derives much of its performance from its architecture and huge L2 cache, and not from clock speed. So it's really a matter of whether you want to have a little more speed, or 40 bucks. You won't lose either way.

thanks alot. that helped. i noticed that about the 1.86 so the reason i wanted the upgrade.
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post #6 of 12
1/5/06 at 4:01am
$40? Go for it. If it's around $100, don't. The only reason I went for it is because it was a free upgrade, so it cost me nothing. I would have done it if it was like $50, too, but probably not more than that.
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post #7 of 12
1/5/06 at 5:32am
lame, get a 1.6GHz 400FSB overclock it to 2.13, and you save hundreds of dollars

OCing the CPU may be as easy as flipping a dip switch (z71v) or you may need to pin mod it
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post #8 of 12
1/5/06 at 11:47am
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Originally Posted by pr50wner
lame, get a 1.6GHz 400FSB overclock it to 2.13, and you save hundreds of dollars

OCing the CPU may be as easy as flipping a dip switch (z71v) or you may need to pin mod it

how do u pin mod it? im a hardware buff, and ive never heard of pin modding
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post #9 of 12
1/5/06 at 1:12pm
Search these forums or just go here (for one version of the pinmod) :

http://www2.ijib.com:1337/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=3
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post #10 of 12
1/6/06 at 3:27am
of course pin modding DOES violate your warranty
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post #11 of 12
1/6/06 at 7:11am
For sure it does, but for me overclocking is already a tradition.

Even my two celeron300A both still run smoothly @450MHz each on my dual board and they are already older than I thought they might ever get
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post #12 of 12
1/6/06 at 5:43pm
I usually bump it up until the price increase goes up too fast. In Canada, 2.0 is about the sweet spot.
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