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When Configuring a M5550 Processory Speed Versus Memory: Which is more important?

post #1 of 4
7/11/06 at 2:05am
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Processory Speed Versus Memory: Which is more important?... im really not quite sure which to spend the extra money on.
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post #2 of 4
7/11/06 at 2:34am
Juat remember Processor's when upgraded can get tricky if you are not computer savy, but memory is not all that complicated
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post #3 of 4
7/11/06 at 3:26am
I'd go for processor speed on your original configuration. Adding memory is easy to do yourself, and it's usually cheaper to purchase it from a third party source like Newegg.

As for processor speed, it really depends what you are going to do with the computer...how much difference is there between 1.83, 2.0, or 2.16 in the CoreDuo CPUs? From the benchmarking I've read about, I don't thinkg it's all that significant. I'd probably choose 2.0 as a decent value and a little bit extra - but 1.83 is probably just fine for the majority of applications.
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post #4 of 4
7/11/06 at 6:38am
Processor speed. Like everyone else said, memory is easier to upgrade. But also, if you don't multi-task so much or run applications which have a lot of dynamic instructions, you can get away with 512MB of RAM, but processor speed is critical.
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