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post #1 of 13
5/29/04 at 7:49pm
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after reading bunch of posts on this forum i've decided to get a cl56 from ibuypower.com. there are a couple things im wondering however.

1. is it ok if i just get the "major brand" RAM or should i go for the buffalo or kingston? any performance differences?

2. is the 1.7 pentium-m dothan or banias? if it is banias should i get the 1.8 dothan instead?

3. does the cl56 have the security thingy where i can attach a lock cable?

thanx for the help!
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post #2 of 13
5/29/04 at 8:01pm
Hi there

1) I definitely recommend getting major brand ram...generic stuff stinks! Both Buffalo and Kingston are pretty good RAM manufacturers...but Kingston is a bit better from my experience. So I would get Kingston brand RAM.


2) The 1.7 Pentium M they show is a Banias...I don't see any reason to upgrade to a 1.8 unless you just want the bragging rights. You won't see any difference in real world performance, same goes for the difference between dothan and banias. But in benchmarks they take turns at which scores higher, like the Dothan will score higher in encoding tasks by about 5%. However, the Banias is slightly better than gaming (or Sarcastro has a bad OS config or something) because his CL56 and mine are exactly the same except I have a 1.7 banias...he has a 1.7 dothan and I score like maybe 50 points 50-60 points higher than the 3dmark03 scores he listed.

3) Yes the CL56 has a kensington lock slot.
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post #3 of 13
5/29/04 at 8:49pm
axe.....are your gpu's clocked the same speed?
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post #4 of 13
5/29/04 at 9:17pm
Yup I am clocked at the standard for a Pentium M 9700 391.5 core, 202.5 memory. Sarcastro also said his 9700 is clocked at these speeds.
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post #5 of 13
5/29/04 at 11:17pm
mine was default that too

my ram from ibuypower (i chose generic) is a xerox brand
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post #6 of 13
5/29/04 at 11:41pm
hmmmm........too me the only advantage of dothan was......cheaper banias prices
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post #7 of 13
5/30/04 at 5:31pm
Thread Starter 
thanx for the info guys. now the question is where to buy from. i was gonna get it from ibuypower.com but then i found hypersonic's cx5. the price difference is pretty small so i can go either way. the thing i like about hypersonic is that it has that "burn-in" process and the no dead pixel policy. however, i'ver heard that it takes a while for them to deliver the notebook(not that big of a problem cuz i can wait). ibuypower is a bit cheaper and it seems like they have better service. any ideas?
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post #8 of 13
5/30/04 at 6:22pm
HAHA ibuypower + better service than Hypersonic?!



You definitely used the wrong word there dude, quicker service...in most cases yes. However ibuypower also has its slip ups with shipping times, but their average is 15 days or so for a system compared to Hypersonic's 30 day wait.

Ibuypower's quality of service is just not comparable though...trust me as I had a desktop and from them that died 3 days after receiving it and they wanted 2 weeks for the repair?! All they needed to do probably was replace the power supply.

Advantages to ibuypower:

- Faster delivery time than Hypersonic
- Cheaper prices than Hypersonic


Advantages to Hypersonic:

- Better warranty options...you can cover your notebook for up to 3 years if you choose to
- Dead Pixel Policy
- Artic Silver 5 is used as the cooling compound for your CPU (which is a nice addition that lowers your CPU temps a lot)

Now if you can't wait for Hypersonic...but want the better warranty options and personally I think better customer service...I would look to powernotebooks.com
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post #9 of 13
5/30/04 at 6:46pm
I wouldn't necessarily say that the use of AS is an advantage. It's not hard to do it yourself, and it costs next to nothing.
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post #10 of 13
5/30/04 at 8:38pm
Ok granted its cheap...but I am willing to bet that the majority of consumers would not be willing to do something like that themselves...hence it is still an advantage.
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post #11 of 13
5/30/04 at 10:38pm
How would you add the arctic silver to your laptop on your own? Is it a tough procedure?

Can it cause any problems with the cpu?
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post #12 of 13
5/30/04 at 10:49pm
its easy if you know how to disassemble your laptop to get to the CPU/heatsink

for my laptop you need to use a flathead screwdriver and insert it into the front faceplate of the laptop from the right side and it pops up... after removing the faceplate there are 2 screws which hold the keyboard inplace and after removing that you disconnect the keyboard cable and unscrew the internal aluminumum cage/frame to uncover the CPU/heatsink on the right side..

the p-m uses a copper square that sits over the cpu and its connected to a copper heatpipe that transfers heat to a rectangular heatsink type/fan which blows it out from the side... to apply arctic silver 5, you take a piece of plastic and dab a small amount of the paste on to the plastic and you lightly 'paint' it over the copper square heatsink to make a light layer of paste.. and you do the same for the square area of the cpu... after that you just put it back on and reassemble it...ez
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post #13 of 13
5/30/04 at 10:50pm
if u put too much it would be smushed all over outside the cpu area and could cause damage... its important to make only a light layer (this is more than enough) on both sides
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