Torn between 3 systems

[Greg12]

I am torn between 3 systems. All are laptops

One has a 533MHZ Front SIde bus running a 1.7ghz Pentium M processor.

One has a 533mhz front side bus running a 3.30ghz Pentium 4 HT processor

One has a 800mhz front side bus running a 3.40ghz pentium 4 ht processor.

I am designing this laptop for high powered DVIX Conversions, DVD Ripping, downloading, traveling and graphics work.

Any ideas

BTW, Price is not really an issue.

[ViRaL1]

Price not withstanding is there any reason NOT to go for the best system?

[Faustus]

Yeah the 800fsb with the 3.4ghz would clearly be the better system.

[Cobra]

If price is not an issue, why not go with the fastest system? For me, those choices would be a no brainer. I'd go and get a nice AMD system! :P

Seriously, that P4 800FSB will rock.

Cobra

[Greg12]

Well I do use my laptop on the go, will the P4 give me enough battery life to make it useable?

[808smokey]

None of those CPU's will operate at that speed if you leave the "config" set to portable/laptop. It "underclocks" itself to conserve power. Why run at 3.4Ghz to type an email when 2.0 will do just fine?

[Scottie]

you should buy one of thoose motormaster Power boxes that are on sale for $149 that's what I'd do, you'd get a work out to lugging around.

[Greg12]

so ur saying i can "dumb down" the 3.4ghz cpu when i dont need 3.4ghz? I didn't really know how to do that

i was supposed to be able to dumb my 866 down to 666 but it never worked.

[ViRaL1]

so ur saying i can "dumb down" the 3.4ghz cpu when i dont need 3.4ghz? I didn't really know how to do that

i was supposed to be able to dumb my 866 down to 666 but it never worked.

That's because it's the mark of the beast. :P

Almost all new laptops will underclock when on battery. Most will let you set the level of power you want with some control panel applet. If battery life is a major concern go with either a P4M or a Centrino.

[Dr. DOS]

I didn't think they were putting the P4HT's CPU's in laptops because they were a battery drainer and the ran smoking hot and the fans in a laptop were not sufficient.

[Greg12]

wont the centrino reduce my ability to encode video?

[ViRaL1]

It won't be as fast as the P4 with HT. It's a tradeoff. You're going to sacrifice some performance for battery life.

[Faustus]

Don't expect to encode anything on battery life either.

Like ViRaL1 said its a trade off, the P4 is faster but the M uses less power.

You could always buy a powerbook?

[Greg12]

I decided to get

3.4ghz 800MHZ front Side bus with hyper threading
512RAM
100gig HDD
128 ATI Graphics card (i wanted intel extreme ccause it's soo cheap)
802.11g wireless

[SLICK RICK]

Where did you get it all from?

[Greg12]

Dell

[808smokey]

"Dude, You're getting a Dell"

:P

[budz]

"Dude, You're getting a Dell"

[freestyler]

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[Roundabout]

"Dude, you're getting a Dell?!?!?!"

:P

Thank God those commercials have disappeared. That "dude" guy was annoying!