pratyush997
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^^lol
The Samsung Series 5 550P Laptops Thread
dexbg
Journeyman
Guys.. a final piece of advise before I purchase.
How much difference is there between the i5 n i7 version.
Does it justify the almost 9k price difference ?
Difference in Gaming ?
Difference in Regular Use/Multimedia?
Difference in CPU intensive/VM work?
Difference in Battery Life?
Will it be better-of in spending the 9k to upgrade the RAM n warranty or possibly a SSD?
How much difference is there between the i5 n i7 version.
Does it justify the almost 9k price difference ?
Difference in Gaming ?
Difference in Regular Use/Multimedia?
Difference in CPU intensive/VM work?
Difference in Battery Life?
Will it be better-of in spending the 9k to upgrade the RAM n warranty or possibly a SSD?
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ujjwal007
Lost in games
nthg much i7 is just more future proof i5 can handle all the current games in ultra/high settings better go with i7 it was worth the extra money for sure!! go for it! no diff in battery life i guess not much difference in anything just future proof only some games can able to use the extra 4 cores in future!! gta 5 can be a lot resource hungry game !
dexbg
Journeyman
nthg much i7 is just more future proof i5 can handle all the current games in ultra/high settings better go with i7 it was worth the extra money for sure!! go for it! no diff in battery life i guess not much difference in anything just future proof only some games can able to use the extra 4 cores in future!! gta 5 can be a lot resource hungry game !
1. So little or no difference in Gaming .. 650M more than compensates here I believe.
Will there any any noticeable slowdown in applications after a while in i5 vs i7 ?
3. CPU intensive work .. how much margin does the i7 have over the i5 ? eg. Running Virtual Machines/Emulators ? Compiling AOSP
?4. So battery life is the same.
Gaming notwithstanding, i5 can substitute the i7 in most cases ?
50103
Broken In
1. So little or no difference in Gaming .. 650M more than compensates here I believe.
Will there any any noticeable slowdown in applications after a while in i5 vs i7 ?
3. CPU intensive work .. how much margin does the i7 have over the i5 ? eg. Running Virtual Machines/Emulators ? Compiling AOSP
4. So battery life is the same.
Gaming notwithstanding, i5 can substitute the i7 in most cases ?
I have played Max Payne 3 in 17R S.E.....Seems like it is an optimized game for Pc.. Gpu usage goes upto 95% while Cpu usually is around 40% max.. So If a game is well optimized for Pc,then Cpu does not play a big role. But I have heard that games like BF3 are CPU intensive!!!
dan4u
Took Off!!!
nthg much i7 is just more future proof i5 can handle all the current games in ultra/high settings better go with i7 it was worth the extra money for sure!! go for it! no diff in battery life i guess not much difference in anything just future proof only some games can able to use the extra 4 cores in future!! gta 5 can be a lot resource hungry game !
you are forgetting the bluray drive and 8gb RAM
demolisher48
Journeyman
use power saving mode.my temp dnt go above 76
pratyush997
Inactive
demolisher48
Journeyman
not much affected by that game runs fine
ujjwal007
Lost in games
pratyush997
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RON28
Cyborg Agent
YES, but it does reach 92C but we can't feel it, laptop's palm rest remains ultimately cool
dexbg
Journeyman
How about I get the Core i5 model and purchase a 128 GB SSD with the price difference. The SSD will fit into the Optical Drive bay ..
Primary OS + Apps can reside on the SSD so faster boot + better battery life.
What say ?
Is it possible to take out my Optical drive put in a chassis which connects via USB ??
pratyush997
Inactive
^ I think this Model has 3 SATA Port as I posted a Pic !!!!
1 of em was Empty!
1 of em was Empty!
ujjwal007
Lost in games
How about I get the Core i5 model and purchase a 128 GB SSD with the price difference. The SSD will fit into the Optical Drive bay ..
Primary OS + Apps can reside on the SSD so faster boot + better battery life.
What say ?
Is it possible to take out my Optical drive put in a chassis which connects via USB ??
thats a good option too but better to get i7 for now
you can add SSD anytime when u saved enough bucks its ur wish both ways are good if you can change ur lappy in 3 years go with i5 otherwise i7YES, but it does reach 92C but we can't feel it, laptop's palm rest remains ultimately cool
what a great news
thats wht we wanted the build quality is good!! what you played so far?
dexbg
Journeyman
Yes.. but AFAIK a 15.6" laptop chassis doesnt have space for an additional HDD bay .. So will need to remove the Optical Drive to add an extra HDD/SSD ?
As for the 2nd question.. Can I still use my Laptop Optical Drive though USB somehow ?
pratyush997
Inactive
^So what about this??
*i.imgur.com/uk2iG.jpg
*i.imgur.com/uk2iG.jpg
pratyush997
Inactive
^ thats what I'm talking about!