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Processor predicaments...

  • 12-08-2013 11:01am
    #1
    therambler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Hi guys! I'm buying a new laptop for starting college with a budget of €500, preferably in a shop rather than over t'internet! Just wondering about the processor, the AMD A8-4500M processor in this one? I know the Intel i3 is a better "brand" (sorry, not up with techie jargon :P) but quad-core for a laptop at this price is good isn't it?

    http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-G62398sa-156andrdquo-Laptop-Blue/315356/104.10


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  • #2
    nudger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,449 ✭✭✭nudger


    This is i3 3120M.

    http://powercity.ie/?par=10-30-C8501LK&pages=1&prod=C8501LK&brands=TOSHIBA&image=

    Would save you €100.


  • #3
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    therambler wrote: »
    Hi guys! I'm buying a new laptop for starting college with a budget of €500, preferably in a shop rather than over t'internet! Just wondering about the processor, the AMD A8-4500M processor in this one? I know the Intel i3 is a better "brand" (sorry, not up with techie jargon :P) but quad-core for a laptop at this price is good isn't it?

    http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/HP-Pavilion-G62398sa-156andrdquo-Laptop-Blue/315356/104.10

    With abudget of €500 you shouldn't settle for anything less than an Intel Core i5. The AMD A-8 is inferior to a Core i3 in terms of processing power (although the on-chip graphics is better than Intel's HD 4000, it isn't suitable for gaming either). No way is this laptop worth 500 yoyos.


  • #4
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    A8-4500 is more of a generic use, iwannaplaygamesonabudget type of processor. It will run things like Skyrim and all reasonably well but in the european market I am told the chip isn't as cost effective as it is in the US, thus theres less of a point in buying one. The chip itself is marketed as a competitor to earlier i5s, but later 3rd gen and new 4th gen Intels are makng that a less appealing position. A10 chips are probably a somewhat better comparison; I haven't seen the A12 yet.


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