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Processor upgrade on MBP

opinion guy · 2012-02-28 15:26:23

Hey so on the 15" MBP higher end version there is the option to upgrade the processor to 2.5Ghz with higher Turboboost speeds and 8Mb of L3 cache. It doesn't say what the L3 cache is on the non-upgraded version. Does anyone know ?

28-02-2012 03:26PM

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Hey so on the 15" MBP higher end version there is the option to upgrade the processor to 2.5Ghz with higher Turboboost speeds and 8Mb of L3 cache.

It doesn't say what the L3 cache is on the non-upgraded version. Does anyone know ?

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#2 28-02-2012 03:35PM

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6 MB. It says so on the specs page:

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html

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#3 28-02-2012 06:06PM

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Sad Professor wrote: »

6 MB. It says so on the specs page:

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html

Oh right thanks I couldn't find that!
I wonder how much difference it makes ?

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#4 28-02-2012 06:31PM

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I don't know tbh. How much extra is it? 200-300? Unless you've got money to burn, I think I'd stick with the 2.4GHz version.

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