steph61620 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Which is better for smooth fm, bigger ram or faster processer? I am choosing between 2 laptops and one has 8gb ram and 2.4ghz and the other has 4gb ram but 2.5ghz with turboboost to 3.1ghz processer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shevchenko Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Processor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red till i'm dead Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Plus, you can always buy extra ram in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonBlade Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Processor by a long way, unless it was 8GB vs 1GB. But 4GB and above you're better off just grabbing the best CPU you can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph61620 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 Thanks, I will take your advice and go with the latter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svenc Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Careful: Judging a processor's speed by its clock speed is kind of like trying to guess the maximum speed of a car by how much PS it has. That works nicely for advertising as people assume that the higher the numbers the faster the computer must be. But that doesn't work quite as easily. It sounds like the second option could be faster, but without knowing the model it is impossible to tell. Only processors of the exact same type can be compared purely by their clock speed. For everything else there is often quite a big of a difference: number of CPU cores, type of processor which determines roughly how quickly they can calculate per clock cycle (some types need significantly more Mhz to be as fast as others with less), etc. There's also another thing to consider if you want to go 3D, and that is the video solution of each of the options available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler42 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 You also need to take into account Dual or Quad core CPU's. And as Svenc mentioned, the clock speed's number doesn't mean its going to be faster than one with a lower number. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 And also the Cache size of both processors could make a significant difference. Can you let us know what the two processors are in question? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph61620 Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_E1-571_1296588.html http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_E1-571_1339149.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Race 9 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I got a republic of gamers laptop with top range processor with 24GB Ram....it still didn't do what I hoped for...until I got a solid state hard drive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shevchenko Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Core-i5 processor looks like a better choice for FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Core-i5 processor looks like a better choice for FM Why because it's an i5 processor? Both the i5 processor and the i3 processor the above laptops are almost identical. I'd go with the laptop that has the i3 processor as it has more RAM. Or look for a better laptop with an i5 quad core processor for around the same price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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