[tvick47]

I'm seriously considering an Alienware m11x, however between the choice of Pentium and C2D I am debating whether or not to spend the extra $100 for C2D.

Both are clocked at 1.3ghz, and can be overclocked to 1.73. I will not be using this for anything intensive. Is it worth it?

 

[tvick47]

Also I'm about to click the buy button, so this is kinda urgent

 

[CryWin]

Pentium what? Pentium Dual Core? If so then it's just fine. It has less cache but the performance is similar.

 

[Hickeydog]

Personally, I spend the extra $100 and get the Core 2 Duo.

 

[nathris]

The C2D has SSE 4.1 and VT, along with 1mb more L2. I'd say its worth it.

 

[Quantum Reality]

Yeah, if the CPU you're buying is like an E6400 2.something GHz, you're OK, because that's the Pentium Dual Core series. Even the E5x00 are pretty decent.

 

[BIGGUN]

Id got the extra c-note.

 

[Quantum Reality]

Hmm.... It looks like you're going to pull the trigger on a laptop:

* Intel® Pentium® Processor SU4100 (2M Cache, 1.30 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
* Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz, 800 MHz, 3 MB)

In that event, get the Core 2 Duo.

I had originally assumed you were getting a desktop, for which the Pentium Dual Core line is a bit more robust.

 

[SgtSpike]

I'd save the money. Cache is going to be of relatively little value on a laptop. Sure, it'd help, but not worth $100 IMO.

 

[Doomtomb]

Not worth it imo. I would normally say put your money towards the processor, because you won't regret it. But in this case, your CPU is still low-end no matter what it's really not worth it. The processor upgrade for my laptop was $60 to go from a 520M to a 540M (.13GHz plus the higher turbo boost). Check out this chart: here. SU7300 is rank #178 and the SU4100 is #180. Not even noticeable.